Jeff Cavaliere

26% of the time, at any one time in the United States, people are going to be dealing with back pain. So kind of with the numbers that you just said there. The other thing I find interesting is that the second leading cause of trips to the doctor in the United States is back pain behind respiratory infection.

26% of the time, at any one time in the United States, people are going to be dealing with back pain. So kind of with the numbers that you just said there. The other thing I find interesting is that the second leading cause of trips to the doctor in the United States is back pain behind respiratory infection.

So if you think about how often, especially this time of year, my own kids have been in at least four or five times to the doctor for respiratory infection, it starts to, it's an eye-opener, like, wow, and this is something that's somewhat preventable. We need to do something about it to prevent it. The problem is that it can come from so many different causes.

So if you think about how often, especially this time of year, my own kids have been in at least four or five times to the doctor for respiratory infection, it starts to, it's an eye-opener, like, wow, and this is something that's somewhat preventable. We need to do something about it to prevent it. The problem is that it can come from so many different causes.

You know, we talked about before how the limitation in that thoracic mobility could ask the low back to do more than it could and therefore cause strain there. Now, here's the good part about this. Though 80% of people or 85% will have low back pain in their life, only 27 to 35% of the time is it disc-related.

You know, we talked about before how the limitation in that thoracic mobility could ask the low back to do more than it could and therefore cause strain there. Now, here's the good part about this. Though 80% of people or 85% will have low back pain in their life, only 27 to 35% of the time is it disc-related.

So we're talking about, if you look back on this guy again, it's the discs between the vertebrae, right? The vertebral discs that create that spacing and the cushioning between the vertebrae of our spine. When one of those discs, actually this is one of them, dislodged itself, but when the disc that sits above and below these two levels pushes outward or herniates.

So we're talking about, if you look back on this guy again, it's the discs between the vertebrae, right? The vertebral discs that create that spacing and the cushioning between the vertebrae of our spine. When one of those discs, actually this is one of them, dislodged itself, but when the disc that sits above and below these two levels pushes outward or herniates.

It could push on any one of these nerves that's traveling downward. Anytime you get any touching of this nerve with some other structure, in this case the disc, you get the radiating symptoms that go down whatever dermatome this is. What that means is this nerve will feed some function of the lower body or some sensory area of the lower body.

It could push on any one of these nerves that's traveling downward. Anytime you get any touching of this nerve with some other structure, in this case the disc, you get the radiating symptoms that go down whatever dermatome this is. What that means is this nerve will feed some function of the lower body or some sensory area of the lower body.

Depending upon where people complain of pain, like, oh, I feel it in my hip or I feel it in my leg around my knee or I feel it down behind my knee down to my foot. You pretty much know what level of disc problem they have because it's representative of the level of herniation. When you press on something that is at the level of like...

Depending upon where people complain of pain, like, oh, I feel it in my hip or I feel it in my leg around my knee or I feel it down behind my knee down to my foot. You pretty much know what level of disc problem they have because it's representative of the level of herniation. When you press on something that is at the level of like...

L5-S1, right, the last lumbar vertebrae and the first sacral vertebrae. It's going to give you symptoms like numbness, tingling down near the back of your calf, underneath your foot. If you get something more around the hip, you know, a lot of times people complain of hip pain. They think they have a hip issue. It's actually a back issue that's pressing on a nerve that wraps around that area.

L5-S1, right, the last lumbar vertebrae and the first sacral vertebrae. It's going to give you symptoms like numbness, tingling down near the back of your calf, underneath your foot. If you get something more around the hip, you know, a lot of times people complain of hip pain. They think they have a hip issue. It's actually a back issue that's pressing on a nerve that wraps around that area.

So that's an L2-L3 or L3-L4. You get indicators of where that's coming from. Again, the good news is if you don't have this neurological deficit in your lower body, this tingling numbness, weakness, it's mostly muscle in origin. Now, again, even of the disc-related issues, the 27% to 35%, 96% of those are not operated on.

So that's an L2-L3 or L3-L4. You get indicators of where that's coming from. Again, the good news is if you don't have this neurological deficit in your lower body, this tingling numbness, weakness, it's mostly muscle in origin. Now, again, even of the disc-related issues, the 27% to 35%, 96% of those are not operated on.

So think about the impact you can have if we're saying that pretty much every single instance of low back pain that you have is going to be able to be addressed through non-operative strengthening or stretching intervention. Because a lot of times, as we said, what's the cause of the dysfunction? Is it coming from that thoracic spine lack of extension? Cool. Okay. Well, let's work on it.

So think about the impact you can have if we're saying that pretty much every single instance of low back pain that you have is going to be able to be addressed through non-operative strengthening or stretching intervention. Because a lot of times, as we said, what's the cause of the dysfunction? Is it coming from that thoracic spine lack of extension? Cool. Okay. Well, let's work on it.

So let's try to restore that thoracic spine extension. Is it coming from a weak glute, right? Having weak glutes? Because again, the role of the glutes from the bottom up is to extend the hip. In other words, kick the leg back behind you. If I can't get my leg back behind me and I'm trying to basically extend my body by doing that when I step through and get behind me. Well, how can I do that?

So let's try to restore that thoracic spine extension. Is it coming from a weak glute, right? Having weak glutes? Because again, the role of the glutes from the bottom up is to extend the hip. In other words, kick the leg back behind you. If I can't get my leg back behind me and I'm trying to basically extend my body by doing that when I step through and get behind me. Well, how can I do that?