Stuart McGill

If the angle is orientated fore and aft, you can't twist. And you won't find if you're dealing with a group of professional golfers, you'll find they all have open facet joints. Is that genetic? It's absolutely 100% genetic.

If the angle is orientated fore and aft, you can't twist. And you won't find if you're dealing with a group of professional golfers, you'll find they all have open facet joints. Is that genetic? It's absolutely 100% genetic.

If the angle is orientated fore and aft, you can't twist. And you won't find if you're dealing with a group of professional golfers, you'll find they all have open facet joints. Is that genetic? It's absolutely 100% genetic.

Now, interestingly enough, when you arch back, when the facet joints are orientated open, as I'm describing, when you arch back, one pushes hard on the other, like shingles on a roof. that stresses a bone called the pars bone.

Now, interestingly enough, when you arch back, when the facet joints are orientated open, as I'm describing, when you arch back, one pushes hard on the other, like shingles on a roof. that stresses a bone called the pars bone.

Now, interestingly enough, when you arch back, when the facet joints are orientated open, as I'm describing, when you arch back, one pushes hard on the other, like shingles on a roof. that stresses a bone called the pars bone.

And gymnasts, for example, get a very typical fracture pattern called a spondylolisthesis, which is a fracture of that bone and then the spine shifts a little bit at that joint. I'm just finishing rehabbing a pro tennis player who had the same thing after they tried to have too much range of motion in their serve, the coach gave them

And gymnasts, for example, get a very typical fracture pattern called a spondylolisthesis, which is a fracture of that bone and then the spine shifts a little bit at that joint. I'm just finishing rehabbing a pro tennis player who had the same thing after they tried to have too much range of motion in their serve, the coach gave them

And gymnasts, for example, get a very typical fracture pattern called a spondylolisthesis, which is a fracture of that bone and then the spine shifts a little bit at that joint. I'm just finishing rehabbing a pro tennis player who had the same thing after they tried to have too much range of motion in their serve, the coach gave them

excessive extension to try and put more miles an hour on the ball, but it didn't suit the spine. And they ended up having a stress fracture.

excessive extension to try and put more miles an hour on the ball, but it didn't suit the spine. And they ended up having a stress fracture.

excessive extension to try and put more miles an hour on the ball, but it didn't suit the spine. And they ended up having a stress fracture.

That's a huge question, and there's many more variables to consider. But I will say that when we are rehabilitating an athlete or just a person to get back to work, they're an occupational athlete. We take all of this into consideration. So as you were describing your sister arching back, A, I know she has plump discs, discs that are full of fluid to allow the mobility to take place in the discs.

That's a huge question, and there's many more variables to consider. But I will say that when we are rehabilitating an athlete or just a person to get back to work, they're an occupational athlete. We take all of this into consideration. So as you were describing your sister arching back, A, I know she has plump discs, discs that are full of fluid to allow the mobility to take place in the discs.

That's a huge question, and there's many more variables to consider. But I will say that when we are rehabilitating an athlete or just a person to get back to work, they're an occupational athlete. We take all of this into consideration. So as you were describing your sister arching back, A, I know she has plump discs, discs that are full of fluid to allow the mobility to take place in the discs.

I also know that if we looked at an x-ray from the side, you know the posterior spinous processes. If you run your thumb down the midline of a person's back... you will feel the bumps of bone up the middle of the spine. Those are the posterior spines. She will have a large space between each one when she's standing upright. So when she extends back, those spaces will,

I also know that if we looked at an x-ray from the side, you know the posterior spinous processes. If you run your thumb down the midline of a person's back... you will feel the bumps of bone up the middle of the spine. Those are the posterior spines. She will have a large space between each one when she's standing upright. So when she extends back, those spaces will,

I also know that if we looked at an x-ray from the side, you know the posterior spinous processes. If you run your thumb down the midline of a person's back... you will feel the bumps of bone up the middle of the spine. Those are the posterior spines. She will have a large space between each one when she's standing upright. So when she extends back, those spaces will,

come together and eventually the spines, what we call it kissing spines. And it takes me back to some of the old Russian techniques for bench press. They would bench press with a huge arch in their back.

come together and eventually the spines, what we call it kissing spines. And it takes me back to some of the old Russian techniques for bench press. They would bench press with a huge arch in their back.