I have suffered for 5 years with a painful stiffness. Deadlifts made my lower back so sore to the point it got painful. I don't care what anyone says, stretching my hamstrings with the focus on my hip tilting forwards instead of a rounded posture, was a savior for me. Loose and smooth with my deadlifts now with no pain anymore.
@@RobinHood-mo1ujBecause of tight hamstrings yes. Leaning forwards for a deadlift takes a toll on your lower back when hamstrings are tight. Stretching took care of that issue.
Yeah I honestly think this video is poorly conceived. It is not taking into account just how many different needs can exist that present similar symptoms. Beyond that the tag team here isn't doing the presentation any good.
All exercises you showed in the beginning of your video ,I’m doing in my yoga classes and they helped me to relieve years of pain with my spinal stenosis. Since I started doing yoga I stop taking pain killers. So now I’m very confused that you said all this was wrong😮
Most mecanical backpain are trickered by flexion, or kompression or rotation or a mix. But stenoses love flexion, because it opens the spinal canal. So In your case dont stop what you are doing.
Every one responds differently to different treatments. If the yoga stretches helped reduce your pain, then definitely keep doing them. I think what he is saying in this video is that those exercises just provide temporary relief. It won't hurt to continue doing them if they help you.
I do them too, not all tho..can be confusing but since I read that vitamin C is bad for your health I'm not surprised someone told the opposite what helped you and me and sure lot's of other people
I thought I was clever because I “knew” that stretching your hamstrings was bad for your back. I suffered through back pain for months and thought “at least I’m not just touching my toes all the time and making it worse!” Then after months of getting nowhere I started doing jefferson curls (where you fully round your back and stretch down to your toes) several times a day. Sometimes with added weight. What do you know, my back got lots better… I think this just shows there are different types of back pain. Sometimes, doing lots of extensions and stabilising exercises can work. Other times, you might actually need to just stretch out those hamstrings.
I don’t think i agree for the first time brother. The side knee turn over the straight leg literally cured my sacroiliac joint problems from 2019! I can swear by it as i have suffered from 2008 until then. I have ofcourse done a lot of other things with it to strengthen my whole body!
But look at what you just said. You had a program, a full routine of things that you did not just one singular exercise which is what he's saying in this video. Just stretching alone does grant relief but not permanent relief.
@@senseisaitama8684 Hey brother, i should mention i have more complications as well. Degenerated discs between L4, L5 and S1 beside a tilted sacroiliac joint tilt. It is important to get an MRI and a professional’s advice for your particular case. I was lucky back in 2008 when i was 27 years old that my doc Dr. Li Yung Hua in Mt. Elizabeth, Singapore advised me against surgery even though i was suffering and wanted it. I am 42 now, stronger than my thirties and i wish i could go back in time and tell my younger ignorant self all the things i wish i had realized. What we eat, what we do and do not, our habits all have a role. You need to understand how a body gets inflammation and heals. Here is a checklist.. Sleep better, 10pm to 6am is best (Andrew Huberman), get sunlight and expose skin when you wake, you need melatonin from infrared heats beside just vitamin D and your circadian rhythm gets synced for sleeping later that night. Eat fresh foods, eat within 1 hr of cooking as much as you can. Focus on quality proteins (grassfed, organic) and variety of vegetables mainly instead of bread, pasta and rice for your carb intakes. Eat 2 to 3 meals a day, avoid snacking and sugars. And finish your last meal 3 to 4 hrs before you sleep, this will allow you to sleep and recover better. Do a blood test to see if you suffer from any deficiencies. Focus on getting enough potassium, magnesium, zinc, vitamin b’s, c, d, k2. Quality omega 3 fatty acids, pre/probiotics. Learn to decompress your spine and increase your mobility and core training to strengthen your muscles, tendons and joints. I have a custom routine of all the things i learned that i do on different days of the week. Yoga, mobility, resistance, calisthenics, isometrics, explosives, walking, swimming. When you sit, or stand, keep your posture right, support your back, lean backwards in travel and work. Brace/activate your core muscles when lifting, sitting without support, moving faster than walking pace. You can conquer this brother, depends on how badly you want to change. I wish you well 🙂
Same, my SI joints (right side especially) need to pop all the time. Sometimes I get relief from the sitting side turn where you keep your legs in place and twist your trunk (while sitting in a chair) into the SI joint you're trying to open up. Best thing that works for me, though, is just doing a modified candlestick (or leg raises, really). When I'm lowering my legs, as I'm approaching horizontal, I can feel that right SI joint pop at the beginning of those sets almost every time.
I do exactly those exercises you say I shouldn't do, and it really helped me over the last 2-3 years, I live by them daily. I love it and it feels amazing.
I have been doing those exercises he said were wrong for years and I have never had any back injuries or soreness even though I train deadlifts and heavy back exercises every week and work in construction.
Hallo I had Low Back Pain before 20 years since that I do every morning exactly those exercises you say are wrong and I do not have any problem there. I am 72 years old
I started doing the same exercises two weeks ago after finding out that I had herniated discs. The pain has gone away. I will keep doing the exercises.
Maybe this video is meant for people with real back injuries. Most of us probably do not have those and just a „tight back“. Stretching then makes it better.
Here's something I'm trying to figure out: Jeremy Ethier made a great video on this same subject three years before Squat University did. Both videos say "Don't Do" the same exercises. On the original video, the comments are nearly 100% positive, saying it works great. Yet this video here seems to have a very high percentage of negative comments saying "I've used those supposedly bad stretches for years and they work for me!" The videos are nearly identical in what they do and don't recommend, and yet the comment sections are polar opposite.
nice, but doesn't hurt to stretch the hamstrings either, wouldn't want tight hamstrings regardless of back pain. coach stretch, ATG split squats and stuff are also super helpful for back pain. for me it was tight hip flexors and butt wink that made my back act up for 3 years until I figured it out myself. doctors, PT's and chiro's had nothing to offer besides cracking my back, massage and needling. I also do jeffersons with low weight just to strengtehn every position
I find it hard to understand how different specialists suggest different things. Here you said stretching is not solving the pain and you should avoid these exercises, while the first few you showed was advised lower back exercises for pain from another trainer with 10+ years expertise. It’s so hard to tell who is right and which information is actually verified…
Exactly! I’m gobsmacked too what the heck, so many different things suggested from chiropractors to doctors to yoga instructors etc 😵💫 who’s the correct one?
When you have real structural back issues.. not just temporary muscular issues .. you know that this advice is top to start your journey of healing.. 1 or 2.. 5 ..years.. or lifetime.. along the way.. after 1 year and 6 months I was able to add other exercises without triggering my issues.. I am so glad to have found certain knowledge.. I would have stayed bedridden by all the rehab BS I paid for.. for years. I will ofcourse never heal of my severe issues.. but managing my independence.. groceries.. cooking.. social life.. cleaning.. exercising.. nature walks.. my god.. thank you !!
Like other comments says. I believe modern habits lead the modern problems that were not standard before. Today general people can get such degraded muscles because of the lack of movement and training that they get general muscle problem that needs to be strengthen rather that small pain needing relief.
That's the video I was looking for so long! Anytime I need to stand straight in one spot for longer time (let's say cooking and cutting all ingredients) I start to slowly build pain in lower back. Now I know what to do to improve mobility and strength. Thanks!
I had pain in my lower back, and sometimes I felt pressure when I was sleeping and I didn't feel comfortable in any position. These exercises gave me great relief. Thanks a lot.
Thank you so much for this! I have suffered from minor back pain for most of my life and have fallen into some of these traps over the years. I'm learning more and more to focus on strength as the antidote to most little problems of that nature. Flexibility is obviously important, but on its own is rarely the solution to chronic pain.
stretching did nothing for me, for so many years I thought it was the key but it wasn't. I know everyone is different but for me heavy deadlift, squats, core strength was the key. Recently I started added hip hinge reps when I wake up and it was amazing too.
I have pain that runs from my lower back to my knee and when I get into the squatting position I can hardly hold it. I have severe pain. The hip “stretch” almost instantly relieved my pain. Thank you so much 🙏 Stretching is so important, movement is medicine
This video could not have been come in a more appropriate time… I’ve been having back pain for 2 months now and it’s been killing me {I even stopped going to the gym for 3 weeks thinking I would be fine} and I just recently started to get back into the gym but I still have the pain and then I see a IG story on Squat University instagram page with a link to those video… I’m definitely going to try these thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Tight hamstrings can 100% cause back pain..directly and indirectly. Also 10 -20 minute relief from a back/glute/hip stretch as shown is a benefit and should not be avoided.. The exercises demonstrated, cross chest for example to target glutes can be helpful and is prescribed regulalry for rehab
Aaron, you are a true inspiration for the people. Even for me as a trainer - I recognise that there is a massive lack of understanding the physiological connections within our daily movement routines. Great job you are doing- keep on and bless you - it's so urgently needed these days 😅
I think this is a huge "miss" for the channel. There is this internet phenomena, where new and useful information gets found, that helps a minority of people, who have specific problems, and then channels on the internet do this "YOU'VE BEEN SOLVING YOUR PROBLEM WRONG" sensationalizing to get clicks. No. The old information is still useful. Many people will, and do, benefit from the old information. And i think he knows this.
I love this channelbut he's narrow minded when it comes to some things. It's almost like everyone is different and there's no one blanket wrong or right way to do things. Everyone's situation is unique and will require different solutions.
Subbed and liked to help the algorithm bring this to other people in pain. These exercises are the GOAT for while Im returning back to the gym from a back injury in my spine
I'm 19 and hurt my back about an year ago. I tried stretching. But it made it worse. Then I tried these exercises and now I am pain free. I am very careful but I have regained my hope in life
thank you for all the information to both of you! After many years of low back pain cycle, I saw 2 Certified McGill practitionner in the past 18 months with barely any improvement it's really hard not to get discourage, every day is a fight .... no idea how the furtur will turn up!
I feel your pain. Going on almost 3 years of a recurring lower back injury, insurance won't approve an MRI, PT says my hamstrings are super tight and then see stretching hamstrings is incorrect.
I totally agree with you! In my long sport experience (Karate agonist and master, Judo, Trial) I had many light injuries to that low back... and I have reached by my own experience the same conclusions with slight different exercises but with same targets. These really works and may solve low back pain in seconds, hours, few days.. getting your life come back normal and allowing you to do any sport again. You can see in my Trial channel what I still do.. and I'm almost 60th !
I had severe back pain from sitting all day driving for uber, and when i stretched my hamstrings, glutes and back regularly, the pain went away. The exercises you say dont do actually work really well. I haven't experienced that pain in a long time.
I know our Creator sent me to your channel, may he bless you…I am so grateful for this valuable information… have been suffering with lower back pain and figured out. It was my core …because when I do those exercises, I was able to walk!!before that,I was actually on a walker, which I refused to utilize. physical therapist told me about a couple exercises and i got better…so to find more exercises is a complete blessing ❤
Thank you so much! On Sept 23 I pulled the muscles around my right SI joint when my left foot slipped as I lifted a trap bar deadlift. Been dealing with it since, and recently went to urgent care because it got worse. Ibuprofen has been helping - likely reducing inflammation- but I’ve been lost on how to strengthen it. Thank you!!!
In my opinion, the neutral spine hip hinge has caused more chronic low back pain in the last 15 years than it has helped. The spine is designed to bend in all directions, and avoiding doing so leads to the inability to do so
It's designed to bend in all directions but not necessarily with a heavy load. Too much pressure on the discs. I think the title of the video is a little misleading, though. Because it suggests that all those stretches at the beginning are bad, which they aren't. They might just not solve the back pain problems. All in all we get good advice here imho.
U r doing a service yo humanity, god damn u are so good at what u do. I have sent thousands for my shoulders and back pain but ur solutions help me relieved a lot, thanks
If only I saw this weeks ago - been doing everything this video said not to and now suffering from a bad back injury. Glad I have the info now at least
I can probably make one by seeing all your videos but I would love a full routine that targets all muscle groups and takes at most 1 hr each session. Maybe also contains the stability/mobility exercises you recommend of course split across the week for someone who has a desk job for 8 hours, has minimal eqiupment.
I would recommend (if you have an hour a day) to get into yoga, yin at first (slower, get into each pose for at least 3 min), do some core and strengthening exercises to prep and then do yang yoga (like a vinyasa flow) at least 3 times a week, gives you a total body workout, stretch and cardio, breath is the most important part of the exercises also, I'm sure thru this channel and youtube you can research what's best for you. I got off pain pills and refused surgery after surgery with this method. 2 herniated 2 bulging and a disk pinching a nerve in L4/L5 and same in my neck
Found a little contradiction. “#2 stretching hamstrings is not cause but a SYMPTOM?.. instead of stretching the hamstring…etc” then the video proceeds to “#3 forgetting about the hips..when you have an IMBALANCE in hip mobility. Hamstring tightness can contribute to hip mobility imbalance and especially excessive posterior pelvic tilt in standing causing hip and spine posture imbalance which (mentioned in the video) leads to back pain
Omg this is amazing. I could hardly walk and was doing all the wrong things apparently. I can walk. Still with a bit of pain but I’m walking at least now.
I hurted my lower back from a working injurie in the end of May 2023 and I can hardly pratice my sport since then, I have seen three professionnals (2 chiropracticals and 1 kinesiologist) and nothing has made my lower back pain better since then. I tried to stop doing my sports (wrestling and mma) for almost 4 monts and it was even worse. The pain is like deeply inside the middle of the very lower back portion (almost at the end of my spine). Doing exercise that implies my lower back hurt a lot and if the exercise is done longer the pain goes also the the muscle. I don't know what to do and I fear I will have to stop my sports forever because of this. No exercise as ever helped me do threat my back. The weird thing is that no one as truly identify what my injury his and neither found a way to threat it properly.
I have pain in my left lower area and tight hamstrings/glutes. I just did the exercises and it gave me relief especially the airplane exercise. Thank you so much.
Amazing video I’ve been trying to lengthen hip flexors doing pigeon stretches the cat camels and laying on my stomach for three minutes every couple of hours I think after about a month I’m starting to see results after I injured my back doing RdLs a year ago. Took back squat out of my routine three months ago and replaced with Bulgarian split squats so I can still squat without butt wink. Hopefully in another couple months I can try back squat with heel elevation so I can better keep a neutral spine. I’ve been watching you and kneesovertoes guy trying to recover would love to see you two collab.
Like many others commenting here, the "not to do exercises" were literally what I've been doing for my persistent lower left back pain. It never goes away but if I do those exercises I usually get a pain free day. I kind of accepted it. However, the other day I bent down to look under my truck and got a different pain shooting across my entire lower back and that one scared me because no amount of stretching helps and it feels like I could really hurt myself doing just about anything. I think it's fading but I'm wondering if my aggressive use of those bad exercises set me up for. Many of you are right though, one guru says good and another says bad. Seriously? Both can't be correct.
Yes. Very good. All these people telling one needs to be able to put hands on the ground with straight legs never had pain in their lower back themselves. It’s what you show plus full body strength training plus healthy walking. Also do integrate exercises for gluteus medius. My special advice is to get rid of all sugar and white flour food.
Always being aware of standing straight and most important when u r sitting is key for long term back health. I truly believe if u r always aware of it. Eventually you will just naturally stand straight
0:06 i been doing this stretch since 8th grade im 42 today its a life saver i dont understand how its bad. It literally works my whole body....? But i turn my torso the other way..
Nice routines suggested here, got to admit. Don't be that arrogant about simple stretches though. These can be pretty useful for normal people and athletes at least (sorry, but I don't put bodybuilders and exreme weightlifters in those categories)
My posture has been bad my whole life cause i was trying to hide my belly, but since my latest back going out saga I've been focusing on fixing it. Let that belly show, that's the next thing to work on lol
At 4.17 it helped heard my back pop back pushing my leg back did both side heard back pop was suprised Will be doing this more since that was the area i feel the most pain.
Exactly. The best posture is your next one. That said, if I'm sitting with too much flexion or too much extension for a long period, my herniated disc will start screaming at me lol.
I´ve been dealing with back pain for several months, now, just two weeks ago I began with the McGill big 3, four times a week, and the cat camel for one set of 10 reps twice a day, and the pain has diminished significantly, I hope in a couple of months it´ll be completely gone
Hey, I've watched a lot of your videos and see you help people with pain. Do you have any tips for a person feeling pain right below their knee during squats. It doesn't stop me from doing squats but the pain doesn't go away.
I stopped bending down and touching my toes, big difference in my back not hurting. My hamstrings are tight but not a problem. Too many experts with different help.... buyer beware.
I understand why people can falsely think stretching is helping their back but if I've worked at a desk job for the last 15 years and my hamstrings are extremely tight can that not be contributing to my back pain and couldn't working on them help to relieve strain on the lower back?
Wow. So you are saying you are right and everyone else is wrong? Got it! Even though physical therapists and fitness gurus say otherwise. Our savior. 😂
Another idea I like for standing long hours at a time is to position your feet like this \ / , only slightly apart, you can feel your glutes flex a bit with a feeling as if you are sitting while standing. This relieves stress off your back and legs. Tribal hunters in the Amazon use this stance for standing long periods of time while hunting.
When it gets me down there, i do squats with keeping my back straight but leaning toward and down with my upper body, something like a deadlift without the weight so I activate lower back muscles.. and I do it in the bathroom under the shower with really hot water going down my back... I figured out that works to reduce the pain so I can at least walk and move around the house for a day or two until I get good again
🤔 I managed to shift a lumbar disk and vertebrae about 27 years ago...been in pain ever since. I had been doing all the "no no" stretching to help. I am going to try these and see what happens. I exercise and train myself 6 days a week, my core strength is good.
I've been in chronic pain since May 2022 where I deadlifted incoroccelty after having had back spasms for months, so it had been building up to that one point. MRI confirmed 2x disc protrusions and an annular tear/fissure. Still no luck after trying EVERYTHING. Physiotherapy, McKenzie, MGill big 3, Stretches, chiropractic care, working through pain, around it, with it... NOTHING...
I've had the same problem since the end of last year til now because I wanted to go for one more rep on this squat set. I honestly wish I could go back in time and yell at myself. Edit: i just saw we're like the same age too fuck 😂
Woke up with a low back pain and I was unable to fall asleep again because of it. I was about to stretch it when I saw this video hahaha thanks for the tips
There is validity here. I think the exercises they are speaking of, more specifically target the low back and strength the muscles with more purpose. The things they say not to do are, like they said, temporary relief. So what wouldve taken two months to heal will probably take two years. Both are fine, but which is optimal
Last week from the time of this comment, I worked out Monday and then took the week off, however today and throughout the week I've felt mild pain in my lower left back. (right next to the base of my spine on the left side to be exact) My question is: What causes this and how can I fix it? This has been something that I've been dealing with for 6 months to a year. I've been to personal trainers, chiropractors, gotten deep tissue massages, and I still have pain and discomfort. I would greatly appreciate any help/advice you'd be willing to give! Thank you! Side note - I'm 25 and I have really good mobility if that helps clarify where I'm at.
@@gaganmehta1028 a buddy of mine recommended reverse leg raises. You can use a Nordic hamstring machine backwards to do this and it should hit your lower back to strengthen it. Also I widened my stance on leg press. now I can go all the way down without my lower back pulling off the seat. hope this help! also, kneesovertoesguy has a lot of great resources for working the lover back.
Hey man love your videos, are there any videos that touch on pain in lower back/ hip from internal rotation of the hip. I have pain on the left side of my low back only from internal rotation its so weird. Also feel it when running only when kicking that left leg back
I have suffered for 5 years with a painful stiffness. Deadlifts made my lower back so sore to the point it got painful. I don't care what anyone says, stretching my hamstrings with the focus on my hip tilting forwards instead of a rounded posture, was a savior for me. Loose and smooth with my deadlifts now with no pain anymore.
Sounds like you were just deadlifting incorrectly
@@RobinHood-mo1ujBecause of tight hamstrings yes. Leaning forwards for a deadlift takes a toll on your lower back when hamstrings are tight. Stretching took care of that issue.
@@RobinHood-mo1ujyeah, sounds like he was letting his lower back flex at the bottom
Yeah I honestly think this video is poorly conceived. It is not taking into account just how many different needs can exist that present similar symptoms. Beyond that the tag team here isn't doing the presentation any good.
@@RagnarHoff -Do whatever exercises work best for you!
All exercises you showed in the beginning of your video ,I’m doing in my yoga classes and they helped me to relieve years of pain with my spinal stenosis. Since I started doing yoga I stop taking pain killers. So now I’m very confused that you said all this was wrong😮
Most mecanical backpain are trickered by flexion, or kompression or rotation or a mix. But stenoses love flexion, because it opens the spinal canal. So In your case dont stop what you are doing.
Every one responds differently to different treatments. If the yoga stretches helped reduce your pain, then definitely keep doing them.
I think what he is saying in this video is that those exercises just provide temporary relief. It won't hurt to continue doing them if they help you.
Were you currently in pain just before doing them??
I do them too, not all tho..can be confusing but since I read that vitamin C is bad for your health I'm not surprised someone told the opposite what helped you and me and sure lot's of other people
I thought I was clever because I “knew” that stretching your hamstrings was bad for your back. I suffered through back pain for months and thought “at least I’m not just touching my toes all the time and making it worse!” Then after months of getting nowhere I started doing jefferson curls (where you fully round your back and stretch down to your toes) several times a day. Sometimes with added weight. What do you know, my back got lots better…
I think this just shows there are different types of back pain. Sometimes, doing lots of extensions and stabilising exercises can work. Other times, you might actually need to just stretch out those hamstrings.
I don’t think i agree for the first time brother. The side knee turn over the straight leg literally cured my sacroiliac joint problems from 2019! I can swear by it as i have suffered from 2008 until then. I have ofcourse done a lot of other things with it to strengthen my whole body!
But look at what you just said. You had a program, a full routine of things that you did not just one singular exercise which is what he's saying in this video. Just stretching alone does grant relief but not permanent relief.
@@thebeatmajors_yt My disagreement is only for that one particular stretch’s defense. Thought that was obvious brother 🙂
@Ali_ReBORN bro I've had this for 10 years, and I can't afford $ a person to help me. Any other things I can do thnx from NZ
@@senseisaitama8684 Hey brother, i should mention i have more complications as well. Degenerated discs between L4, L5 and S1 beside a tilted sacroiliac joint tilt. It is important to get an MRI and a professional’s advice for your particular case. I was lucky back in 2008 when i was 27 years old that my doc Dr. Li Yung Hua in Mt. Elizabeth, Singapore advised me against surgery even though i was suffering and wanted it.
I am 42 now, stronger than my thirties and i wish i could go back in time and tell my younger ignorant self all the things i wish i had realized. What we eat, what we do and do not, our habits all have a role. You need to understand how a body gets inflammation and heals.
Here is a checklist.. Sleep better, 10pm to 6am is best (Andrew Huberman), get sunlight and expose skin when you wake, you need melatonin from infrared heats beside just vitamin D and your circadian rhythm gets synced for sleeping later that night.
Eat fresh foods, eat within 1 hr of cooking as much as you can. Focus on quality proteins (grassfed, organic) and variety of vegetables mainly instead of bread, pasta and rice for your carb intakes. Eat 2 to 3 meals a day, avoid snacking and sugars. And finish your last meal 3 to 4 hrs before you sleep, this will allow you to sleep and recover better.
Do a blood test to see if you suffer from any deficiencies. Focus on getting enough potassium, magnesium, zinc, vitamin b’s, c, d, k2. Quality omega 3 fatty acids, pre/probiotics.
Learn to decompress your spine and increase your mobility and core training to strengthen your muscles, tendons and joints. I have a custom routine of all the things i learned that i do on different days of the week. Yoga, mobility, resistance, calisthenics, isometrics, explosives, walking, swimming.
When you sit, or stand, keep your posture right, support your back, lean backwards in travel and work. Brace/activate your core muscles when lifting, sitting without support, moving faster than walking pace.
You can conquer this brother, depends on how badly you want to change. I wish you well 🙂
Same, my SI joints (right side especially) need to pop all the time. Sometimes I get relief from the sitting side turn where you keep your legs in place and twist your trunk (while sitting in a chair) into the SI joint you're trying to open up. Best thing that works for me, though, is just doing a modified candlestick (or leg raises, really). When I'm lowering my legs, as I'm approaching horizontal, I can feel that right SI joint pop at the beginning of those sets almost every time.
I do exactly those exercises you say I shouldn't do, and it really helped me over the last 2-3 years, I live by them daily. I love it and it feels amazing.
Me too! Ever since I started stretching my entire back three times a week, I no longer have any problems with the sacroiliac joint.
@@GoldenS787definitely, keep it up, I don't think I can go 1-2 days without stretching my body, it's like the best (and free) medicine.
Same here those exercises really help me!
Agree
I have been doing those exercises he said were wrong for years and I have never had any back injuries or soreness even though I train deadlifts and heavy back exercises every week and work in construction.
Hallo I had Low Back Pain before 20 years since that I do every morning exactly those exercises you say are wrong and I do not have any problem there. I am 72 years old
I had 4 days back pain after cooking for so long in the kitchen.
Yesterday I did those wrong exercises, woke up this morning, and the pain was gone.
Everybody is looking for viewers and subscribers.. simply put, daily bread issue....
I started doing the same exercises two weeks ago after finding out that I had herniated discs. The pain has gone away. I will keep doing the exercises.
These people have never suffered the issue they are advising on.
It's the same for knackered knees and tinnitus.
Exactly this man is misleading folks smh
Literally what your saying not to do makes my back pain free the rest of the day
Maybe this video is meant for people with real back injuries. Most of us probably do not have those and just a „tight back“. Stretching then makes it better.
Here's something I'm trying to figure out: Jeremy Ethier made a great video on this same subject three years before Squat University did. Both videos say "Don't Do" the same exercises. On the original video, the comments are nearly 100% positive, saying it works great. Yet this video here seems to have a very high percentage of negative comments saying "I've used those supposedly bad stretches for years and they work for me!" The videos are nearly identical in what they do and don't recommend, and yet the comment sections are polar opposite.
Very interesting. Curious too
nice, but doesn't hurt to stretch the hamstrings either, wouldn't want tight hamstrings regardless of back pain. coach stretch, ATG split squats and stuff are also super helpful for back pain. for me it was tight hip flexors and butt wink that made my back act up for 3 years until I figured it out myself. doctors, PT's and chiro's had nothing to offer besides cracking my back, massage and needling. I also do jeffersons with low weight just to strengtehn every position
The forward fold yoga pose cured my lower back pain. The cat cow yoga pose is also helpful.
I find it hard to understand how different specialists suggest different things. Here you said stretching is not solving the pain and you should avoid these exercises, while the first few you showed was advised lower back exercises for pain from another trainer with 10+ years expertise. It’s so hard to tell who is right and which information is actually verified…
Exactly! I’m gobsmacked too what the heck, so many different things suggested from chiropractors to doctors to yoga instructors etc 😵💫 who’s the correct one?
Argee.Pick just 1 and try it for a few days,that way you will find what works best 4 u
When you have real structural back issues.. not just temporary muscular issues .. you know that this advice is top to start your journey of healing.. 1 or 2.. 5 ..years.. or lifetime.. along the way.. after 1 year and 6 months I was able to add other exercises without triggering my issues.. I am so glad to have found certain knowledge.. I would have stayed bedridden by all the rehab BS I paid for.. for years. I will ofcourse never heal of my severe issues.. but managing my independence.. groceries.. cooking.. social life.. cleaning.. exercising.. nature walks.. my god.. thank you !!
Like other comments says. I believe modern habits lead the modern problems that were not standard before. Today general people can get such degraded muscles because of the lack of movement and training that they get general muscle problem that needs to be strengthen rather that small pain needing relief.
@@eamonnfitzgerald1260agreed.... Stay flexi
That's the video I was looking for so long! Anytime I need to stand straight in one spot for longer time (let's say cooking and cutting all ingredients) I start to slowly build pain in lower back. Now I know what to do to improve mobility and strength. Thanks!
Hope this can help!
@@SquatUniversity
So you only reply to those massaging your ego?
He's right, those exercises did indeed worsen my back, and my hernia, now doing similar to the ones recommended here and finally some lasting relief
I had pain in my lower back, and sometimes I felt pressure when I was sleeping and I didn't feel comfortable in any position. These exercises gave me great relief. Thanks a lot.
Thank you so much for this! I have suffered from minor back pain for most of my life and have fallen into some of these traps over the years. I'm learning more and more to focus on strength as the antidote to most little problems of that nature. Flexibility is obviously important, but on its own is rarely the solution to chronic pain.
Mistake #3 was such a huge help. Thank you so much!
I kept tearing muscles in my back for years until I started stretching my hamstrings and back muscles and never had the problem again.
stretching did nothing for me, for so many years I thought it was the key but it wasn't. I know everyone is different but for me heavy deadlift, squats, core strength was the key. Recently I started added hip hinge reps when I wake up and it was amazing too.
I have pain that runs from my lower back to my knee and when I get into the squatting position I can hardly hold it. I have severe pain. The hip “stretch” almost instantly relieved my pain. Thank you so much 🙏 Stretching is so important, movement is medicine
Does your pain affect your sexual performance cause I think mine do.
This video could not have been come in a more appropriate time… I’ve been having back pain for 2 months now and it’s been killing me {I even stopped going to the gym for 3 weeks thinking I would be fine} and I just recently started to get back into the gym but I still have the pain and then I see a IG story on Squat University instagram page with a link to those video… I’m definitely going to try these thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Tight hamstrings can 100% cause back pain..directly and indirectly.
Also 10 -20 minute relief from a back/glute/hip stretch as shown is a benefit and should not be avoided.. The exercises demonstrated, cross chest for example to target glutes can be helpful and is prescribed regulalry for rehab
Aaron, you are a true inspiration for the people.
Even for me as a trainer - I recognise that there is a massive lack of understanding the physiological connections within our daily movement routines.
Great job you are doing- keep on and bless you - it's so urgently needed these days 😅
The first 3 are literally the only ones I do💀💀
I think this is a huge "miss" for the channel.
There is this internet phenomena, where new and useful information gets found, that helps a minority of people, who have specific problems, and then channels on the internet do this "YOU'VE BEEN SOLVING YOUR PROBLEM WRONG" sensationalizing to get clicks.
No. The old information is still useful. Many people will, and do, benefit from the old information. And i think he knows this.
Agreed. They are all a joke. It's all about the views
Your clients are really lucky to have you❤
After sustaining lower back pain from improper use of kettlebell this video really helped 🙏🏾
I work construction and most of these helped my back pain. The ones you claimed were wrong that is.
I love this channelbut he's narrow minded when it comes to some things. It's almost like everyone is different and there's no one blanket wrong or right way to do things. Everyone's situation is unique and will require different solutions.
Subbed and liked to help the algorithm bring this to other people in pain. These exercises are the GOAT for while Im returning back to the gym from a back injury in my spine
Atg split squat helped my back
Glad you're doing better
@@SquatUniversityhave you tried that? It pulls the lower part of my back.
That #3 helped me a lot. I usually workout, code, and sited down for hours.
I'm 19 and hurt my back about an year ago. I tried stretching. But it made it worse. Then I tried these exercises and now I am pain free. I am very careful but I have regained my hope in life
thank you for all the information to both of you! After many years of low back pain cycle, I saw 2 Certified McGill practitionner in the past 18 months with barely any improvement it's really hard not to get discourage, every day is a fight .... no idea how the furtur will turn up!
I feel your pain. Going on almost 3 years of a recurring lower back injury, insurance won't approve an MRI, PT says my hamstrings are super tight and then see stretching hamstrings is incorrect.
Also curious where you found the McGill practitioners. Hoping you finally get the answers you need!
I totally agree with you!
In my long sport experience (Karate agonist and master, Judo, Trial) I had many light injuries to that low back... and I have reached by my own experience the same conclusions with slight different exercises but with same targets.
These really works and may solve low back pain in seconds, hours, few days.. getting your life come back normal and allowing you to do any sport again.
You can see in my Trial channel what I still do.. and I'm almost 60th !
I had severe back pain from sitting all day driving for uber, and when i stretched my hamstrings, glutes and back regularly, the pain went away. The exercises you say dont do actually work really well. I haven't experienced that pain in a long time.
This is very helpful. I noticed after doing those wrong exercises my low back pain became worst. Thanks.
Thank you! My body was automatically longing towards these movements and now I know how to put it together instead of wandering around!
Thanks mate, got instant relief after these three exercises. Appreciate that.
I know our Creator sent me to your channel, may he bless you…I am so grateful for this valuable information… have been suffering with lower back pain and figured out. It was my core …because when I do those exercises, I was able to walk!!before that,I was actually on a walker, which I refused to utilize. physical therapist told me about a couple exercises and i got better…so to find more exercises is a complete blessing ❤
Thank you so much! On Sept 23 I pulled the muscles around my right SI joint when my left foot slipped as I lifted a trap bar deadlift. Been dealing with it since, and recently went to urgent care because it got worse. Ibuprofen has been helping - likely reducing inflammation- but I’ve been lost on how to strengthen it. Thank you!!!
You're welcome!
In my opinion, the neutral spine hip hinge has caused more chronic low back pain in the last 15 years than it has helped. The spine is designed to bend in all directions, and avoiding doing so leads to the inability to do so
It's designed to bend in all directions but not necessarily with a heavy load. Too much pressure on the discs. I think the title of the video is a little misleading, though. Because it suggests that all those stretches at the beginning are bad, which they aren't. They might just not solve the back pain problems.
All in all we get good advice here imho.
Big guy is great, clear presentation.
U r doing a service yo humanity, god damn u are so good at what u do. I have sent thousands for my shoulders and back pain but ur solutions help me relieved a lot, thanks
If only I saw this weeks ago - been doing everything this video said not to and now suffering from a bad back injury. Glad I have the info now at least
I can probably make one by seeing all your videos but I would love a full routine that targets all muscle groups and takes at most 1 hr each session. Maybe also contains the stability/mobility exercises you recommend of course split across the week for someone who has a desk job for 8 hours, has minimal eqiupment.
I would recommend (if you have an hour a day) to get into yoga, yin at first (slower, get into each pose for at least 3 min), do some core and strengthening exercises to prep and then do yang yoga (like a vinyasa flow) at least 3 times a week, gives you a total body workout, stretch and cardio, breath is the most important part of the exercises also, I'm sure thru this channel and youtube you can research what's best for you. I got off pain pills and refused surgery after surgery with this method. 2 herniated 2 bulging and a disk pinching a nerve in L4/L5 and same in my neck
Found a little contradiction. “#2 stretching hamstrings is not cause but a SYMPTOM?.. instead of stretching the hamstring…etc” then the video proceeds to “#3 forgetting about the hips..when you have an IMBALANCE in hip mobility.
Hamstring tightness can contribute to hip mobility imbalance and especially excessive posterior pelvic tilt in standing causing hip and spine posture imbalance which (mentioned in the video) leads to back pain
Thank you for the good advice. Warm regards from South Africa
Omg this is amazing. I could hardly walk and was doing all the wrong things apparently. I can walk. Still with a bit of pain but I’m walking at least now.
I hurted my lower back from a working injurie in the end of May 2023 and I can hardly pratice my sport since then, I have seen three professionnals (2 chiropracticals and 1 kinesiologist) and nothing has made my lower back pain better since then. I tried to stop doing my sports (wrestling and mma) for almost 4 monts and it was even worse. The pain is like deeply inside the middle of the very lower back portion (almost at the end of my spine). Doing exercise that implies my lower back hurt a lot and if the exercise is done longer the pain goes also the the muscle. I don't know what to do and I fear I will have to stop my sports forever because of this. No exercise as ever helped me do threat my back. The weird thing is that no one as truly identify what my injury his and neither found a way to threat it properly.
Take a medicine called Núcleo C.M.P.°' Forte
I have pain in my left lower area and tight hamstrings/glutes. I just did the exercises and it gave me relief especially the airplane exercise. Thank you so much.
Amazing video I’ve been trying to lengthen hip flexors doing pigeon stretches the cat camels and laying on my stomach for three minutes every couple of hours I think after about a month I’m starting to see results after I injured my back doing RdLs a year ago.
Took back squat out of my routine three months ago and replaced with Bulgarian split squats so I can still squat without butt wink. Hopefully in another couple months I can try back squat with heel elevation so I can better keep a neutral spine.
I’ve been watching you and kneesovertoes guy trying to recover would love to see you two collab.
Glad to hear you're doing better!
Yes, good for you, op. And good point about the BSDs
Yep; i am indeed making all the said mistakes.
Love this! Thanks for collaborating!
THANK YOU!
Please correct the rotation of the Indian Flag...
It should be (from top to bottom) saffron-white-green
Like many others commenting here, the "not to do exercises" were literally what I've been doing for my persistent lower left back pain. It never goes away but if I do those exercises I usually get a pain free day. I kind of accepted it. However, the other day I bent down to look under my truck and got a different pain shooting across my entire lower back and that one scared me because no amount of stretching helps and it feels like I could really hurt myself doing just about anything. I think it's fading but I'm wondering if my aggressive use of those bad exercises set me up for. Many of you are right though, one guru says good and another says bad. Seriously? Both can't be correct.
Wow. I think this is something for me. Finally.
Only thing i don't like about this video is that it could EASILY be misconstrued as discouraging stretching altogether
Yes. Very good. All these people telling one needs to be able to put hands on the ground with straight legs never had pain in their lower back themselves. It’s what you show plus full body strength training plus healthy walking. Also do integrate exercises for gluteus medius. My special advice is to get rid of all sugar and white flour food.
Have to say it, you are a good teacher. Thanks pal
Always being aware of standing straight and most important when u r sitting is key for long term back health. I truly believe if u r always aware of it. Eventually you will just naturally stand straight
Omg I did all of that (at the beginning of the clips) today to relieve my back pain 😅😅😅… yeah u r right doesn’t work. Thank Q for the tips 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks for this video. I was doing everything wrong... 😅
0:06 i been doing this stretch since 8th grade im 42 today its a life saver i dont understand how its bad. It literally works my whole body....? But i turn my torso the other way..
I wish you were closer to help me with my lower back pain.
1:22 2:36 3:26 5:00
Yoga triangles, half moons and warrior poses are great for this.
i feel the nastiest stretch in my glutes/hams on the internal hip airplane. WOW!
I like the muscle motion video to show how your excercise impact muscle.
Nice routines suggested here, got to admit. Don't be that arrogant about simple stretches though. These can be pretty useful for normal people and athletes at least (sorry, but I don't put bodybuilders and exreme weightlifters in those categories)
My posture has been bad my whole life cause i was trying to hide my belly, but since my latest back going out saga I've been focusing on fixing it. Let that belly show, that's the next thing to work on lol
GRACIAS MI SEÑOR !
Agradecido ppr tus bendiciones 🙏🏼🌹
This channel is gold.
The hip airplane was absolutely game changing for me
2:01 "your doctor either is itailian or doesn't know" -Squat university
The only MISTAKE YOU ARE MAKING IS WATCHING A CLOWN ON RUclips AND THINK ITS A SOLUTION.
At 4.17 it helped heard my back pop back pushing my leg back did both side heard back pop was suprised Will be doing this more since that was the area i feel the most pain.
Kinda surprised by the last advice about posture, I thought the main problem was having the same posture all day long, rather than the posture itself
Exactly. The best posture is your next one. That said, if I'm sitting with too much flexion or too much extension for a long period, my herniated disc will start screaming at me lol.
I´ve been dealing with back pain for several months, now, just two weeks ago I began with the McGill big 3, four times a week, and the cat camel for one set of 10 reps twice a day, and the pain has diminished significantly, I hope in a couple of months it´ll be completely gone
Hey, I've watched a lot of your videos and see you help people with pain. Do you have any tips for a person feeling pain right below their knee during squats. It doesn't stop me from doing squats but the pain doesn't go away.
شكرا جزيلا استفدت من التمارين الله يعطيكم العافية❤❤
I stopped bending down and touching my toes, big difference in my back not hurting. My hamstrings are tight but not a problem. Too many experts with different help.... buyer beware.
Are you saying that stretching your hamstrings made your back hurt?
I understand why people can falsely think stretching is helping their back but if I've worked at a desk job for the last 15 years and my hamstrings are extremely tight can that not be contributing to my back pain and couldn't working on them help to relieve strain on the lower back?
Wow. So you are saying you are right and everyone else is wrong? Got it! Even though physical therapists and fitness gurus say otherwise. Our savior. 😂
Another idea I like for standing long hours at a time is to position your feet like this \ / , only slightly apart, you can feel your glutes flex a bit with a feeling as if you are sitting while standing. This relieves stress off your back and legs. Tribal hunters in the Amazon use this stance for standing long periods of time while hunting.
Thank you
Речь идёт о ступнях? Пятки ближе друг к другу, чем носки. Верно?
When it gets me down there, i do squats with keeping my back straight but leaning toward and down with my upper body, something like a deadlift without the weight so I activate lower back muscles.. and I do it in the bathroom under the shower with really hot water going down my back... I figured out that works to reduce the pain so I can at least walk and move around the house for a day or two until I get good again
Please make videos on foot supination/high arch & knee varus. There are not many videos on these topics.
🤔 I managed to shift a lumbar disk and vertebrae about 27 years ago...been in pain ever since. I had been doing all the "no no" stretching to help. I am going to try these and see what happens. I exercise and train myself 6 days a week, my core strength is good.
Wow guys, thank you for this one.
Guys that flag thing is just a mistake, this video is very informative, comment on that please 🙏
I've been in chronic pain since May 2022 where I deadlifted incoroccelty after having had back spasms for months, so it had been building up to that one point. MRI confirmed 2x disc protrusions and an annular tear/fissure. Still no luck after trying EVERYTHING. Physiotherapy, McKenzie, MGill big 3, Stretches, chiropractic care, working through pain, around it, with it... NOTHING...
I've had the same problem since the end of last year til now because I wanted to go for one more rep on this squat set. I honestly wish I could go back in time and yell at myself.
Edit: i just saw we're like the same age too fuck 😂
Sir can u do a video on twisted pelvis and for maintaining proper shoulder alignment and for hip popping
You should show the stretches that actually stretch your back.
Woke up with a low back pain and I was unable to fall asleep again because of it. I was about to stretch it when I saw this video hahaha thanks for the tips
*watches this video while practicing my handstand*
I think your channel is working, doc
Thanks for this, I'm a young gut but my damn back be hurting bad. Mostly due to the nature of my work. I'm going to try this.
Hope this can help!
There is validity here. I think the exercises they are speaking of, more specifically target the low back and strength the muscles with more purpose. The things they say not to do are, like they said, temporary relief. So what wouldve taken two months to heal will probably take two years. Both are fine, but which is optimal
Last week from the time of this comment, I worked out Monday and then took the week off, however today and throughout the week I've felt mild pain in my lower left back. (right next to the base of my spine on the left side to be exact)
My question is: What causes this and how can I fix it?
This has been something that I've been dealing with for 6 months to a year. I've been to personal trainers, chiropractors, gotten deep tissue massages, and I still have pain and discomfort.
I would greatly appreciate any help/advice you'd be willing to give! Thank you!
Side note - I'm 25 and I have really good mobility if that helps clarify where I'm at.
Even i have some similar exact pain mate...have you find any exercise for this?
@@gaganmehta1028 a buddy of mine recommended reverse leg raises. You can use a Nordic hamstring machine backwards to do this and it should hit your lower back to strengthen it. Also I widened my stance on leg press. now I can go all the way down without my lower back pulling off the seat.
hope this help!
also, kneesovertoesguy has a lot of great resources for working the lover back.
I am doing All this exercises for my low back pain 😲👍
Could you please advise exercises for lower tummy strengthening? Thank you
Any advice for the cervical spine? neck strengthening exercises?
Hey man love your videos, are there any videos that touch on pain in lower back/ hip from internal rotation of the hip. I have pain on the left side of my low back only from internal rotation its so weird. Also feel it when running only when kicking that left leg back
*i had a lower back pain on my left side due to bench press what could it be* ???