🎙️ How To Get Back In Shape After Time Out Every year brings new opportunities to get back in shape and make positive changes in our lives. However, it's important to avoid overdoing it and causing injuries by trying to do too much too soon. It's important to have a plan and to make sure you're consistently challenging your body by increasing weights or changing up your workouts. Injuries and setbacks can be frustrating, but they can also be easily avoided by following a structured plan and lis...
Jan 07, 2023•19 min•Season 2Ep. 25
🎙️ Spinal Decompression For Lower Back Pain Spinal decompression is a topic that is something you’re going to come into contact with one way or another if you have back pain, or sciatica, at some point sooner or later. It is however a term that is used by many different professions, and even within professions to mean different things. Today we’ll explore our take on spinal decompression, why it is so important in the case of lower back pain and sciatica, as well as how it might be used in diff...
Dec 17, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 24
🎙️ How Knee Pain Develops With Back Pain You might be thinking what on earth knee pain has to do with the lower back, and that’s understandable, however today we’re going to make the case for the intrinsic relationship between these two areas. Particularly for those who’ve had more long standing back troubles. Be they sciatica, be they back pain specifically. And to the degree you have a more formal diagnosis of “things going wrong in the lower back” this applies more to you. By this we mean, d...
Dec 03, 2022•17 min•Season 2Ep. 23
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 22: What Causes Neck Pain & How To Fix It Neck pain and injuries share so many similarities with the lower back: the forces at play that challenge them, the way they are designed, as well as the way in which misguided approaches encourage excessive flexion as a treatment approach. Understanding the structure of your neck and the way in which it functions will leave you much better equipped to deal successfully with neck pain in the future. Check out the lates...
Nov 26, 2022•17 min•Season 2Ep. 22
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 21: How To Lose Weight When You Have Back Pain It almost goes without saying that carrying extra weight when you have a lower back injury is not helpful. Because of this it is very easy to take actions that make your back pain worse in the noble pursuit of weight loss. There is however a better and more sensible way to proceed that will combat both the back pain, and also promote weight loss, leaving a healthier pain free you as a result. Check out the latest iss...
Nov 19, 2022•13 min•Season 2Ep. 21
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 20: Should You Flatten Your Lower Back For Back Pain Relief Anyone who’s been unlucky enough to experience sciatica or low back pain will know that the first thing you’re instructed to do to “relieve your back pain” involves flattening your lower back, or in some cases actually rounding it completely. This is supposed to provide relief of pain and you’ll find immediately that there is a degree of pleasant stretching sensation that gives you the feedback needed to...
Nov 13, 2022•15 min•Season 2Ep. 20
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 19: Relieve Spinal Stenosis In The Lower Back Spinal Stenosis in the lower back can be associated with a variety of symptoms from sciatic type symptoms of pain down the leg, to hip pain and localized pain in the lower back. It is a diagnosis that deflates those who receive it, not least because it has a shroud of mystery to it. Our task today is to help you better understand what stenosis is, specifically, as well as understand it in the context of your lower bac...
Nov 05, 2022•19 min•Season 2Ep. 19
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 18: How To fix Sacroiliac Joint Pain With Exercises The sacroiliac joint is a joint in the body that is quite different to many others and when pain occurs in the vicinity of the sacroiliac joints it can be somewhat confusing as to what can be done to help it. This poor understanding of the region is fundamentally why so many people struggle to make improvements with sacroiliac joint pain. Let us look now at the uniqueness of the sacroiliac joint to help us appre...
Oct 29, 2022•15 min•Season 2Ep. 18
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 17: Why Hip Degeneration With Lower Back Pain Is Common In those with chronic and long standing lower back pain, it is common that the factors that have led to the injury of the lower back have also taken their toll on the lower body joints as well. This is why it is common that we find that those with lower back pain will have hip issues too. In today’s article we’ll be covering the association with hip degeneration and why it really makes a lot of sense that yo...
Oct 22, 2022•12 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Today's podcast we explore if stretching can help for lower back pain or if it can be something that gets in the way of your recovery. 🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 16: Nearly all cases of lower back pain involve a degree of stiffness developing in the lower back when you have an injury. Back pain is often made much worse with these tight muscles. The hamstrings for example play a role in many cases of lower lumbar spine injuries. Stretching can help you alleviate the stiffness accompanying y...
Oct 15, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 16
What Is The Best Spine Position If You've Injured Your Back & Why? 🎙️ Back In Shape Podcast Episode 15: Lower back pain is a common complaint in all modern societies and one which exacts a large physical, emotional and financial cost on the individual, be that through lost productive days of work or expenditure on treatment. Financially the impact is significant on society as a whole too, costing vast sums of money to the UK economy. Having an appreciation for the fundamentals of the lumbar...
Oct 08, 2022•18 min•Season 2Ep. 15
🎙️ Back In Shape Podcast Episode 14: Why Do I Keep Getting Lower Back Pain & What Can I Do? Back pain, just like any other joint pain, has a causative injury. However there are some details when it comes to back pain that are often overlooked that lead to back pain seeming to come and go with a degree of frequency that is certainly not appreciated. In today’s article we’ll explore this in a little more detail as the presence of recurring lower back pain is a sign and often a gentle nudge or...
Oct 03, 2022•11 min•Season 2Ep. 14
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 13: Is Your Back Pain Caused By Weak Glute Muscles? Gluteal musculature plays a pivotal role in your lower back health, as well as the health of your lower limb in general. The gluteal muscles allow your lower limb to effectively transmit forces into the trunk during all manner of movements. These muscles are unfortunately left without cultivation in modern life. We spend ever increasing numbers of hours sedentary and as we age we consider activities like walking...
Sep 24, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 13
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 12: Best Food Supplement For Back Pain & Sciatica We can probably all agree that nutrition has a role in how our body functions. When it comes to lower back pain, the injuries responsible for it, and the recovery process nutrition also has a role to play. Establishing what supplement is going to play the biggest role in your lower back pain recovery you might be surprised at our conclusion. But before we ruin this surprise it is helpful as with all our articl...
Sep 17, 2022•15 min•Season 2Ep. 12
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 11: Should You Be Doing The Cat Cow For Back Pain Relief? When it comes to back pain stretches there are a variety of stretches that are touted as helpful for lower back pain. These stretches or exercises are claimed to provide relief for lower back pain but are they really helpful or are they at best, a waste of time, at worst making your back problem worse, or do they actually relieve back pain and help you address the cause of the lower back pain or sciatica? ...
Sep 10, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 11
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 10: Are Lunges Good For Lower Back Pain When we think about getting back in shape and rebuilding our body to make it more resilient, one of the important principles to adhere to is that our exercises are somewhat applicable to daily life. What is meant by this, is that the exercises are similar to movements that might well be carried out on a daily basis. Now of course, it is one thing to get the movement right during your allotted “exercise time”, applying this ...
Sep 03, 2022•13 min•Season 2Ep. 10
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 9: How To Fix Chronic Lower Back Pain Chronic back pain is something that we want to avoid especially if this is the first episode of lower back pain. In today’s article we’ll talk about some of the phenomena that occur when a back injury becomes chronic and the importance of avoiding this. Towards the end of the article we’ll also work on covering what is required to recover from chronic lower back pain and like many things, an understanding is always helpful. C...
Aug 27, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 9
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 8: Should You Squat If You Have Back Pain One of the most important early rehab exercises for anyone with lower back pain or sciatica is the squat, which is why it features so early on in the Back In Shape Program. This comes at a time of crisis in the mind of those with lower back pain, a time when the prospects of exercises like a squat are worrying to say the least! Check out the latest issue of our newsletter where with helpful tips & much more: 🗞️Issue ...
Aug 20, 2022•16 min•Season 2Ep. 8
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 7: Piriformis Syndrome And Back Pain Piriformis Syndrome is a diagnosis that states the hip and leg pain that you’re experiencing is the cause of a tight or dysfunctional Piriformis. Sciatica is also often directly associated with Piriformis Syndrome as symptoms of these two are fundamentally the same. Today we’re going to once and for all give you the complete guide to Piriformis Syndrome so you can finally disregard this misdiagnosis for good, and start working...
Aug 13, 2022•16 min•Season 2Ep. 7
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 6: Degeneration of the spine and lower back pain Is degeneration of your spine really the cause of your current episode of back pain, or is it simply a marker of your overall back health, independent of your day-to-day back pain? This week we wanted to take a deep dive into arthritis of the spine, because one of the most common phrases you’ll hear when having any sort of consultation with imaging is the following: “You’re spine is fine, you just got normal age re...
Aug 06, 2022•18 min•Season 2Ep. 6
🎙️ Back In Shape Podcast Episode 5: Posterior Pelvic Tilt And Lower Back Pain What is posterior pelvic tilt and how does it relate to back pain? To understand this, it is helpful to first identify the normal position of the pelvis as well as what we mean when we’re referring to pelvic tilt. From there we can fully appreciate the implications this will have on the lumbar spine especially if we’re suffering with lower back pain or sciatica. Find out all you need to know about posterior pelvic til...
Jul 30, 2022•18 min•Season 2Ep. 5
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 4: Improve Your Blood Pressure By Getting Back In Shape Generally blood pressure is a measure of the pressure within our circulatory system. It reflects the elasticity or rigidity of our arteries and blood vessels, in essence giving us a window into the health of this essential system. The blood pressure can rise or fall based on a plethora of factors, resulting in both short term changes and more long lasting trends. Unfortunately nowadays there seems to be the ...
Jul 23, 2022•12 min•Season 2Ep. 4
🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 3: Herniated Discs: Everything You Need To Know Herniated discs in the lower back, or disc injuries in general are one of those injuries that often inspires a degree of worry and concern but is it something we can recover from? In this week’s newsletter we’re going to be discussing disc injuries in general, whether it’s a minor disc strain, a slipped disc, a bulging disc or a full blown herniated disc. Check out the latest issue of our newsletter where with helpf...
Jul 16, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Get Back In Shape After Injury Or Inactivity - The Secret 🎙️Back In Shape Podcast Episode 2: Over the years, one of the biggest mistakes that we’ve seen those looking to rehabilitate their backs has been the way in which they approach and progress with their workouts. This is also an error that extends into those looking to get more generally “Back In Shape”. Be it after a long period of inactivity, an injury, life events, or simply a new year regimen. Hopefully this week we can help you by giv...
Jul 09, 2022•10 min•Season 2Ep. 2
🎙️ Back In Shape Podcast Episode 1: Understanding Sciatica, It’s Causes & Exercises Sciatica is one of the conditions which often leads to the greatest amount of confusion in the eyes of the sufferer. It’s understandable why this is, as the pain clearly is not where the origin of the problem is. For this reason it is one of the conditions which requires the most explanation and education. Check out the latest issue of our newsletter where with helpful tips & much more: 🗞️Issue 1: Under...
Jul 02, 2022•12 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Thank you for joining us for today’s livestream where we talked about how a collagen supplement might be helpful if you’re struggling with back pain. For the full article click here: https://backinshapeprogram.com/2020/10/how-does-collagen-help-with-back-pain/ In this particular episode Michael refers to our recommended Collagen supplement, click here to find out more, available to purchase in the UK: 🧬 Collagen supplement: https://backinshapeprogram.com/product/collagen-liquid-joint-supplement...
Jan 21, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Thank you for joining us for today’s livestream where we talked about sciatica. There can be lots of conflicting information out there about how you can treat sciatica. Don't forget you can : ⭐ Join Back In Shape here for free [no CC required] 👨🏻⚕️ Speak to Michael about your back pain concerns 📚 Download the full Phase 1 PDF 🛍️ Shop Page Sciatica is not really a condition in its own right, it’s a symptom of a further problem. So in order to treat that problem, we need to figure out what’s ...
Jan 18, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Don't forget you can : ⭐ Join Back In Shape here for free [no CC required] 👨🏻⚕️ Speak to Michael about your back pain concerns 📚 Download the full Phase 1 PDF 🛍️ Shop Page Follow Back In Shape On Social: 🔍 YouTube 🔍 Facebook 🔍 Instagram 🔍 Backinshapeprogram.com #BackInShape #BackPain #WalkingUpHill...
Jan 18, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Thank you for joining us for today’s livestream where we talked about how posture can impact your back pain. We’ll be covering how good posture can affect your back pain, and how sitting with poor posture while you’re working or relaxing in the evening could be stopping you from recovering. Don't forget you can : ⭐ Join Back In Shape here for free [no CC required] 👨🏻⚕️ Speak to Michael about your back pain concerns 📚 Download the full Phase 1 PDF 🛍️ Shop Page Slouching increases the length ...
Jan 14, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Thank you for joining us for today’s livestream where we talked about returning to work after coronavirus. We’re at that point in the UK where more and more people are choosing to return back to work in an office or returning back to their place of work. However, so many months of being stuck at home or working from home can have taken its toll on your body, so you may be finding you’re all of a sudden getting back pain when you might not have been during lockdown. You might have dealt with back...
Jan 11, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 64
