Low Back Pain Podcast

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Sex and low back pain is a very real topic that affects up to 84% of people with low back pain! This is a topic that can be uncomfortable for many couples for various reasons, but is important to be addressed. In this episode I discuss the most ideal positions for you and your partner that may help you mediate lower back pain during sex so t...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Thousands of people are told they need surgery every year in order to resolve low back pain and disc herniation, but is this true? The most common surgeries to resolve most disc related issues are microdiscectomy and lumbar fusion. What happens when we compare the outcomes of rehab to lumbar fusion for these disc issues though? In this episo...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Degenerative Disc Disease is a perpetuated diagnosis that should no longer exist! All this does it makes people feel like something is decaying and worsening by the day and causes nothing but mental anguish. Degenerative disc disease is nothing more than normal age related findings. Your face and hair turn wrinkly and grey right? Why wouldn'...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Inappropriate imaging is a huge problem in the low back pain world. Many times this is done prematurely or not in the right setting and can make your situation far worse! The language behind it could immediately hurt your situation and take you down the wrong path. In this episode I discuss why imaging could be harmful, but most importantly...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: An unfortunately high number of people with low back pain are told every day it's due to a short leg or uneven hip. This could not be further from the truth and even preventing you from getting better! 90% of the adult population has an uneven leg length, so doesn't that mean it's normal? Yet you have probably been convinced you need special...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Injections are a common intervention used for low back related issues, but should they be? When should you use them if at all? What are the benefits? What are the risks? These are all the things you should know about injections and low back pain, disc herniation, and sciatica! If you are struggling with low back pain, disc herniation, or sci...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: For many struggling with low back pain, disc herniation, or sciatica sleep can be a real problem. Poor sleep results in poor energy and poor mindset. Poor sleep also results in more pain! More pain means more poor sleep! This can be a viscous cycle individuals find themselves in who are willing to do anything to get better sleep! In this epi...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Is your doctor listening to you? Are you getting more than 5 minutes with them? Is your pain blamed on your posture or imbalances? This is how most people feel and it isn't working. Our healthcare system has been made to quickly move from 1 patient to the next to promote cheap ineffective care. In this episode I discuss a client of mine in B...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Have you been told you have stenosis and to avoid extension? That the only solution is surgery to "make the openings bigger"? This is one of the biggest mistakes I hear surgeons and other providers making! The very thing you are being told to avoid could help you tremendously! There are no cook-books for conditions yet many providers still o...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Does your treatment session matter? Maybe not if you are wasting the other 111 hours you have throughout the week and aren't being provided a plan you can implement on your own! So many people think they need treatment sessions, or need face-to-face for accountability when in reality this does nothing to change the fact that YOU need to do t...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Will my disc revert back? Will it go back in place? I heard my disc herniation is really big! In this episode, I discuss all the things wrong with these statements and why. Knowledge is power and understanding these things will change your entire outlook on your low back injury and your recovery trajectory. We are told so much false informat...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: "It's my piriformis." This has become a catchphrase for anyone with back pain or pain around the glute. Many individuals are told they have piriformis syndrome when they present with any pain in the gluteal region or pain traveling down the leg but how often is it actually true? They are often told to stretch their piriformis, but rarely fin...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: In this episode I discuss 3 huge ways you can improve your low back recovery or any injury recovery for that matter. There is so much misinformation out there and individuals are often confused on where to start, what they can do, or scared by the information they are told. I am here to offer some initial first steps that could totally chang...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: To stretch or strengthen, that is the question…. Many people will say they have tight hamstrings or hip flexors and they need to stretch them. Especially those with low back issues, disc herniation, or sciatica have often heard it is from tight hamstrings or hip flexors, or they just happen to notice that with this low back injury their hams...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: In this episode I discuss the top 2 reasons individuals get hurt, and you you can set yourself up with the best possible chances of avoiding injuries throughout your life! Please share this podcast and if you or anyone you know is struggling with low back pain, disc herniation, or sciatica and would like to work 1-on-1 with me to resolve it...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program:   This episode I discuss a common topic of discussion which is if weightlifting compresses your discs. Many people believe squatting and deadlifting could compress your discs and cause wear and tear on the spine, accelerating the degenerative process. Here I dive into the evidence to tell you once and for all what weightlifting does to...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Here I discuss stretches that may not be ideal for you if you are struggling with low back pain, disc herniation, and sciatica. There are specific contexts that need to be applied to these situations as you cannot simply deem any 1 exercise or stretch "good" or "bad" for the low back as they always depend on the person and context, so please...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: In this episode, I discuss 2 key components to squatting. First, I discuss my top 3 tips for squatting performance to improve your form, stability, and power! Secondly, I discuss how if you are someone struggling with lower back pain and squatting how you should structure your program to get back to squatting pain-free through manipulation o...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: In this podcast I discuss an immediate inflammatory response I personally experienced from certain foods which exacerbated lingering issues I have been struggling with. Inflammation is a very hot topic in society and although I am not blaming it solely for anyones low back pain, it certainly can exacerbate the way your low back feels and you...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Many individuals with disc herniations and sciatica tend to find rotational sports to be quite aggravating. Very commonly golf is the discussion and how that started to become bothersome and just when they start to feel good and play a round of golf they can end up flaring up their low back again and having to deal with it all over again. Th...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Is stretching a total waste? Many individuals with low back issues feel tight hamstrings and often try to stretch them but don't see any improvement. Now that is a totally different topic in itself but todays focus is stretching as a whole and the usefulness of it. The past decade has told us that stretching doesn't really do much! Now conte...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: In this episode, I discuss a type of disc herniation that is not as common and can sometimes present very differently from the classic disc herniation. This is important to understand because since a lateral disc herniation only accounts for 7-12% of all disc herniations most providers are not as familiar with its presentation and how to add...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Does cycling cause low back pain? Many individuals with low back pain, disc herniation, or sciatica may find it difficult to get back on their bikes and push themselves like they used to. This is often assumed due to the flexed position they are in since when riding a bike most individuals are in a hunched over position and many individuals...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: Have you been told you need to maintain a neutral spine not only within the gym, but also while at home when picking things off the floor, putting on your shoes, or taking out the trash? You may have been noceboed! In this podcast I discuss how you don't always want a neutral spine and how always focusing on this could actually be extremely...

Dr. Grant Elliott with RehabFix Online Low Back Program: In this episode I discuss how a doctor in Michigan has been found guilty of a $100 million health insurance fraud scheme. The purpose of this podcast is to highlight the corruptive nature of insurance and many providers out there that end up focusing on money instead of the welfare of their patients, and how many of these temporary-fix proce...