12/16/2025
Have you ever been told not to dead lift, squat, or lift heavy because it would a bulge disc?
Yeah, I used to say that to my patient too.
That’s what I was taught in school.
Even worse, I recommended people get a “stronger core” to fix their back pain.
But now, having treated back pain for over six years, I can honestly say that I was wrong.
Lifting in the gym is not the cause of your back pain, but rather the remedy.
This was a paradigm shift for me, especially since the medical system said that bending lifting and twisting, would hurt your back.
Ever since I started treating my clients with iron weights instead of yellow bands, their back pain was obliterated.
Like it or not, you lift every single day. Whether it’s a laundry basket off the floor or 315 off the rack, you lift.
Train like it.