
Low Back Disorders
by Stuart McGill · first published 2007
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I recently hurt my back and got interested in the anatomy of the lumbar spine and ended up reading the textbook Low Back Disorders by Stuart McGill. McGill is a professor of kinesiology at the University of Waterloo and has spent his ~30 yr research career studying the lower back. It was an informative and surprisingly interesting…
on “Posture for a Healthy Back” ↗Stuart McGill's http://www.amazon.com/Low-Back-Disorders-Evidence-based-Reha... is a good textbook. It's not for the layperson looking for quick recommendations, but he does give some recommendations based on physical and computer models of the spine under…
on “Ask HN: Back problems” ↗…for people with back problems and should be reasonably accessible to anyone with both an athletic background and an advanced high school understanding of anatomy and physiology. http://www.amazon.com/Low-Back-Disorders-Evidence-based-Reha... http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Fitness-Performance-Stuart-Mc...
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