About 40% of people worldwide will get lower back pain at some point in life, and on any given day roughly 12% of adults are experiencing lower back pain. This crippling condition strongly influences quality of life, often affecting relationships with loved ones, impairing performance at work, and leading to substantial costs – not only healthcare ones but also expenses due to absenteeism and so on. This episode features Dr. Stuart McGill. Dr. McGill is a professor emeritus at the University of Waterloo. He has published more than 240 peer-reviewed scientific articles in which he used an array of methods to explore the causes of back pain, the most effective ways to rehabilitate back pain, and strategies to optimize athletic performance while sparing people’s spines. Dr. McGill continues to help numerous people overcome back pain and has worked with a spectrum of people spanning Olympic medalists, members of the special forces, the government, and the general population too.