172 | Back Pain with Core Exercises?! What Does That Mean?

Is a weak core giving you back pain? Feeling your low back during core exercises? Will core workouts rid your back pain? DocJen & Dr. Dom debunk common myths surrounding the relationship between core exercises and back pain. Clarifying the possible roots of back pain, they explain the how the biopsychosocial model in relation to expectations, mindsets, and beliefs surrounding interventions and pain perception. Furthermore, they dive into the anatomy of the core and what it encompasses, how movement can inhibit pain, the perks of strength training for overall back health, and how to begin and progress core exercises to truly optimize integrity and coordination throughout the body. Let's get the fact straight about core & back pain! What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl: 02:32 - WIll core exercises cure your back pain? 05:00 - Is all back pain a consequence of a weak core? 08:04 - Why core exercise may be helpful for some individuals? 10:33 - Research on Strength training 13:55 - 4 Types of Core Movements 15:48 - Is there bad movement? Is it always correlated with pain? 16:36 - Move in different ways to build core integrity 17:56 - How the biopsychosocial model is related to pain 22:22 - How to start addressing the core 24:56 - How to progress core exercises 17:56 - Relieving symptoms to relieve symptoms Watch Episode 172 on Youtube For research and full show notes, visit the full website at: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode172/ Thank you so much for checking out this episode of The Optimal Body Podcast. If you haven’t done so already, please take a minute to subscribe and leave a quick rating and review of the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tobpodcast/message