STA140: Focus on Lower Back Part 1: ’Understanding The Core’ with guest Owen Lewis

“Back to Basics: 10 Facts Every Person Should Know About Back Pain” was a 2020 editorial pubished in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM), with authors Peter O'Sullivan, Kieran O'Sullivan, Mary O'Keeffe, JP Caneiro, Ivan Lin, Samantha Bunzli and Kevin Wernli. In this episode of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, Part 1 of this month's 'Focus on the Lower Back', special guest Owen Lewis (co-founder of Born To Move) expands on several of these '10 Facts' to highlight some of the common misconceptions that exist in the causes of lower back pain, as well as outdated narratives regarding 'The Core'. Other Episodes In This Series : Ep141 - 'Lower Back Pain and Women's Health' with guest Michelle Lyons of www.celebratemuliebrity.com, to be recorded live Tuesday 21st March 2023 Ep142 - 'Lower back Pain Case History Special' with guests Rob Beaven and Dave Eliott of 'The Back Pain Podcast', to be recorded live Tuesday 28th March 2023  Episode Timestamps: 0:16 - Intro 3:05 - Owen Lewis - From Anatomy Trains to Born To Run 8:40 - Born To Move - about the Workshops 13:00 - “Back to Basics: 10 Facts Every Person Should Know About Back Pain” - 2020 editorial 20:09 - 'Persistent back pain can be scary, but it’s rarely dangerous' 26:54 - 'Getting older is not a cause of back pain' 31:45 - 'Persistent back pain is rarely associated with serious tissue damage' and 'Scans rarely show the cause of back pain'   41:14 - 'Pain with exercise and movement doesn’t mean you are doing harm' 41:58 - 'Back pain is not caused by a weak core’ - Owen Lewis talks about his soon to be released book 'Beyond Core' 55:13 - 'Injections, surgery and strong drugs usually aren’t a cure' 56:30 - 'Back pain is not caused by poor posture' 60:40 - Born To Move - The Courses. Follow on Social Media. Useful Links: Born To Move Website Born To Move on Twitter Born To Move on Instagram Born To Move on Facebook Back to Basics: 10 Facts Every Person Should Know About Back Pain Our sincere thanks to Owen Lewis for giving up his time to be a guest on the show!  Want to join the live recordings? Episodes of the Sports Therapy Association podcast are recorded live every TUESDAY at 8pm on the Sports Therapy Association YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Everyone is welcome - you do not have to be an STA member! If you cannot join us live, be sure to subscribe to the 'Sports Therapy Association Podcast' on all popular podcast apps to be notified when new episodes are available. Please Support Our Podcast! If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes. Questions? Email: [email protected]