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Back Mechanic

The Step-by-step McGill Method to Fix Back Pain

by Unknown · Recommended by 6 people on 4 podcasts

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If you want to go deeper into that, his book Back Mechanic is fantastic.
Chris Williamson · Modern Wisdom · Jan 2023 Listen at 10:19

What they say about it

Grouped from 15 mentions
  • Recommends buying the book“buy back mechanic the book”
    2
  • Suggests for back pain“fix back pain”
    2
  • Links to the book“linking back mechanic”
    2

The best things said about it

6 of 15 · every mention
Recommended
If you are someone that has a back problem buy back mechanic the book by Dr steu Mill.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Mar 2024
Recommended
Stuart McGill Back Mechanic. Great book. I'm a fan. I've spent time with Stuart. He's very smart.
Tim Ferriss The Tim Ferriss Show · Oct 2026
Recommended
To learn more about his work as well as to find a link to his excellent book back mechanic the step-by-step Mill method to fix back pain.
Andrew Huberman Huberman Lab · Jul 2024
Recommended
Back Mechanic is a book if you need to pick up one thing that you can do that can help you to identify your own back pain.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Jan 2021
Recommended
They need to read Back Mechanic and Gift of Injury to find their pain triggers and to remove them.
Brian Carroll Modern Wisdom · Aug 2019
Recommended
You should read a book called Back Mechanic.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Jun 2019

Where and when it comes up

Mentions per year

Counted mentions by episode date. Our archive is deeper for recent years; 2026 so far.

How it comes up

Recommended means the speaker tells listeners to read it.

Most mentions, by podcast

4 shows

6 people who brought it up

Most recommendations first

Why people recommend it

Back Mechanic by Stuart McGill is a comprehensive practical guide designed to help individuals diagnose, manage, and eliminate lower back pain through proper spinal hygiene and targeted exercises. On The Tim Ferriss Show, Tim Ferriss praised Stuart McGill and his valuable resource while discussing approaches to managing back discomfort. Chris Williamson frequently endorsed the book on Modern Wisdom, telling listeners dealing with back issues that acquiring the volume by Dr. Stuart McGill is essential for identifying their own pain triggers, incorporating helpful routines like the McGill big three exercises, and maintaining spinal health, even noting how much it helped him personally. Andrew Huberman also recommended the step-by-step method outlined in the book during the outro of a dedicated episode on building a strong, pain-proof back. Furthermore, Stuart McGill himself appeared on Modern Wisdom to advise listeners suffering from discomfort to follow the core principles laid out in his publication. Brian Carroll brought up the book on the same podcast to emphasize how practical texts complement other performance literature. The speakers consistently highlighted the volume as an indispensable tool for anyone seeking to understand and alleviate debilitating back pain without resorting to invasive measures.

Every mention

15 counted mentions · 4 passing or ad reads below
Chris Williamson back mechanic is a book if you need to pick up one thing that you can do that can help you to identify your… 7
Recommended
“so the book is a back mechanic by stew uh it's a little bit expensive it's about 50 60 bucks”
Recommended
“if you are someone that has a back problem buy back mechanic the book by Dr steu Mill”
Recommended
“um and if you want to go deeper into that his book back mechanic is fantastic he's got three exercises this the McGill big three”
Discussed
“i showed your book the back mechanic to my physical therapist and they flew into a rage”
Recommended
“back mechanic is a book if you need to pick up one thing that you can do that can help you to identify your own back pain it was the best gift that you gave me”
Recommended
“Brian I will be linking back mechanic gift of injury is there anything else if anyone's interested wants to find out some more info why would you say they should go to power rack strength calm”
Recommended
“You should read a book called back mechanic. This is all in back mechanic by the way I have from our coach.”
Brian Carroll you can read all these text books you can read my book 1020 life you can read give into the injury ultimate… 4
Recommended
“you can read all these text books you can read my book 1020 life you can read give into the injury ultimate back fitness and performance so on and so forth back mechanic”
Discussed
“for me it was a lot of McGill 3 a lot of carries a lot of walking and his perfect spine hygiene whether it be sleeping moving working traveling every single day and what this did was put dollars in my bank accounts”
Recommended
“they need to read back mechanic and gift of injury to find their pain triggers and to remove them once they remove them I can show them how to implement the exercises to build them back”
Recommended
“I have a lot of athletes that I work with through online coaching and I get them to read back we can't get in read gift of injury and ultimate back”
Andrew Huberman to learn more about his work as well as to find a link to his excellent book back mechanic the step-by-step… 1
Recommended
“to learn more about his work as well as to find a link to his excellent book back mechanic the step-by-step Mill method to fix back pain”
Stuart McGill and of course if they have pain i i just to put a plug in i say you've got to follow the principles in back… 1
Recommended
“and of course if they have pain i i just to put a plug in i say you've got to follow the principles in back mechanic”
Tim Ferriss Stuart McGill back mechanic great book. I'm a fan. I've spent time with Stuart. He's very smart. 1
Recommended
“Stuart McGill back mechanic great book. I'm a fan. I've spent time with Stuart. He's very smart.”
Emily Jashinsky grit the power of passion and perseverance and back mechanic by Dr Stuart Mill all of those give us a clue 1
Discussed
“grit the power of passion and perseverance and back mechanic by Dr Stuart Mill all of those give us a clue”

Also mentioned in the same episodes

Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“So he is the world's number one lower back pain doctor and I had a ton of back pain 2017 2018.”
Plugged
“one chapter in my back mechanic book it's called well it's about surgery”
Plugged
“and again I've described all of this in in back mechanic instead of walking an hour in one dose have three 20 minute walks”
Plugged
“in the absence of the average person uh to get that assessment that's why i wrote back mechanic it guides the person through a self-assessment”

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