Book · 2017 · Back
Gift of Injury
The Strength Athlete's Guide to Recovering from Back Injury and Winning Again
Why people recommend it
Gift of Injury by Stuart McGill and Brian Carroll is a comprehensive rehabilitation guide that details how an elite powerlifter overcame a catastrophic back injury using scientifically backed spine mechanics. The book received strong recommendations on Modern Wisdom from co-author and athlete Brian Carroll, who appeared on the show alongside host Chris Williamson. Carroll advised his online coaching clients and listeners dealing with chronic back pain to read this text alongside its companion volumes to help identify and remove their specific pain triggers before attempting to rebuild their strength through targeted exercise. Carroll stressed the importance of proper diagnosis and spinal hygiene, incorporating concepts like the McGill big three exercises and daily walking routines discussed in the literature. At the conclusion of the episode, Chris Williamson directed interested listeners to the show notes and power rack strength resources where they could find direct links to purchase and learn more about the book.
Who recommended it
- Brian Carroll Recommended
- Chris Williamson Recommended
Brian Carroll — 3 mentions
“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”
“they need to they need to diagnose himself they need to remove the cause that I can help them train as a trainer getting back to sport and where that may be so for me it was a lot of McGill 3 a lot of carries a lot of walking and his perfect spine hygiene”
“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”
Chris Williamson — 1 mention
“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”