Originally Posted by
ErwinM
I didn’t look up the research. My back feels better after keeping a good sitting posture in and out of the office; that’s enough proof for me.
Mckenzie explains the reason for good posture in his book. In summary, bad posture will flatten the lower back (loss of lordosis), which leads to back pain.
A day after surfing and doing hill sprints, my back hurt enough that I couldn’t surf a second day in a row (most likely due to bad posture that evening or while sleeping). I found the McKenzie book online, got a free download, did the recommended exercises and my back felt fine in 2 days. My previous bout of back pain took a week of swimming and hot tubs to relieve the pain. I’ve since stopped the hill sprints after starting on the SS program.
If despite the squats and deadlifts, you experience back pain, try the Mckenzie exercises for 2 minutes.