Dr. Peter Attia

At the time I was working with this guy, it was my first person I'd ever met who did DNS. I had already learned about intra-abdominal pressure. We were doing all stuff. In fact, when I went to see him, my back was totally fine. I had tennis elbow. So I had this tennis elbow and he figured out pretty quickly that my tennis elbow was completely due to my scapular instability.

At the time I was working with this guy, it was my first person I'd ever met who did DNS. I had already learned about intra-abdominal pressure. We were doing all stuff. In fact, when I went to see him, my back was totally fine. I had tennis elbow. So I had this tennis elbow and he figured out pretty quickly that my tennis elbow was completely due to my scapular instability.

And my chief complaint was when I do a lot of pull-ups, my elbow hurts. I don't even play tennis. So we had fixed all that, but I kind of was like, this is amazing. I want to know what else is going on. And then independent of that, I get this lower back flare up. And so I'm in there seeing him on one day when I'm in, honestly, like about the worst pain I'd been in, in years.

And my chief complaint was when I do a lot of pull-ups, my elbow hurts. I don't even play tennis. So we had fixed all that, but I kind of was like, this is amazing. I want to know what else is going on. And then independent of that, I get this lower back flare up. And so I'm in there seeing him on one day when I'm in, honestly, like about the worst pain I'd been in, in years.

His training, by the way, is also a chiro. So he's chiro by training who probably hasn't done an adjustment in 20 years, just doing DNS. And I'll never forget the exercise he had me do. Cause I was like, I don't know how this is going to work, dude. So he laid me on my back and he had me get into like an imaginary leg press position.

His training, by the way, is also a chiro. So he's chiro by training who probably hasn't done an adjustment in 20 years, just doing DNS. And I'll never forget the exercise he had me do. Cause I was like, I don't know how this is going to work, dude. So he laid me on my back and he had me get into like an imaginary leg press position.

You know, those old school leg press machines where you're pressing up. Yeah. Not the one where it's on a slope, but the rack moves vertically. Super old school. Yep. So I'm on my back. I'm in that position. And he is now laying on top of me. So he's got his pecs basically on my feet. And he's cueing me through really good intra-abdominal pressure and isometric contraction, pushing.

You know, those old school leg press machines where you're pressing up. Yeah. Not the one where it's on a slope, but the rack moves vertically. Super old school. Yep. So I'm on my back. I'm in that position. And he is now laying on top of me. So he's got his pecs basically on my feet. And he's cueing me through really good intra-abdominal pressure and isometric contraction, pushing.

And lo and behold, my back is getting better and better. And we're doing sets, 10 second, 20 second, 30 second. At some point, I'm getting so strong, we need more resistance.

And lo and behold, my back is getting better and better. And we're doing sets, 10 second, 20 second, 30 second. At some point, I'm getting so strong, we need more resistance.

So now we go and build a makeshift thing under the squat rack, where I forget if I was on a Smith machine or on a squat rack, where basically now I have infinite resistance, kind of like how you described it with the partial deadlift. I am getting to the point where when I walked in there, I wouldn't have been able to push 10 pounds away from me. That's how much pain I was in. And now-

So now we go and build a makeshift thing under the squat rack, where I forget if I was on a Smith machine or on a squat rack, where basically now I have infinite resistance, kind of like how you described it with the partial deadlift. I am getting to the point where when I walked in there, I wouldn't have been able to push 10 pounds away from me. That's how much pain I was in. And now-

I'm convinced I was pushing 600 pounds of force against that immovable bar, and I've never felt better. And I couldn't understand how that could happen. How is it that I could not walk, but limp into that guy's gym in so much pain and spasm, and an hour later... I feel like a million bucks. How could that happen?

I'm convinced I was pushing 600 pounds of force against that immovable bar, and I've never felt better. And I couldn't understand how that could happen. How is it that I could not walk, but limp into that guy's gym in so much pain and spasm, and an hour later... I feel like a million bucks. How could that happen?

Yeah. I consider that one of the most profound experiences of my life from a physical perspective and also in how much it changed my point of view about what back pain is and isn't. I don't want to suggest for a moment that if you're sitting here listening and you have back pain, that's the answer. Go and find a guy to do that.

Yeah. I consider that one of the most profound experiences of my life from a physical perspective and also in how much it changed my point of view about what back pain is and isn't. I don't want to suggest for a moment that if you're sitting here listening and you have back pain, that's the answer. Go and find a guy to do that.

But I'm saying that there's so much more going on than we realize and so much of back pain is not surgical and so much of back pain can be healed with retraining a movement pattern and getting our nervous system to kind of get out of the way.

But I'm saying that there's so much more going on than we realize and so much of back pain is not surgical and so much of back pain can be healed with retraining a movement pattern and getting our nervous system to kind of get out of the way.

So speaking of that, I think what we'll do is we'll now pivot over to the gym and kind of work on a few issues. So we identified four areas that we want to highlight for folks. We're going to do neck, lower back, knee, and shoulder. I guess you picked those because that's 80% of what people complain about.

So speaking of that, I think what we'll do is we'll now pivot over to the gym and kind of work on a few issues. So we identified four areas that we want to highlight for folks. We're going to do neck, lower back, knee, and shoulder. I guess you picked those because that's 80% of what people complain about.