Building Bulletproof Backs Ep 11 - Rocky Snyder on Finding the REAL CULPRIT

Welcome to the 11th episode of the Building a Bulletproof Back podcast.

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This podcast aims to empower listeners with HOPE that healing is possible when you know how. We discuss strategic tools addressing mindset, movement & emotional health.

I am your host, Marion McRae, a physiotherapist & movement addict on a mission to see the existing model of treating back pain evolve. The current model is broken. It focusses almost entirely on the physical body, neglecting the fact that we are all both thinkers and feelers. When the thoughts in our head, and the emotions in our bodies are less than optimal, we fail to thrive.

My guest for this episode is a fellow "AIMER" -as we call ourselves - devotees of Gary Ward's Anatomy in Motion Model of Movement Re-training (see Podcast Episode 10)   Mr Rocky Snyder from Santa Cruz is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist,  a nationally recognised expert in human movement with nearly 30 years of professional experience and knowledge. Rocky has trained thousands of clients ranging from grandparents to professional athletes and Olympic champions. Rocky is also an author and podcast in his own right.

We discuss Rocky's personal perspective on back pain, which I share whole heartedly - focus on finding the "hidden culprit" rather than focussing on the symptoms. The Hidden Culprit is the part of the body not participating, and therefore asking other body parts to over-compensate for its lack of action.

Some Key Quotes -

" I don't treat pain, I explore movement" 
" Find a new way for your body parts to communicate and negotiate" 
" Become detectives and hunt down the original cause" 
" 57 muscles cross the pelvis" - ? WTF ? Really - I didn't know that. 
" Bruce Lee - Can we MOVE like water ? and still be dynamically stable " 
" Cookie Cutter - one size fits all method of rehab does not work " 
" Exercise = Repetitive Stress Syndrome " VS Movement 
" A chain is as strong as it's weakest link" 
" 27 hand variations for a push up " 
" The back is the victim of the crime, whilst the hidden culprit's lay low" 

Rocky’s tools:

1.  Movement, Strength and Conditioning 
2.  Mindset - do not limit your own ability to heal 
3.  Address the individual rather than the 

Rocky's Top tips -

1.  Peanut ball your feet to awake your posterior chain and lengthen your hamstrings
2.  Allow the hips to flow in 3 directions
3.  Manage your Mass with greater efficiency so your low back is not copping it
4.  Crawl