Doctors Debunk 11 Myths About Posture And Back Pain | Debunked

Physical therapist Dr. Tom Walters and chiropractor Dr. David Song debunk 11 myths about posture and back pain. They talk about how slouching isn't bad for you, massages don't remove knots, and how perfect posture doesn't exist. They also explain why cracking your back isn't always necessary.

00:00 Intro
00:49 Good posture means standing or sitting up straight.
1:37 Stretching will give you a good posture.
2:33 A stiff mattress is better for your back.
3:06 Massages will remove the knots in your back.
3:37 Body braces will fix your posture.
4:44 MRIs and x-rays can always diagnose your back problem.
5:52 Sitting at a desk all day will give you bad posture.
6:53 If you get your back cracked, you'll always need it cracked.
7:54 Resting is the best remedy for back pain.
8:44 Your body needs to be symmetrical.
9:25 If you feel pain, it always means something is damaged.

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[hunterGk]

I'd really love to hear more medical professionals talk about the psychological link to pain, particularly in relation to those suffering from depression etc. It's a major cause of lower back and other musculoskeletal pain but it's rarely talked about.

[limitisillusion]

Bad posture is static posture. The trick is to move often and through a complete range of motion.

[a.randomjack]

How about debunking chiropractic?
"Chiropractic is a pseudoscientific alternative medicine that is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially the spine."
I was told by physiotherapist not to go see chiropractors.

[sapodilla]

But is it true that heavy breasts put more pressure on your shoulders and back? Many women suffer from having heavy breasts in relation to the rest of their bodyweight. It's so real for many women.

[dropsofKarma]

Y'all lost me when you bring a chiropractor onto this channel.
They are not science based and they are not in the industry to fix your back. They want you to keep on making appointments and giving them money. My sister has terrible crippling lower back pain since she was a kid. She had to make monthly visits to a chiropractor to elevate the pain. When she started studying aboard in Germany, she couldn't find a chiropractor, so she had to go the hospital instead. They gave her a steroid shot on her back. Pain never came back and that was over 20 years ago. Lifetip: never go to a chiropractor.

[WMDistraction]

I love that they talked about the psychological link between MRI and back pain. I went to a physical therapist after my back pain didn't improve for years. I told her about the MRI, and she said that - while my back pain is definitely real - a probably not insignificant part of it was the MRI telling me I had a slipped disc. She assured me that that was probably healed by now (nearly a year after the MRI) and to focus on how I can manage it and not that specific part of my back. My back's been much better since, and after several visits, the back pain seems to be connected to underworked muscles in my legs (mostly hamstrings) and hips.

[barbarosac]

Would be nice to get an orthopedic surgeon/doctor's opinion on these.. nothing against chiropractors or PTs and such.

[sooperman]

Why didn't they get an orthopedist? Chiro is witchcraft. I almost did a spittake when he said doctor.

[kscott]

I had horrible, chronic back pain for about a year. There were times it was unbearable and I could barely move around. I went to the doctor, he did x-rays, saw nothing wrong besides the scoliosis I've lived with since 6th grade, and recommended physical therapy. I did physical therapy twice a week with a PT over the entire holiday season and did my homework exercises too. When I went back, still with continued pain, he just told me "do the therapy for another month, then come back" and if I still had pain after that, they'd do a MRI. Each session cost a couple hundred dollars and I did not experience any improvement, even after giving it a sincere effort. I quit and haven't seen that doctor again. Since then, I've started occasional yoga and mindfulness journaling in an attempt to reduce my stress levels. I still have back pain, but it's better than it's been in years and I rarely have those "I can't move" days. Very little in my life has changed except for my efforts to improve my mental and emotional health, so I feel strongly that it has had an impact on the way my back feels as well. Far more than physical therapy did, anyway. I'm not saying that physical therapy isn't helpful, but for me, I really think my pain is influenced by my stress and mental health and addressing that has been far more beneficial.

[Rainbow.Splatter]

im studying massage therapy and it was explained to me that we do get "knots" in our muscles called trigger points. this goes back to how muscles function on a molecular level. our muscles can get chronically shorteded from their ideal elastic position causing their opposing muscles to lengthen and weaken. sometimes due to this lengthening or shortening, or if the muscle was injured, these tiny strands of muscles do get twisted over one another and form a trigger point. i can find these trigger points in a muscle, they usually refer somewhere else either proximal or distal to the trigger point, and i can recreate their pain and decrease the adhesion causing say a headache. for example a trigger point in the scm often referres into a ? pattern around the ear. i can find that trigger point and remove it, decreasing the referral pattern which decreases pain. so its not entirely accurate when you say humans dont get muscle knots.

[madarauchiha]

A lot of Vague explanations.... I didn't quite like the vague debunking of the myths

[Sciencenerd]

My mom always tells me to sit upstraight and that is so f*cking stupid and annoying. Like who the hell can keep their back upstraight all the time without getting tired. Gotta show her this badass shit

[ehsansatti]

Only Science Insider can provide medical advice from Chiropractors 🤦🏻‍♂️

[JuffMan]

wow didnt know my emotions were tied to my posture in so many ways

[chestersnap]

"if you feel pain it's because something is damaged". Yeah, I don't think so. Once a month for about a day I end up with minor low back pain as a part of my menstrual cycle. Muscle soreness after a workout is another example I can think of

[JoshuaLe]

Massage therapist here, about knots. Knots are what I'd call somewhat random in nature they come from contracted muscles inable to relax, some people have more than others as they are more prone. Most knots can be removed with pressure digitally or with an elbow with some exceptions they independently are not the cause of back pain. Trigger points, knots with active pain pattern, are relatively less of a problem for average person instead stiff muscles from under use or overuse are generally more of issue. My job is to determine where your body is experiencing pain and to work appropriately to maintenance your muscles. From experience I'd say that other than the upper back, the neck generally has the most actual knots sheer due to the number of muscle attachments and how often we look down at our phones or stare at our computers.

This advice isn't intended to be beneficial to any individual in particular but more of an explanation what knots actually are.

P.S. There are 3 types of trigger points, active, latent and satellite. The active is pretty self explanatory but latent TPs are rather common throughout the body and you wouldn't notice them unless having body work. They hurt when pressed on, but no pain otherwise, satellite on the other hand hurt other parts of the body where it isn't. If I push into a shoulder knot but started causing pain on the back, these knots are particularly annoying and can actually cause pain regularly as they generally chain multiple pain receptors through the body usually superficial.

[JAYZ]

A chiropractor? I expected better from this channel. Chiropractors aren’t often evidence based, and multiple meta analyses showed little to no benefit from chiropractor visits. Would rather the PT + an orthopedic MD/DO.

[vinzman]

Can you make a video about truths and myths of people with flat feet? Thanks.

[stephernoodle]

“X-rays are overused” says the chiropractor in a profession that bases itself on peddling unnecessary X-rays lol

[gustavlarsson]

Doesn't Science Insider find it a little embarrassing to feature a chiropractor as an expert?