Eric Cressey, Cressey Sports Performance — Tactical Deep Dive on Back Pain, Movement Diagnosis, Training Principles, Developing Mobility, Building Power, Fascial Manipulation, and Rules for Athletes (#675)

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“You screw up your taxes, there’s a way out of it. You screw up your body, you might have a lifetime of pain.”
— Eric Cressey



Eric Cressey  ( @EricCressey ), MA, CSCS, is president and co-founder of  Cressey Sports Performance , with facilities in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and Hudson, Massachusetts. He has worked with clients from youth sports to the professional and Olympic ranks but is best known for his extensive work with baseball players; more than 100 professional players train at CSP each offseason. He also serves as Director of Player Health and Performance for the New York Yankees.



Eric double-majored in exercise science and sports and fitness management at the University of New England and then received his master’s degree in kinesiology with a concentration in exercise science at the University of Connecticut. He has published books and video resources that have been sold in more than 60 countries. He regularly lectures both nationally and internationally, and his research has been published in  The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research . He serves as a consultant to  New Balance ,  Proteus Motion , and  Athletic Greens .



Eric’s free blog and newsletter can be found at  EricCressey.com . You can also find Eric’s podcast at EliteBaseballPodcast.com .



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#675: Eric Cressey, Cressey Sports Performance — Tactical Deep Dive on Back Pain, Movement Diagnosis, Training Principles, Developing Mobility, Building Power, Fascial Manipulation, and Rules for Athletes







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SCROLL BELOW FOR LINKS AND SHOW NOTES…







SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE




Connect with Eric Cressey :




Website | Training Facilities | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube




Elite Baseball Development Podcast with Eric Cressey



New York Yankees | MLB.com



Carl R. Rogers: “What Is Most Personal Is Most Universal.” | Goodreads



Dr. Peter Attia — The Science and Art of Longevity, Optimizing Protein, Alcohol Rules, Lessons from Glucose Monitoring with CGMs, Boosting Your VO2 Max, Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease, Early Cancer Detection, How to Use DEXA Scans, Nature’s Longevity Drug, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #661



Strength Exercise of the Week: Trap Bar Deadlift vs. Band | Eric Cressey



660 Deadlift | Eric Cressey



Muscles of the Back: Video, Anatomy, and Definition | Osmosis



A Patient’s Guide to Anatomy and Function of the Spine | University of Maryland Medical Center



The Five Types of Back Pain | Cornerstone Physiotherapy



The Use of Imaging in Management of Patients with Low Back Pain | Journal of Clinical Imaging Science



Imaging Strategies for Low-Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | The Lancet



Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Lumbar Spine in People without Back Pain | NEJM



The Prevalence of Spondylolysis in the Spanish Elite Athlete | The American Journal of Sports Medicine



Don’t Take Back Pain Sitting Down | Harvard Health



Preventing Lower Back Pain: Assuming is Okay | Eric Cressey



Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance by Stuart McGill, PhD | Amazon



Is Your Low Back Pain Flexion Biased or Extension Biased? | Cioffredi & Associates



Pinched Nerve Symptoms and Causes | Mayo Clinic



The Heel Drop Test | Advanced Physical Therapy Education Institute



The Fascial Manipulation Technique and Its Biomechanical Model: A Guide to the Human Fascial System | International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork



Accutane | American Osteopathic College of Dermatology



Statin Side Effects: Weigh the Benefits and Risks | Mayo Clinic



Health Sciences Researchers Study How Common Antibiotics Weaken Tendons | Health Sciences Connect



The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman by Timothy Ferriss | Amazon



Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully by Kelly Starrett and Juliet Starrett | Amazon



Dr. Kelly Starrett — The Magic of Movement and Mobility, Training for Range of Motion, Breathing for Back Pain, Improving Your Balance, and More (#664) – The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss



Dean Somerset Interviews Me – Part 1 | Eric Cressey



Postural Restoration Institute



The Painful Lumbar Spine by Stuart McGill, PhD | IDEA Health & Fitness Association



Prevalence of Abnormal Findings in 230 Knees of Asymptomatic Adults Using 3.0 T MRI | Skeletal Radiology



Patellar Tendinopathy in Junior Basketball Players: A Controlled Clinical and Ultrasonographic Study of 268 Patellar Tendons in Players Aged 14-18 Years | Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports



How Chronic, Prolonged Sitting Impacts Your Body — And What to Do About It | Eric Cressey



The Anatomy of a Strength Coach’s Desk | Eric Cressey



Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World by by Kelly Starrett, Juliet Starrett, and Glen Cordoza | Amazon



Cressey’s Favorite Exercises | T Nation



Exercise(s) of the Week: Making the Most of Rotational Rows | Eric Cressey



Fascia | Physiopedia



15 Ways to Foam Roll — Self-Myofascial Release: No Doctor Required! | T Nation



Foam Rollers | Amazon



Acumobility Massage Balls | Amazon



Kieba Massage Lacrosse Balls for Myofascial Release | Amazon



PRI Breathing Techniques | Postural Restoration Institute



Anatomy Trains: Myofascial Meridians for Manual Therapists and Movement Professionals by Thomas W. Myers | Amazon



Four Yoga Push-Up Progression Strategies | Eric Cressey



Correcting Common Landmine Press Mistakes | Eric Cressey



Back Pain from Axial Loading | Sports Chiropractic



The Three Categories of Exercise: Isometric, Concentric, and Eccentric | Invictus Fitness



Creative Conditioning: Installment 1 – Medicine Ball Medleys | Eric Cressey



Measure Strength & Power With Every Movement | Proteus



Cupping Aftermath | Tim Ferriss, Instagram



Fascia and Extra-Cellular Matrix (ECM): Defining Fascia | Anatomy Trains



Tommy John Surgery (Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction) | Johns Hopkins Medicine



Lateral Intermuscular Septum of Arm | IMAIOS



Dan Pfaff on the SOMA Matrix, Fascia Slings, and Trains | SpeedEndurance



Making Sense of Manual Therapy with Shane Rye | Elite Baseball Development Podcast



What Is Dry Needling? | Cleveland Clinic



Pin and Stretch Manual Therapy Technique for Stretching | Learn Muscles



Active Release Techniques (ART) | Physiopedia



Cupping, Scraping, and Dry Needling Therapy | Dusty Hanshaw



A Brief History of Massage Therapy | Prohealthsys



WTF Is Gluteal Amnesia and How to Know If You Have It | SELF



Five Warm-up Options to Improve Hip Extension | Eric Cressey



All About the Posterior Chain: Five Posterior Chain Exercises | MasterClass



Fixing the Flaws: Weak Posterior Chain | Eric Cressey



Mastering the Deadlift: Part 1 by Eric Cressey | T Nation



Mastering the Deadlift: Part 2 by Eric Cressey | T Nation



Mastering the Deadlift: Part 3 by Eric Cressey | T Nation



Tip: Master the Kettlebell Deadlift by Dr John Rusin | T Nation



How to Really Do a Kettlebell Swing by Dr John Rusin | T Nation



Single Leg Romanian Deadlift: How, When, and Why It Should Be in Your Training | BarBend



What’s More Important: Strength or Power? | Athletic Lab



Why Hip Fractures in the Elderly Are Often a Death Sentence | The Conversation



Diagnosis and Treatment of Movement Impairment Syndromes by Shirley Sahrmann | Amazon



Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath | Amazon



Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia | Amazon



Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan Heath | Amazon



The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferriss | Amazon



Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work by Chip Heath and Dan Heath | Amazon



Partial Rotator Cuff Tear | Johns Hopkins Medicine



Shoulder Labrum Tear | Johns Hopkins Medicine



PNF Shoulder Internal Rotation | CFU Esportes



Cracking the Rotator Cuff Conundrum by Eric Cressey | T Nation



Most Throwers Demonstrate Considerable Humeral Retroversion | Eric Cressey, Twitter



Athlete Body Size Changes Over Time | Topend Sports



Hip Flexors | Physiopedia



Ulnar Nerve Subluxation: Clinical Anatomy | Kenhub



Ulnar Nerve Transposition at the Elbow | Birmingham, AL – Spine and Neurosurgery



Posterior Labral Tear: Shoulder & Elbow | Orthobullets



Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) Symptoms and Treatment | Cleveland Clinic



Achilles Tendon Rupture Symptoms and Causes | Mayo Clinic



The Dating App Designed to Be Deleted | Hinge



Quantifying the Farmer’s Walk by Shon Grosse | T Nation



What Is Discogenic Pain? | Denver Spine Specialists



My New Obsession, the Infrasternal Angle | Alexis Booth



How to Measure the Infrasternal Angle to determine a Wide ISA or a Narrow ISA | Bill Hartman



Why You Struggle to Train Overhead — And What to Do About It | Eric Cressey



Coach Chris Sommer — The Secrets of Gymnastic Strength Training, Part Two: Home Equipment, Weighted Stretches, and Muscle-Ups | The Tim Ferriss Show #180



Dorsiflexion | Healthline



Hookgrip | Instagram



Walking Spiderman with Hip Lift and Overhead Reach | Eric Cressey



Meniscus Surgery: Who Needs It, What to Expect Before and After | Cleveland Clinic



Crossover Training Effects of Three Different Rehabilitation Programs After Arthroscopic Meniscectomy | International Journal of Sports Medicine



Nick Grantham: Bulletproof Athletes | Eric Cressey



The Joint-By-Joint Approach | OTP Books



Expanding on the Joint-By-Joint Approach | OTP Books



Follow Your Passion Is Terrible Advice | Robert Greene



So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport | Amazon



Isometric Training | Sport Manitoba



Split Squat Iso Hold — Heel Pressed to Wall | Eric Cressey



Thoughts on Dead Hang | Eric Cressey, Instagram



Arm Care Lesson 10: Don’t Lose Tension in the “Dead Hang” Position on Pull-Ups | Eric Cressey



(Vitamin) “D” is for Doping by Chris Shugart | T Nation



Sagittal Plane: Definition and Examples | Biology Online Dictionary



Five Reasons You Have Tight Hamstrings | Eric Cressey



Become a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) | NSCA



Certified Functional Strength Coach



Complete Coach Certification




SHOW NOTES




[06:08] The email responsible for this conversation.



[09:19] Why pinpointing the cause of lower back pain can be so challenging.



[20:22] Initial diagnosis through movement.



[22:59] How seemingly unrelated meds can exacerbate pain.



[24:38] Posture considerations.



[26:55] Addressing and correcting suboptimal patterns of movement.



[28:55] Resources for understanding movement screens.



[30:00] Ingredients that make up a lower back pain cocktail.



[34:42] Even with the greatest care, wear and tear over time is normal.



[40:19] Improving thoracic mobility.



[43:56] Conquering Quasimodo.



[45:14] Defusing deskbound damage.



[48:25] Practical exercises.



[53:37] Shocking controversies surrounding fascial manipulation.



[1:02:18] Role of the glutes.



[1:04:02] Strengthening the posterior chain.



[1:06:06] Power and strength vs. aging.



[1:08:57] Recommended reading.



[1:12:21] Medical diagnosis vs. movement diagnosis.



[1:24:53] How to ask the right questions when seeking treatment.



[1:34:00] Overrated exercises?



[1:35:39] What a movement diagnosis will look like for me.



[1:36:23] Infrasternal angle.



[1:39:06] Age and injury predisposition.



[1:41:58] “Get long, get strong, train hard.”



[1:45:34] The downstream effects of orthopedic interventions.



[1:48:21] Creating bulletproof athletes.



[1:52:42] Worst advice given often.



[1:55:29] What has Eric recently changed his mind about?



[2:00:06] Important upstream variables.



[2:02:38] Good stiffness. (Oh, behave!)



[2:04:49] Vetting reliable sources of information.



[2:11:39] How Brijesh Patel changed Eric’s career perspective and other parting thoughts.




MORE ERIC CRESSEY QUOTES FROM THE INTERVIEW



“We are big bags of water. And probably what’s happening with fascial interventions is that we’re changing the way that fluids move so that folks do have better gliding of tissues that are adjacent to one another.” — Eric Cressey



“I hate it when people say, ‘I failed rehab.’ It’s like, ‘No, sometimes rehab failed you. You were trying and you just didn’t get the right coaching cue or the right intervention that you needed.'” — Eric Cressey



“The hardest part is sometimes you have to counsel athletes away from something that they might really enjoy.” — Eric Cressey



“Don’t specialize young.” — Eric Cressey



“Try to find a way to do a wide variety of movements well into adulthood.” — Eric Cressey



“You screw up your taxes, there’s a way out of it. You screw up your body, you might have a lifetime of pain.” — Eric Cressey



PEOPLE MENTIONED




Peter Attia



Stuart McGill



Kelly Starrett



Juliet Starrett



Quasimodo



Thomas Myers



Tommy John



Mark McGwire



Dan Pfaff



Shane Rye



RoboCop



Shirley Sahrmann



Chip and Dan Heath



Michael Chang



Bill Hartman



Christopher Sommer



Charlie Weingroff



Scot “Big Mendy” Mendelson



Nick Grantham



Gray Cook



Michael Boyle



Cal Newport



Keith Baar



Bruce Lee



Molly Ferriss



Mike Robertson



Anna Cressey



Brijesh Patel



Teena Murray



Chris West



Andrea Hudy

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