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The Parent Performance Back Pain Series — Chapter 3: Dad-Back. The Lie We’re All Told About Back Pain “Your core is weak.” “Your posture is bad.” “You just need to strengthen your back.” If that were true, every dad who deadlifts, planks, and stretches religiously would be pain-free. They’re not. And neither was I. My Back Didn’t Fail in the Gym It Failed in Real Life My back didn’t flare up during a max deadlift. It flared up: Carrying my daughter at 2am Leaning over a cot o

The Parent Performance Back Pain Series — Chapter 2: Rob. When Back Pain Threatens More Than Your Body. When Rob first walked into the clinic, he wasn’t the usual “I hurt my back at work” case. Yeah, he was a tradie.Yeah, he’d done a number on his lower back — again .But the part that rattled him the most wasn’t the pain. It was the fear that he was becoming a dad who couldn’t keep up anymore. And that hits different. Rob’s Story: Rob is 30. Two kids — 8 and 10. Gym-goer. Lov

The Parent Performance Back Pain Series — Chapter 1: The Breakdown My back failed when I became a dad and even as a physio, this had me floored. It was a back pain so debilitating it had me questioning myself as a physio. But, more importantly it was severely limiting me as a dad. My Story It all started way back when our daughter was a few months old, and as some of you might have been lucky enough to experience, she didn't love sleeping. So I would spend hours walking her a