Ep. 260 - Does Powerlifting with a Rounded Back Cause Pain?

In classic Iron Culture throwback style, it’s just Omar and Dr. Helms on this one, while the leader of Trex-topia is away at a conference. Omar and Eric give you the classic banter you love, go over reviews, and even engage in an off-the-cuff discussion of the health at every size movement. Then, they get to the meat of the conversation, a recent paper published on whether or not a lumbopelvic movement screen can predict back pain in powerlifters. What can this study teach us about the links between pain, injury, and movement in powerlifting? Tune in to find out! 00:00 Intro to Omar’s bulk and Eric’s end-stage recovery 02:30 The power hour duo episode and reviewing reviews 12:00 The obesity epidemic Iron Culture Ep. 146- What The Fitness Industry Gets Wrong About The Obesity Epidemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfAbKeiAuII  Iron Culture Ep. 147- What The Fitness Industry Gets Wrong About The Obesity Epidemic Pt 2 (ft. Spencer Nadolsky) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ1uXpyuu94  30:20 On to the topic: paradigm shifts in pain science Iron Culture Ep. 33- Pain Science, Injury & Rehab (Barbell Medicine/Clinical Athlete/3DMJ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-S8nThxpqY  Pomarensky 2022 Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Through a Biopsychosocial Lens https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35439311/  Kamper 2014 Multidisciplinary biopsychosocial rehabilitation for chronic low back pain https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25180773/  42:00 Breaking down the study: the chicken or the egg? Larsson 2024 Lumbopelvic movement control in powerlifters with and without low back pain https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38070289/   Luomajoki 2008 Movement control tests of the low back; evaluation of the difference between patients with low back pain and healthy controls https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19108735/ Weyrauch 2015 Association between rotation-related impairments and activity type in people with and without low back pain https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25933914/  Spence 2023 Range of Motion Predicts Performance in National-Level New Zealand Male Powerlifters https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36515597/  58:34 The end of the first power hour and Eric’s final thoughts

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Iron Culture was started by Eric Helms and Omar Isuf as a means of exploring the world of physical culture and attempting to distill a unified philosophy of lifting and to help listeners find greater meaning from the iron. The lifting community has become fractured over the last ~70 years and this Podcast will attempt to explore the fundamental threads that unite these different tribes. The Podcast focuses on dispensing practical, useful information to the listener, bouncing from history, to philosophy, to contemporary lifting culture issues, to science. This can range from teaching the audience about lifting, programming, nutrition, supplements/PEDs and the history of lifting culture. The format includes casual conversations between the two hosts on a variety of topics, discussions with a panel of experts and interviews with authoritative figures in the lifting community.