
07/22/2025
Your patient’s chronic back pain might not be about tight hip flexors or a weak core.
It might be about gas. 💨
When the intestines are bloated and stretched, the gut’s inner lining (the lumen) hurts. To relieve that pressure, the body shuts down the abs and lets the back muscles do all the work.
This isn’t bad posture🥴 it’s a reflexive pressure strategy.
And if you’re not factoring in gut health, you’re missing a major driver of pain and dysfunction.
Your toolbox needs more than clamshells and bridges.
You need a lens that sees the whole system.
Want to learn how to assess, explain, and treat this?
🔥 Join the waitlist for my upcoming course:
“Everything They Didn’t Teach You in School”
We’re covering breath, lymph, nerves—and yes, gut-driven pain.