Your Back Hurts? Blame Your Butt

Let’s be blunt: if your back’s aching, your butt probably isn’t pulling its weight. Literally.

Netflix-and-chillin’ (aka professional potato-ing) leaves your glutes stretched and sleepy and your hip flexors short and cranky. 

Your core stabilisers are shut down by this imbalance, and your posture is thrown off, which puts all the load on your lower back.

I’m happy to announce that you’ve been inducted into the Couch Spud Olympics as an honorary member. Gold medal in “Why does my back hurt when I do absolutely nothing?”

Is it long-term? It’s time to say hello to anterior pelvic tilt, disc compression, and facet joint irritation – all of which lead to a very unhappy quadratus lumborum (QL). Isn’t that sexy?

The plot twist is this: movement has medicinal properties. Our approach at Super Myo is to assess the whole chain – which includes glutes, back, and neck – and treat it with dry needling, manual therapy, and functional rehab to get things moving again.

You don’t need a new mattress. You need your glutes firing and your core supporting.