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Spine Hygiene 101: For People With Life Experience
Hosted by Project Strong in Collingwood, Ontario
Friday November 6th 1 – 3pm SOLD OUT
Tuesday November 10th 1 – 3pm SOLD OUT
McGill Method Spine and Hip Masterclass
Hosted by Everlove in Collingwood, Ontario
Saturday December 12th 2 – 4pm
Spine Hygiene 101: For People With Life Experience
Hosted by Project Strong in Collingwood, Ontario
Dates
Fri., Nov. 6th, 1-3pm SOLD OUT
Tuesday, Nov. 10th, 1-3pm SOLD OUT
One of the most important lessons in back health is that there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Every spine is different, and understanding what triggers discomfort is an important first step toward finding strategies that work for you.
- Understanding Your Back
- Why assessment matters and how to recognize your individual pain triggers.
- Common mechanisms and causes of low back pain.
- Simple self-assessment techniques to better understand how your back responds to movement.
- Spine-Smart Movement Strategies
- How everyday movements and habits can influence back comfort.
- Practical stability strategies to support and protect your spine.
- Balance exercises and considerations for sitting, sleeping, and daily activities.
- Understanding Spinal Stenosis
- What spinal stenosis is and why it becomes more common with age.
- Common symptoms, contributing factors, and strategies that may help provide relief.
- The McGill Big 3: Building a Stronger, More Stable Spine
- Learn the principles behind Dr. Stuart McGill’s well-known spine stability exercises.
- Practise variations of the Big 3 with hands-on instruction and coaching cues.
- Discover how appropriately selected exercises can help develop spinal stability and support confident movement.
Throughout this interactive workshop, Sarah will guide participants through:
McGill Method Spine and Hip Masterclass by Sarah McGill
Hosted by Everlove in Collingwood, Ontario
Dates
Saturday Dec. 12th, 2-4pm
Click Here For RegistrationJoin Sarah McGill, President of Backfitpro Inc, in a McGill Method Spine and Hip Masterclass. She will guide you through self and partnered assessments to better understand your own spine, hips and how to apply this understanding to your workouts and daily movement habits for more injury resilience. Work with your body, not against it! This movement optimization starts with an understanding of your unique anatomy, adaptations, habits, and movement patterns.
This workshop is for anyone who is active, works out, and wants to optimize their performance, and reduce risk of injury in their spine and hips. If you have episodic or nagging low back pain, this workshop will be a great introduction to the McGill Method for you!
What will participants get out of this workshop?
- How the spine works, how to take care of their spine, especially while working out.
- Their specific best spine position to be in – the “sweet spot”.
- Their hip anatomy and optimal hip stance for hip hinge and squatting movements and positions.
- Understanding of their own body.
Who is this workshop for?
Everlove members who attend fitness classes, Everlove instructors and healing arts team, anyone outside Everlove looking to gain more understanding of their body to implement into their daily movement habits and especially in training. Those interested in McGill Method science and information.
NOT for someone in severe acute back pain – this is not an individual assessment.
Workshop Feedback
”I am a both a back-pain sufferer and clinician, and I enjoyed the Core of Iron workshop very much! Sarah is fun and explains everything very clearly. I loved seeing the science behind why the McGill Big 3 are superior exercises for stabilization, along with the technique of each exercise with variations, progressions and regressions. As a back-pained patient I felt more stable and realized I am under training a bit, and as a clinician I feel more confident coaching the progressions and regressions to these exercises and prescribing the dosage. The summary notes from Sarah at the end were the icing on the cake!”
“I really enjoyed the workshop and learned some things that will make a difference in my health. Even though I’ve been doing the McGill Big 3 for a while, your tips and coaching will be very helpful so that I get the most from each exercise.”
“Thank you Sarah for a great workshop. Your tips really fine tuned the Big 3 for me and I feel they are working better for me now!”
“Very informative and helpful. I want to get some of my staff to take this class!”