10 Rules of Corrective Lifting

Written on February 22, 2007 at 7:05 pm, by Eric Cressey

Whether I like it or not, around these parts I’ve become known as an “injury guy.” People get jacked up doing stupid stuff, and guys like Mike Robertson, Bill Hartman, and myself fix them up by pointing out that said “stuff” is, in fact, stupid.

To that end, a lot of my consulting work is done in the corrective exercise realm — basically handling people who fall into the gray area between physical therapy and healthy training… bridging the gap, so to speak. We know that 80% of Americans will have lower back pain at some point in their lives, and 70% of gym-goers will experience shoulder problems somewhere along the line, but we can’t send all of these people to physical therapy.