S2:E15 - Andrew Lock on the Wolf’s Den with Mark Ottobre - Full Podcast

Andrew Lock Questions Intro Welcome to The Wolfs Den. My names Mark Ottobre and my job is to breakdown the world of health, fitness and performance. My guest today is Andrew Lock. Andrew is one of the worlds most sought after rehab professionals for athletes. His been on a lifelong quest pursuing excellence in rehabilitation. If I read out just a few of his achievements, Andrew is Accredited in the McKenzie Spinal Method Completed his Masters degree in 2004, studying the resolution of intervertebral disc injuries. His a Convenor of Australian Strength Scientists Association (ASSA). The Coordinator “Ultimate Strength Summit” at the Arnold Sports Festival Australia 2019 A IFBB Pro League Judge A Current Bench Press Australian AND World Record Holder And the owner Functional Strength Rehabilitation which has clients all over the world. Andrew had advised and consulted with a diverse range of athletes including members of the Australian Cricket Team, Major League Baseball, Bodybuilders, football, MMA, and athletes in all Strength Sports. I’ve know him over over 10 years, and love having him in teach and educate both the team here at Enterprise and the students at Wolfpack, so its my pleasure to welcome Dr. Andrew Lock! - Its great to have you on, were probably going to jump around today with a few different topics, but were I would love to start is; How much do you bench? - Now thats out the way, tell me your journey into physiotherapy? How did you get to become a physio? Why? 2. Would you describe yourself as a regular physio? Why/why not? What do you do differently? What do others overlook? 3. What do you think is the biggest myth in physiotherapy? 3 a). What’s the prevailing lie you feel that gets repeated in traditional physio education? (Note: if not discussed, prompt; Is it 80% of injury reoccur after the first 4 weeks? and 80% are resolved if they do nothing?) 4. Let's talk Pilates; who was Joseph Pilates and what happened in the Federal court of America? 5. Switching gears to something similar to this, the Kettle swing. It has been deemed as ‘bad” by some strength coaches. What are they missing? 6. So what is the worst thing you can do for a back? 6. a) and on back pain, one of the most common intervention is the humble backbend? -do Demo 6. b) is it true, the way we should think about lower back pain is usually its the problem of the abs not working the way they should? Audience ask; does anyone here have lower back pain? Let get them up… So question for you; using the humble bodyweight squat as an assessment, we can see that this guy tucks his hips under, which would indicate his abs are too weak. if we give him something to counterbalance, the issue goes away. Is it as simple as that, or what are we missing here? What else should we be looking for? 7. Deadlifts. It’s almost paradoxical. On one side of the fence you have people shouting deadlifts are bad, on the other, the most absurd and ridiculous technique that's touted as “as long as the bar is close to the shins its some how ok. Now you’ve studied world champion deadlifters, what’s the commonality you found? (Note: if not addressed, ask about fishing hook spine and vertical tibias) 8. You’ve rehabbed shoulders using the bench press? That’s counter intuitive - how does that work? 8. a) What’s your current best bench? What have you done differently to achieve that level? -Side questions if needed - incline, rotators etc 9. What’s the worse injury you’ve seen and the recovery?