McGill Assessment with Master Clinician Dr. Joe Camisa

In this video, Dr. Joe Camisa introduces the McGill Assessment, a spine evaluation technique developed by biomechanics authority Dr. Stuart McGill that treats back pain like an engineering problem. The assessment identifies specific motion, posture, and loading triggers behind a patient’s back pain to establish that no back pain is truly “non-specific”. Once these pain triggers are identified, clinicians educate patients on movement strategies to desensitize injured tissues and build a targeted exercise program for mobility and stability. After personally overcoming a two-year back injury using these principles, Dr. Camisa became the second physical therapist worldwide to earn the title of McGill Method Master Clinician.