Spine health and resilience are influenced by both genetics and environmental factors, requiring a dual approach to assessment and training.

“my thought would not go to one or the other but it would go to both and I'd start that conversation with this uh analogy uh let's talk about breeds of dogs we both love dogs if I said to you we're going to take two dogs and we're going to train them for the Greyhound track one's a greyhound and one's a St Bernard how do you think you're going to make out the St Bernard no matter how you train it or condition it will never make it to the uh performing on a greyhound track you're going to end up with a broken uh St Bernard so there's a little bit of a start from a big perspective but now let's drill down and talk about spines”