Most Back Pain Doesn’t Need Surgery: The Torre Prime Guide to Real Recovery, Real Strength, and Real Longevity

Why therapy, precision-based exercise, and Stuart McGill–style spine science outperform quick fixes.

Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care. It’s also one of the most over-treated and poorly treated conditions in the modern medical system. Every year, more than a million Americans undergo spine surgeries—yet a significant percentage of these were never necessary and never address the root cause.

At Torre Prime, we see a different path forward. One rooted in longevity science, functional resilience, and what researchers like Stuart McGill have shown for decades:
Most back pain is mechanical, modifiable, and highly responsive to the right combination of coaching, movement, stabilization, and intelligent loading—not surgery, opioids, or endless MRIs. - Gabriel Felsen