Lower back pain (LBP) is prevalent globally, particularly affecting low- and middle- income countries like South Africa. LBP is a complex and multifactorial and primarily emerges without a pathoanatomical cause. Negative attitudes and beliefs about the back often worsen pain and extend recovery. Professionals, including ergonomists, transmit attitudes and beliefs about the back through advice and management recommendations. Ergonomists’ attitudes and beliefs about the back are therefore essential to understand due to their impact on interactions with workers. The attitudes and beliefs of educators are important to investigate as the nature of education will influence the beliefs of future ergonomists. This study aimed to investigate the back pain attitudes and beliefs of the Human Kinetics and Ergonomics (HKE) staff and postgraduate students from Rhodes University in South Africa. The validated 20-item Back Pain Attitudes Questionnaire (Back-PAQ) assessed these attitudes and beliefs. Nineteen HKE staff members and postgraduate students completed the Back-PAQ. The HKE staff and postgraduate cohort displayed highly variable attitudes and beliefs about the back. Some negative beliefs displayed by the cohort included those about the unique nature and impact of LBP, the integrity of the back and LBP treatment. Some positive beliefs included those about physical activity, prognosis, and recovery. This indicates a need to provide ergonomists with current evidence supporting helpful beliefs about the back to ensure that consistent advice is given to workers that reduces the development and persistence of LBP.