Fix Your Back

"This easy to follow patient handbook provides the reader with an active self-treatment plan to resolve and manage back pain. First published in 1980, Treat Your Own Back has featured in many studies, which over the years have proven its benefits and validity. Study results show that exercises taken from Treat Your Own Back can decrease back pain within a week, and in some cases actually prevent back pain. Long term results include reduced pain episodes and decreased severity of pain."--Back cover.

This second edition of 'Low Back Disorders' provides research information on low back problems and shows readers how to interpret the data for clinical applications.

In fix your back, Dr Kanji outlines the causes, investigations and remedies for lower back pain in a simple to read format with excellent illustrations.

Dr. John E. Sarno's groundbreaking research on TMS (Tension Myoneural Syndrome) reveals how stress and other psychological factors can cause back pain-and how you can be pain free without drugs, exercise, or surgery. Dr. Sarno's program has helped thousands of patients find relief from chronic back conditions. In this New York Times bestseller, Dr. Sarno teaches you how to identify stress and other psychological factors that cause back pain and demonstrates how to heal yourself--without drugs, surgery or exercise. Find out: Why self-motivated and successful people are prone to Tension Myoneural Syndrome (TMS) How anxiety and repressed anger trigger muscle spasms How people condition themselves to accept back pain as inevitable With case histories and the results of in-depth mind-body research, Dr. Sarno reveals how you can recognize the emotional roots of your TMS and sever the connections between mental and physical pain...and start recovering from back pain today.

Fixing You: Back Pain 2nd edition significantly expands upon the top-selling first edition. Rick Olderman physical therapist, personal trainer, Pilates instructor, and certified Hanna Somatics practitioner presents a new pattern of problems creating back pain: side-bending problems. Side-bending problems involve an uneven pelvis and rib cage and Olderman shows how to easily detect and fix it. If you have pain on one side of your back or sciatic pain down one of your legs, it's likely you have a side-bending problem. Understanding why you have pain is central to fixing your pain. Fixing You: Back Pain 2nd edition offers you more tests to help you precisely understand the causes of your pain. To permanently fix your pain must change how you use your body. Fixing You: Back Pain 2nd edition teaches you how to sit, walk, bend over, and sleep better. These activities often harbor the most subtle yet egregious issues feeding your pain. Often there are issues operating in the background contributing to your pain. These problems set you up for failure and pain. Find out what these issues are by visiting the Fixing You books website and downloading a free copy of Chapter 3: The Basics. Videos and pictures of all tests and exercises have been re-shot and can be found on the Fixing You books website. You must enter the code found in the book to access the videos. Enjoy the process of discovering why you have pain!

More than eight out of ten of us will suffer back pain at some point - but far fewer know what to do about it. This book reveals how changing the way you sleep can help get rid of your pain. The result of conversations with doctors, physiotherapists, surgeons and chiropractors it lays out what you can do tonight to start the healing process. Find out not only which position will take the strain off your body, but also whether your mattress and pillow are helping or hindering your recovery. It tells you the worst possible position for you to sleep in, wherever your pain is centered. It tells you why pillows don't always need to go under your head (and the one sleeping position where they should never go under your head). Plus, the one thing that most of us do in bed which increases the strain on our neck by six times. It has been designed to be read quickly, in one sitting, so you can take immediate action before bed. I hope the information helps you as much as it has helped me. Reviews from Amazon.com: ***** "Short, clear and easy to follow...what more could you want? The advice in here makes a lot of sense and has helped me already. I would recommend this book to any neck/back sufferers looking for a quick easy read." - Aunt Bee