The Back Book

This is the second edition of the booklet which contains practical advice on how to deal with back problems and stay active. It is based on the latest research and the information has been shown to be effective in clinical trials. It is suitable for anyone suffering back pain, and doctors or therapists can use it to help patients cope with early management of symptoms. It is linked with the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine guidelines for coping with back pain. The publication is also available in packs of 10 copies (ISBN 0117029505), as well as a video based on the booklet (Get back active, ISBN 0117029408).

Eighty percent of Americans experience back pain in varying degrees at some point in their lives. In fact, back pain is second only to the common cold as a reason why people visit a doctor. In The Back Book, Johns Hopkins surgeons Ziya L. Gokaslan and Lee Hunter Riley explain the causes and complexities of back pain and the various paths to diagnosis and treatment. Stressing the importance of individualized treatment, they discuss the process of establishing a treatment plan that is acceptable to the person with pain as well as to the attending physician. They also: • lay out reasonable expectations for surgical and nonsurgical treatment • illuminate the possibilities, risks, and limitations of back surgery • describe how to select a surgeon and the importance of choosing the right one Informative and reassuring, The Back Book provides readers with the knowledge they need to understand their back pain and get started on the route to relief.

According to Consumer Reports, 80% of all adults suffer from back pain. For those millions, The Yoga Back Book offers a complete guide to back care with guided yoga stretches, exercises, and other relaxation techniques. Stella Weller’s sensible approach offers a gentle yet effective way to spinal health without drugs or surgery. The exercises in The Yoga Back Book have been carefully selected to help heal problem backs. By following this easy course, readers will effect a gradual stretching, strengthening, and relaxing of the back, which can ease away the causes of back pain. The Yoga Back Book features:Tips for basic back care—including nutrition for a healthy spineTechniques easily incorporated into daily lifeSimple lessons on how to sit, stand, bend, get up, and lie down without causing pain or undue stress on your backHow the back works and what can go wrong120 black and white photos illustrating each yoga pose For anyone with back pain, The Yoga Back Book offers a complete course in managing back problems in one easy to-use volume.

“A great book for back-pain sufferers and their caregivers alike.”—Todd J. Albert MD, Surgeon-in-Chief and Medical Director, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York If there’s one lesson to learn from the national bestselling Younger Next Year series, it’s that we can dramatically change our quality of life by taking the right kind of care of ourselves. This is just as true for back pain. Formulated by Dr. Jeremy James—whose practice has cured an astonishing 80% of patients—and #1 bestselling Younger Next Year coauthor Chris Crowley, here is a step-by-step program of simple exercises and behavioral changes that will help readers find a neutral spine, realign their core, learn healthy new ways to move in the world—and virtually eliminate back pain. So follow Jeremy’s rules—like #1. Stop Doing Dumb Stuff, #2. Be Still So You Can Heal, #7. Stand Tall for the Long Hail—and find a lifetime of relief.

Describes a method of reducing pain and back injury that has been used by celebrities, Olympic medalists, and other sport figures.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s—wait, it really IS a bird! Take another look, because what looks like an ordinary pigeon might just be a hero saving your butt! Don't miss this hilarious illustrated series perfect for fans of DOG MAN. The REAL PIGEONS are ready for anything. A MONSTER who is draining every bath in the city? A breeze! A PRANKSTER causing trouble in a beach town? Psh! A shadowy BAD GUY who wants to take over the world? Not a problem...right? No one can protect a city like this team of crime-fighting heroes. But who will protect the Real Pigeons when they don't even know how to SWIM? This isn't the REAL PIGEONS' first time fighting crime! Start here, but don't forget to read about their other adventures in REAL PIGEONS FIGHT CRIME, REAL PIGEONS EAT DANGER, and REAL PIGEONS NEST HARD.

Alice is stuck on earth and there’s no way back to heaven. She finds herself floating back to her college campus and when her friend Milly doesn’t seem to care that she’s dead, she begins to lose her sanity. When a resident ghost at the college warns her about the path of revenge she is taking, it becomes startlingly obvious that Alice may already be too far gone. But when a familiar face shows up from heaven, Alice starts to realize just how far she has fallen. The question is, though, is it already too late for her? Has she already fallen too far to be saved?