7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life: How to Rapidly Relieve Back and Neck Pain

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The phenomenon known as the McKenzie Method has helped millions of people with chronic back and neck pain. In 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life, its founder, world-renowned physical therapist Robin McKenzie, shares the innovative program that can save you from a life of pain. 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life combines and enhances McKenzie's back and neck books that have sold more than 5.5 million copies worldwide.

The 7 essential steps that make up the McKenzie Method have become the ...

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Overview

The phenomenon known as the McKenzie Method has helped millions of people with chronic back and neck pain. In 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life, its founder, world-renowned physical therapist Robin McKenzie, shares the innovative program that can save you from a life of pain. 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life combines and enhances McKenzie's back and neck books that have sold more than 5.5 million copies worldwide.

The 7 essential steps that make up the McKenzie Method have become the keystone for back and neck care in 35 countries, including the United States. In this easy-to-follow, fully illustrated book, you'll read about:

• Common causes of lower-back and neck pain

• The vital role discs play in back and neck health

• Easy exercises that alleviate pain immediately

• How to stay out of pain

Complete with more than 150 photos and illustrations, and considered the treatment of choice by health care professionals throughout the world, 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life will help you get out of pain-and stay out of pain. It is an invaluable tool for better health.

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In 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life: How to Rapidly Relieve Back and Neck Pain Using the McKenzie Method, Robin McKenzie (Treat Your Own Back) explains that people suffer from lower back and neck pain when their lumbar and cervical lordosis (the curvature of the lower back and neck) is strained by poor posture or bending incorrectly to lift something. Through exercises that extend and flex the back and neck, he maintains, the reader can eliminate pain and the cost of frequent visits to a physical therapist or chiropractor. Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780452282773
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 10/28/2001
  • Edition description: Reissue
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 92,942
  • Product dimensions: 7.31 (w) x 9.08 (h) x 0.63 (d)

Meet the Author

Robin McKenzie is an internationally acclaimed physical therapist who has spent the last 40 years perfecting the McKenzie Method. In 1990 he was named Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. In January 2000 in the New Year Honors, the Queen appointed him to an even higher order, naming him a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM). He died in 2013.
Craig Kubey is the author of seven previous books.

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Table of Contents

7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life Acknowledgments
Introduction by Craig Kubey
Preface: The Chance Discovery
1. You Can Stop Back and Neck Pain
2. How Your Back and Neck Work and Why They Hurt
3. Back Problems
4. Common Causes of Lower Back Pain
5. The McKenzie Method Exercises for the Back
6. When to Do the Back Exercises
7. Instructions for People with Acute Lower Back Pain
8. Special Back Situations
9. Common Back Remedies and Solutions
10. Neck Problems
11. Common Causes of Neck Pain
12. The McKenzie Method Exercises for the Neck
13. When to Do the Neck Exercises
14. Instructions for People with Acute Neck Pain
15. Panic Pages for the Back
16. Panic Pages for the Neck
Appendix A: How to Find a McKenzie-Trained Health Care Practitioner
Appendix B: Products for the Back and Neck
About the Author and the Collaborator
Index

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 19, 2006

    Skip the Botox Shots and Try This!

    I was diagnosed with Cervical Dystonia. The neurologist said I would need to come in for Botox shots every 6 months. I found this book, read it, practiced it to the letter and got great relief. I'm now functioning normally. Buy this book!

    3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 11, 2001

    Money well spent

    I am an engineer working most of the time behind a computer. For about last five years I was suffering from a severe neck pain. Chiropractor visits were helping, but they cost a lot of money and time. This book save me a lot of money and time for not having to visit a chiropractor anymore. I am neck pain free for last two years using the McKenzie exercise methods. These exercises are very simple and take only a few minutes a day.

    3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted March 13, 2010

    A new approach to spinal pain

    I read this book, used the techniques and gained some relief. Some of the positions and exercises seemed risky but they worked. Imagine my surprise when my pain management doctor suggested the book and stated "it can not cause any harm." Now I have my experience of success, plus my trusted doctors blessing.
    The book is well organized, has good pictures, and simple instructions. It would be good for a anyone with spinal pain: neck and/or back.
    There are also descriptions and pictures of appropriate positions for work and rest. Maintaining good spinal position is essential in staying pain free once you get there. Old habits can lead to a reinjury.
    There is a discussion of the qualities of good chairs, sofas, and beds.
    This book would make a great gift for a friend or family member who has low back or neck pain.

    2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 6, 2011

    I Also Recommend:

    Treat Your Own Spinal Stenosis

    Back Pain

    Also suggest "Treat Your Own Spinal Stenosis".

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted June 10, 2003

    AMAZING!!!

    I heard about this book for a while and never read it. Then I herniated a disc in my back and nothing fixed...except these exercises. It was a miracle. If you have back pain you must read this book.

    1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 26, 2012

    Very informative-a must have!

    The best physical therapists are trained and certified in The McKensie Method. Having this book for reinforcement of Robin's techniques can be life changing. Have purchased it many times as a gift for friends and family, young and old, athletic and not.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 19, 2012

    Easy to understand

    My physical therapist recommended this book to me. He is McKenzie certified, and this book explains how to do the McKenzie neck and back exercises. The explanations are thorough.

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  • Posted August 24, 2011

    Didn't Help Me, But Others Like + Book Recommendation

    Others swear by this book, but I didn't find it helpful. But it has so many fans I feel like must be something wrong with me.

    Also, recommend Get Fit in Bed.

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 20, 2001

    Excellent techniques for neck spasm

    I am a chronic neck spasm( I have spasm and not pain) patient. After using the techniques in this book, my spasms were much less, and my condition has improved considerably.

    0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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