Backache: What Exercises Work [NOOK Book]

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What is the most powerful backache treatment ever developed to help prevent recurring back pain and restore you to a healthy, pain-free life?

The answer is ...
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Backache: What Exercises Work

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Overview



What is the most powerful backache treatment ever developed to help prevent recurring back pain and restore you to a healthy, pain-free life?

The answer is exercise.

Exercise has:
Helped more bachache sufferes than drugs, surgery, or any other treatment--without dangerous side effects
Been widely prescribed by medical doctors and other health practitioners.
Been rated the best source of relief by backache sufferers themselves
Been uniformly supported by current medical research

Each exercise is explained in words and diagrams so that even a beginner can put together an individualized exercise program that works. Included are:

Exercises to relieve acute and chronic plain, plus preventative measures
Self evaluation checklists
Instructions for increasing activity levels
Tips on performing everyday activities without pain

Let Backache: What Exercises Work work wonders in ending your back pain. Only this book has the techniques you need.

Incl. exercises for low-back, upper-back & neck pain/yoga, meditation & imagery/lifestyle changes/motivation/etc.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781466846807
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
  • Publication date: 5/21/2013
  • Sold by: Macmillan
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 208
  • Sales rank: 377,125
  • File size: 5 MB

Meet the Author



Dava Sobel is an award-winning former science reporter for The New York Times and author of the national bestseller Longitude.

Arthur C. Klein is a survey designer and market research specialist. They are the best-selling authors of Backache Relief, Arthritis: What Works, and Arthritis: What Exercises Work. Both live in East Hampton, New York.
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Table of Contents

Foreword
Ch. 1 Exercise by Prescription 3
Ch. 2 Alternatives to Exercise 11
Ch. 3 A Program for Permanent Improvement 21
Ch. 4 A Special Message for People with Chronically Disabling Back Pain 29
Ch. 5 How to Work Exercise into Your Life 37
Ch. 6 How to Assess Your Exercise Readiness and Assemble Your Tailor-Made Program 43
Ch. 7 How to Sustain Your Motivation to Exercise 65
Ch. 8 Exercises for Low-Back Pain 73
Ch. 9 Exercises for Upper-Back and Neck Pain 111
Ch. 10 Exercises for General Fitness 135
Ch. 11 Exercises for Specific Conditions 143
Ch. 12 Yoga 155
Ch. 13 Meditation, Imagery, and More 167
Ch. 14 Positioning Yourself 177
Ch. 15 Accomplishing Tasks 187
Ch. 16 Enjoying Life 195
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