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Back Pain Remedies for Dummies

Michael S., MD Sinel, William W., PhD Deardorff

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Total reviews: 23 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Back pain is such a common condition that many doctors and researchers consider the complaint a normal part of life, similar to having an occasional cold or flu. If you are a back pain sufferer, you are not alone:

Back pain affects more than 80 percent of the population at some time during their lifetime.

Back pain is second only to the common cold as a reason for visits to the doctor and it is second only to childbirth as a reason for hospitalization.

Approximately 50 percent of the working population reports back problems every year.

The total medical cost of back pain exceeds 20 billion dollars a year in the United States.

Back Pain Remedies For Dummies takes a holistic approach to back pain prevention and treatment. Exploring the therapeutic options – from conventional medicine to popular alternative treatments – this patient-friendly guide gives you a heads-up on how to relieve pain now and avoid future injuries, plus

Boning up on your spinal column's pieces and parts

Uncovering some conditions that cause back pain

Examining the lineup of doctors who treat what ails your back

Taking your pain lying down – or not

Giving weight to alternative therapies, including yoga, acupuncture, and imagery exercises

Promoting the importance of good posture

Returning to work and play with a healthy outlook

Saying yes to sex after a back injury

As you try to manage your back pain problem and investigate various treatment approaches, you can help yourself by being assured and hopeful that you can remedy your problem. This reliable reference gives you plenty to reason to believe that back pain does get better, and successful treatment is possible. You can expect to find the best treatment for your back problem when you have some understanding of who treats back pain, how he or she treats it, and why using a multidisciplinary approach is important – all of that awaits in Back Pain Remedies For Dummies.

Better Back

John Tanner

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I LOVE this book and DVD. 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

I was a bit overwhelmed at first thinking I had to review and figure out every single exercise before starting so I just stuck the DVD in. Most exercises were easy to follow with the model and the ones that were a bit tricky I just looked up in the book.

As I'm recovering from a back injury I'm taking it slow and can only do 1 or 2 of the sessions at a time, but I can see doing all in the future for a nice workout. The moves are only repeated a few times so if one is particularly difficult you know it won't last forever!

Editorial Review:

Offering authoritative, constructive advice and information on this worldwide health problem, Better Back assesses a wide variety of available treatments and gives a detailed overview of the solutions to back pain. Explaining how the back works and outlining the many causes of pain, this is the ideal guide for anyone with a bad back pain who wants to take an active role in their own health care.

Sciatica Solutions: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Cure of Spinal and Piriformis Problems

Loren Fishman, Carol Ardman

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A world-renowned clinician's practical and complete guide to understanding and alleviating neurological pain in the lower back, buttocks, and legs.

Sciatica is the acute or chronic feeling of pain, hot or cold, numbness, weakness, "electric shocks" or strange sensations, starting near your seat and going down your leg. It is a condition for which some 20 million Americans will seek help this year. Usually neurological, sciatica may originate with a herniated disk, spinal stenosis, or piriformis syndrome, and may be caused by a fall, physical overextension, or being cramped in an airplane or car. In Sciatica Solutions, Loren Fishman, MD, a researcher with twenty-five years of experience, offers help. In easy-to-understand terms, he demystifies the relationship between neurological injury and sciatica, explains the most common causes, and leads you to an exact diagnosis. Outlining the range of physical therapy, medicinal, and surgical options, Fishman focuses on a comprehensive guide to behavioral, exercise, and lifestyle adjustments you can make for lasting comfort and cure. 20 illustrations.

Backache: What Exercises Work

Dava Sobel, Arthur C. Klein

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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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 exercise.

Exercise has:
Helped more bachage 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.

Rapid Recovery from Back and Neck Pain: A Nine-Step Recovery Plan

R.E.H.S. Fred Amir, Fred Amir

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Total reviews: 32 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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This is a unique and fascinating account of one mans search for a cure. You accompany the author as he searches, like a detective, for clues to solve the mystery of back and neck pain and share with him the joy of rapid recovery from months of pain and disability.

You discover crucial research information as well as easy and effective strategies for rapid recovery. This book provides you the tools to design your own rapid recovery plan for a pain-free and active life.

Rapid Recovery from Back and Neck Pain features:

The revolutionary scientific discovery for the cause of most back, neck, and hand pain

Crucial medical research that you are not likely to learn from most doctors or chiropractors

The noninvasive university treatment program with a phenomenal success rate

The nine-step rapid recovery plan

Case studies of people who have recovered rapidly and avoided surgery, including those with herniated or buldging disc and carpal tunnel syndrome

Special section for designing your own rapid recovery plan

Fascinating information on related research from major universities

Back Trouble: A New Approach to Prevention and Recovery

Deborah Caplan

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

An excellent, easy to understand book for recouperation 5 out of 5 stars.
21 of 22 people found this review helpful.

This book does a great job to educate about how the body functions, with emphasis on helping those with back pain. It is an excellent integration of the Alexander approach with physical therapy to aide in recovery, and better lifetime function.The illustrations are very helpful. As a physical therapist, I recommend this book to all of my patients with Back Trouble.

Back Trouble? Read this book! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Caplan's book is a user-friendly guide to good body use, including many illustrations and exercises which will help anyone who wishes to avoid back trouble. She covers all sorts of situations, including bone and joint ailments and post-surgery. Do yourself a favor and buy this book.

Editorial Review:

Easy-to-follow guide can help you overcome back, neck and shoulder pain by turning everyday movements into practical therapy. Based on the Alexander Technique, a medically recognized alternative to ice packs, heat, ultrasound, traction, bed rest, medication, and surgery. Can also help whiplash, sciatica and disc trouble. 200 photos and drawings.

The BackSmart Fitness Plan

Adam Weiss

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Backsmart book 2 out of 5 stars.
12 of 17 people found this review helpful.

I have had recurring back issues for quite some time (12 years) and have done lenghty research to help aleviate pain and improve performance. With that being said, I found this book to be entirely too basic for me. Much of what's covered are sretches and abdominal and bicep exercises.....very little lower/upper back exercises. If you're an athlete or somebody who's been active consistently, you probably won't find your answers in this book. However, for older or non-exercising individuals, this book has decent basic guidlines and is decent starter information.

Editorial Review:

A complete, full-body fitness program specifically designed to strengthen and protect the back

More than 50 percent of the 20 million Americans who join health clubs quit within the first year, mostly for one reason alone: back pain. Written by Adam Weiss, a chiropractic physician and fellow back pain sufferer, The BackSmart Fitness Plan presents a revolutionary program designed to target, protect, and strengthen the back. Employing his unique BackSmart Method, Weiss lays out a complete fitness program to provide readers with a variety of exercises designed to enhance their physical strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, and appearance, all without injuring themselves. The book includes:

• Hundreds of exercises emphasizing proper form and balance
• Proper use of free weights and machines
• Modified Pilates exercises
• Swiss ball movements
• Stretching

The Rider's Pain-Free Back: Overcome Chronic Soreness, Injury and Aging, and Stay in the Saddle for Years to Come

James Warson, Ami Hendrickson

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Good book! 5 out of 5 stars.
19 of 19 people found this review helpful.

I bought this book pre-order and it arrived very quickly. The author knows his stuff. I am an x-ray tech by trade, so nearly everything I read was understandable to me. He wrote the book so everytone could understand it- medical terms were explained, and there was an extensive glossary of terms. I got the book because my husband suffers badly from back pain and is an avid rider. I occasionally suffer from back pain- usually from doing too much sitting trot. The author was very complete in his assessment of the rider and even the type of horse they should be riding. Fortunately my husband and his horse are a great match, me and my horse aren't so good, but with some work I think we will be OK. The author also went through a series of stretches and also treatment options from traditional to alternative. I found it a very interesting book with a lot of information for anyone who is interested in riding. I even loaned it to my chiropractor who said he would probably get a copy because he treats riders as well.

Happy reading,
Kathy

Editorial Review:

Explaining the impact of horseback riding on the human back in easy-to-understand terms, this guide illustrates how various movements in the saddle affect a rider's back and outlines straightforward steps that can be taken immediately to help keep riders ready to saddle up. Too many riders suffer from back injury, stress, or strain and consequently experience pain when in the saddle or are unable to ride at all. This indispensable guide has step-by-step exercises for strengthening the body for riding, guidance on horse selection and tack selection, and tips on which horse sports are appropriate for riders with various back problems. Traditional and alternative treatments for back pain are also discussed, as are the special considerations of pregnant and elderly riders.

The Back Pain Book: A Self-help Guide For The Daily Relief Of Back And Neck Pain

Mike Hage, Jo Fasen

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EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF AMERICANS suffer from some type of back pain and our sedentary lifestyles only exacerbate the problem. Drugs and surgery are costly solutions for easing the symptoms. This book, written by physical therapy experts at The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago--the top ranking rehab hospital in the nation--empowers you to take control of your pain by managing it, so that its impact on your life is minimized. Emphasis is placed on using posture, positioning, and movement to ease, relieve, and prevent the reoccurrence of pain. Presented in a clear style, the book describes a better way of thinking about daily movements and activities and how they can influence the production of pain; it addresses immediate pain relief, good moves/bad moves for everyday activities, and provides strategic exercises for long-term relief. In this new edition, more functional exercises have been added along with positioning recommendations for workouts on gym equipment. The Back Pain Book includes thorough guidance on how to: achieve quick pain relief heal and prevent pain during all of your daily activities perform all types of exercise, from gentle stretching to vigorous movement The Back Pain Book offers user-friendly features such as: hundreds of helpful line drawings clear, easy-to-follow instructions complete cross references to help you locate all treatment procedures for your particular problem THE REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO has been ranked the best rehabilitation hospital in America by U.S. News and World Report for fourteen consecutive years. It was founded in 1954 and is the nation's first freestanding rehabilitation hospital.

The Wharton's Back Book

Jim Wharton, Phil Wharton

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Don't just rehab your back--PREhab it!

Father-and-son training team Jim and Phil Wharton have served as physical therapists to everyone from Olympic medalists to Broadway and Hollywood stars. Now they're here to relieve your back pain quickly, easily, and permanently. Their methods not only target and resolve current conditions, they also can help you PREhab your back, to prevent any future pain or disability. With this book, you will:

Understand how the back works and why back problems can often be traced to injuries in other parts of the body

Ease pain and keep your back strong with a simple 20-minute routine that meets your lifestyle

Identify the source of current hurt and follow a short-term program to relieve pain and restore flexibility

Understand the latest diagnostic tools with an overview of cutting-edge treatment options

Reverse or completely cure back problems stemming from more than 50 conditions, activities, and sports-related injuries

Relieve back-related troubles caused by anything from extra pounds to osteoporosis, work, tension, or the way you sleep