
Back Pain Book
Mike Hage(Author)
Class Publishing Ltd
2nd Edition
Published on 1. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
241 pages
978-1-85959-124-6 (ISBN)
Description
This practical, easy-to-read book tells you everything you need to know to alleviate back and neck pain. Over 80% of adults in the UK have had experience of back pain and 2.5 million endure back pain every day of the year. It can emerge as acute attacks or develop into a chronic condition - either way, it is a debilitating condition that can have a severe impact on peoples' lives, limiting even the most simple, everyday activities.
The Back Pain Book is a comprehensive self-help guide that provides support to sufferers of back pain by advising on quick pain relief as well as more long-term, preventative guidance through the use of posture, movement and exercise.
This new edition, updated by the late author's colleagues at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, reflects recent advances in back pain treatment and offers an even more practical approach to back care.
*Gives thorough guidance on how to achieve quick pain relief
*Explains how to heal and prevent pain during daily activities
*Shows how to perform different types of exercises with hundreds of helpful line drawings and easy-to-follow instructions
*Includes complete cross-references, making it easier to locate treatment procedures for specific problems
3 examples of bad bending & lifting moves in daily activities:
1Feet too close together
2Knees & hips straight, with low back rounded forward
3Tensing & arching the neck up
3 examples of good bending & lifting moves in daily activities:
1Place feet and knees at least shoulder width apart or front to back in a wide-step position.
2Lean over or squat with the chest and buttocks sticking out.
3Take weight through one or both arms
The Back Pain Book is a comprehensive self-help guide that provides support to sufferers of back pain by advising on quick pain relief as well as more long-term, preventative guidance through the use of posture, movement and exercise.
This new edition, updated by the late author's colleagues at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, reflects recent advances in back pain treatment and offers an even more practical approach to back care.
*Gives thorough guidance on how to achieve quick pain relief
*Explains how to heal and prevent pain during daily activities
*Shows how to perform different types of exercises with hundreds of helpful line drawings and easy-to-follow instructions
*Includes complete cross-references, making it easier to locate treatment procedures for specific problems
3 examples of bad bending & lifting moves in daily activities:
1Feet too close together
2Knees & hips straight, with low back rounded forward
3Tensing & arching the neck up
3 examples of good bending & lifting moves in daily activities:
1Place feet and knees at least shoulder width apart or front to back in a wide-step position.
2Lean over or squat with the chest and buttocks sticking out.
3Take weight through one or both arms
Reviews / Votes
REVIEW: "The book is the most comprehensive book I have come across as a self-help guide to back problems." - Richard Perry, London. REVIEW: "After reading this book, I have incorporated it into our chronic back pain physical therapy program. I have found it to be easily understood and widely accepted by our varied client population." - Mindy Turner, United Backcare Inc, Washington DC.More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bridgwater
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
461 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85959-124-6 (9781859591246)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Book
11/2003
Class Publishing Ltd
€42.27
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Person
MS PT Former Physical Therapy Supervisor, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Content
Chapter 1 Your electrical and structural systems; Chapter 2 Quick pain relief; Chapter 3 Good moves/bad moves during daily activities; Chapter 4 Wheel of function; Chapter 5 Strategic exercise for the individual with low back and/or neck pain; Glossary; Index of Good Moves