Backache: What Exercises Work

click here for more details, find new or used items	Dava Sobel, Arthur C. Klein Used from £2.42 Pages: 208 (Paperback) ISBN: 0312142811 Pub: St. Martin's Griffin Pub date: 2008-02-04 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 430635

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Saved my life (2/2 people found this helpful)

I've tried them all. Every threapy you can think of. Was about to give up and submit to surgery. Got a book club catalog in the mail that included this book. Decided to try once more. One of he best decisions of my life. I could not do one situp or push at the time . . . without back pain. I do 75 pushs a day and hundreds of what the book recommeds for addominal work. Do yourself a favor and get this book. Follow the instructions explicitly. Good luck.

Incomplete picture of Back Pain (2/2 people found this helpful)

I agree with the authors in the book that in most cases exercise is the best treatment for back and neck pain. The exercises they recommend are also commonly used in physical therapy, so are probably effective.

However, the book does not talk at all about disorders of the spine, and what contributes to back pain. (such as: funtional or anatomical leg length difference, pronated feet, misaligned knees, rounded shoulders, swayback, or flatback) Without an understanding of contributing factors, the exercises may do you no good whatsoever. (As an example, I was having only moderate success with exercise until I also worked on leg length and foot pronation issues.)

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