The Back Pain Chronicles

Author : Paul Parsons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780975531709
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Back Pain Chronicles written by Paul Parsons and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Back Pain Chronilces is a back pain sufferer's guide to pain-free living. Included in the book is a common sense explaination for why it is so many people are plagued with back pain as well as a number of steps that people can take to chase pain out of their lives.

Author : Melanie Thernstrom
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429979453
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pain Chronicles written by Melanie Thernstrom and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-08-17 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of us will know physical pain in our lives, but none of us knows when it will come or how long it will stay. Today as much as 10 percent of the population of the United States suffers from chronic pain. It is more widespread, misdiagnosed, and undertreated than any major disease. While recent research has shown that pain produces pathological changes to the brain and spinal cord, many doctors and patients still labor under misguided cultural notions and outdated scientific dogmas that prevent proper treatment, to devastating effect. In The Pain Chronicles, a singular and deeply humane work, Melanie Thernstrom traces conceptions of pain throughout the ages—from ancient Babylonian pain-banishing spells to modern brain imaging—to reveal the elusive, mysterious nature of pain itself. Interweaving first-person reflections on her own battle with chronic pain, incisive reportage from leading-edge pain clinics and medical research, and insights from a wide range of disciplines—science, history, religion, philosophy, anthropology, literature, and art—Thernstrom shows that when dealing with pain we are neither as advanced as we imagine nor as helpless as we may fear. Both a personal meditation and an intellectual exploration, The Pain Chronicles illuminates and makes sense of the all-too-human experience of pain—and confronts with extraordinary grace and empathy its peculiar traits, its harrowing effects, and its various antidotes.

Author : Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062641808
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crooked written by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand—a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades—delivers the definitive book on the subject: an essential examination of all facets of the back pain industry, exploring what works, what doesn't, what may cause harm, and how to get on the road to recovery. In her effort to manage her chronic back pain, investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin spent years and a small fortune on a panoply of treatments. But her discomfort only intensified, leaving her feeling frustrated and perplexed. As she searched for better solutions, she exposed a much bigger problem. Costing roughly $100 billion a year, spine medicine—often ineffective and sometimes harmful —exemplified the worst aspects of the U.S. health care system. The result of six years of intensive investigation, Crooked offers a startling look at the poorly identified risks of spine medicine, and provides practical advice and solutions. Ramin interviewed scores of spine surgeons, pain management doctors, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, exercise physiologists, physical therapists, chiropractors, specialized bodywork practitioners. She met with many patients whose pain and desperation led them to make life-altering decisions, and with others who triumphed over their limitations. The result is a brilliant and comprehensive book that is not only important but essential to millions of back pain sufferers, and all types of health care professionals. Ramin shatters assumptions about surgery, chiropractic methods, physical therapy, spinal injections and painkillers, and addresses evidence-based rehabilitation options—showing, in detail, how to avoid therapeutic dead ends, while saving money, time, and considerable anguish. With Crooked, she reveals what it takes to outwit the back pain industry and get on the road to recovery.

Author : Jack Stern, M.D., Ph.D.
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698147936
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ending Back Pain written by Jack Stern, M.D., Ph.D. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A totally new paradigm for treating back pain Virtually every American will suffer from back pain at some point. Dr. Jack Stern, a neurosurgeon and professor at Weill Cornell Medical College, brings relief to these millions of sufferers (including himself) who literally ache for help. Based on the latest scientific data, Dr. Stern developed a five-step solution with a multidisciplinary, holistic perspective that’s been missing from conventional back pain wisdom: Step One: Unlock your back’s unique pain code Step Two: Prepare to work with health care professionals Step Three: Ensure proper diagnosis Step Four: Embrace various pathways to healing Step Five: Live a life that supports a strong, healthy back Engagingly written and chock-full of enlightening case studies, Ending Back Pain finally shares the program that’s already helped more than 10,000 grateful patients.

Author : John E. Sarno
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425087417
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mind Over Back Pain written by John E. Sarno and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1986-04 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A physician-professor of clinical rehabilitative medicine explains tension myositis syndrome, back pain caused by tension, and outlines ways in which that pain can be reduced or eliminated through control of stress and physical reactions

Author : Pete Egoscue
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0804152640
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pain Free written by Pete Egoscue and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2014-06-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting today, you don't have to live in pain. “This book is extraordinary, and I am thrilled to recommend it to anyone who’s interested in dramatically increasing the quality of their physical health.”—Tony Robbins That is the revolutionary message of this breakthrough system for eliminating chronic pain without drugs, surgery, or expensive physical therapy. Developed by Pete Egoscue, a nationally renowned physiologist and sports injury consultant to some of today’s top athletes, the Egoscue Method has an astounding 95 percent success rate. The key is a series of gentle exercises and carefully constructed stretches called E-cises. Inside you’ll find detailed photographs and step-by-step instructions for dozens of e-cizes specifically designed to provide quick and lasting relief of: • Lower back pain, hip problems, sciatica, and bad knees • Carpal tunnel syndrome and even some forms of arthritis • Migraines and other headaches, stiff neck, fatigue, sinus problems, vertigo, and TMJ • Shin splints, varicose veins, sprained or weak ankles, and many foot ailments • Bursitis, tendinitis, and rotator cuff problems Plus special preventive programs for maintaining health through the entire body. With this book in hand, you’re on your way to regaining the greatest gift of all: a pain-free body!

Author : Mike Hage
Publisher : Class Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781859591246
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Back Pain Book written by Mike Hage and published by Class Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2005 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : W. H. Kirkaldy-Willis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Low Back Pain written by W. H. Kirkaldy-Willis and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John E. Sarno
Publisher : Balance
ISBN 13 : 0759520844
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Healing Back Pain written by John E. Sarno and published by Balance. This book was released on 2001-03-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. John E. Sarno's groundbreaking research on TMS (Tension Myoneural Syndrome) reveals how stress and other psychological factors can cause back pain-and how you can be pain free without drugs, exercise, or surgery. Dr. Sarno's program has helped thousands of patients find relief from chronic back conditions. In this New York Times bestseller, Dr. Sarno teaches you how to identify stress and other psychological factors that cause back pain and demonstrates how to heal yourself--without drugs, surgery or exercise. Find out: Why self-motivated and successful people are prone to Tension Myoneural Syndrome (TMS) How anxiety and repressed anger trigger muscle spasms How people condition themselves to accept back pain as inevitable With case histories and the results of in-depth mind-body research, Dr. Sarno reveals how you can recognize the emotional roots of your TMS and sever the connections between mental and physical pain...and start recovering from back pain today.

Author : Mike Hage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781859592038
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Back Pain Book written by Mike Hage and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: