The Back Pain Book: A Self-Help Guide for Daily Relief of Neck & Back Pain - Softcover

Hage, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1561450421 ISBN 13: 9781561450428

Publisher: Peachtree Pub Ltd, 1992

Synopsis

A physical therapist tells how to relieve back and neck pain, of which 70 million Americans suffer. Your movement and posture may be the source - or the cure - for neck and low back pain. Mike Hage shows you how to analyze your patterns of standing, bending, breathing - even thinking. Learn to adjust these patterns in every move you make, from getting out of bed and choosing the right shoes to talking on the phone and getting to work. Take control of your pain and participate in your own rehabilitation by reprogramming your body to move correctly.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Product Dimensions: 9.0 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches In this back-pain book, physical therapist Mike Hage, shows how you can control your back problems through self-treatment. Instead, of addressing specific medical diagnosis, medications, surgery or nutritional adjustments. Hage gives guidance on how you can use postures and movements to ease, relieve and even prevent your pain. With this book, you can opt to participate in your own rehabilitation program.*Heal and prevent pain during your daily chores *Perform simple types of exercises from gentle stretching to vigorous movements *Hundreds of helpful line drawings *Complete cross-references designed to meet your needs

About the Author:

Mike Hage practices with Physical Therapy Ltd., which is affiliated with Northwestern University School of Physical Therapy, where he also teaches. This book was developed while Hage was the physical therapy supervisor for the Pain Program at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peachtree Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1561450421
• ISBN 13: 9781561450428
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 227