Fight Back: The Intelligent Person's Guide to Care of the Back - Softcover

Fernando, C. Kumarlal; Weiss, Rana

9781602641822: Fight Back: The Intelligent Person's Guide to Care of the Back

Softcover

ISBN 10: 160264182X ISBN 13: 9781602641822

Publisher: Virtual Bookworm.Com Pub Inc, 2008

Today in the United States over 14 million persons are suffering back pain severe enough to keep them in bed. Yet most of them could have avoided not only the loss of work but the pain by taking reasonably good care of their backs. The purpose of this book is to help you recover from back pain if you are affected, and to keep you well if you are not. First of all we will describe the physiology and the psychology of pain and its function, then we will show you how your back is structured and the conditions under which back pain arises. When you understand how the remarkable mechanism of the human back works, you will see better how to use it well, how to avoid abusing it, how problems can arise, and how they can be dealt with. We will show you exactly what you can do to improve the use of your back by your posture and movements, by your exertions and relaxations in the course of normal daily activities, of sitting, standing, walking, lifting, bathing, sleeping, making love, driving, traveling in planes and trains, shopping, doing housework, yardwork, and gardening. We will teach you a variety of preventive exercises. We will alert you to the importance of recognizing the first symptoms of a back problem before it develops into an ailment that requires professional care. About 60% of normal persons who develop back problems could have prevented them with ordinary care.

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