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Backache: What Exercises Work | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dava Sobel, Arthur C. Klein
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 374376
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0312142811
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.564
EAN: 9780312142810
ASIN: 0312142811
Publication Date: June 15, 1996
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Condition: May contain significant wear and/or markings. Supplemental materials may not be included. Inventory subject to prior sale.
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Product Description
What is the most powerful backache treatment ever developed to help prevent recurring back pain and restore you to a healthy, pain-free life?The answer is exercise.Exercise has:Helped more bachage sufferes than drugs, surgery, or any other treatment--without dangerous side effectsBeen widely prescribed by medical doctors and other health practitioners.Been rated the best source of relief by backache sufferers themselvesBeen uniformly supported by current medical researchEach exercise is explained in words and diagrams so that even a beginner can put together an individualized exercise program that works. Included are:Exercises to relieve acute and chronic plain, plus preventative measuresSelf evaluation checklistsInstructions for increasing activity levelsTips on performing everyday activities without painLet Backache: What Exercises Work work wonders in ending your back pain. Only this book has the techniques you need.
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 Don't buy this book August 5, 2008
This book should not have the word "exercises" in the title. It's mostly just words, words, and words. It's also very, very basic. If you really can't move at all and you don't know any exercises this might be the book for you. But if you know how to turn your head and want some better ideas and exercises try something else. I recently bought 5 back books from Amazon and this was the 2nd to last worse one. "No more aching back" was the worst.
Extremely mediocre & extremely non evidence based May 10, 2006
8 out of 18 found this review helpful
All clinician-scientist as well as lay people in
their right mind believe in evidence base medicine
This kind of lay discussion on 'exercises' without
detailed recourse to evidence, nor comparison between
different exercise programs, and omission of a decent
discussion of the causes of back pain as well as
elementary stuff like red flags make this book
extremely extremely mediocre. Extremely not up to standard
 What works? March 10, 2006
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Picked this book up with a few other to gain more information on my on and off again back problems. You know how it is if you are thinking of getting this type of book. You went to all the doctors in your town and tried all the exercises they give you to do on the floor. I even spent thousands on massage therapy, a that helped for a while. But every time I went to exercise my back would hurt again. Well this is the year, I am not getting any younger, so I bought a collection of books over the last month and this is one of them i recommend for people who are tired of thier pain and want to do something about it. The other books are on exercises that have helped me very much and I am not running out of exercises to do.Good luck, hope this helps
Exercising March 8, 2006
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you need to start somewhere then this book will help you to exercise away your pain. If you already workout then this book will not give you the type of workout to improve your condition. This was given to me as a gift and I did pick up a few good pointers.
 OK but not really professional January 20, 2006
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have read book about backache before this one "Backache : home treatment and prevention" by Homola, Samuel. That book was better for backache understanding.
Anyway, I do agree that exercises are good and practical way to get rid of your backache. And I have good experience and knowledge of exercises in general. However, if this is not first book on back exercises you are going to read, I recommend you to read more professional book.
In summary, good for begginer, but too simple if you are looking for professional book on exercises.
Thank you.
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