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Healing Back Pain Naturally: The Mind-Body Program Proven to Work |  | Author: Art Brownstein
Publisher: Pocket
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0743424646
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.56406
EAN: 9780743424646
ASIN: 0743424646
Publication Date: May 22, 2001
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Dr. Art Brownstein suffered back pain for twenty agonizing years. Now he shares the cure that worked for him and thousands of others: his revolutionary Back to Life Program. Sharing his own story of surgery, painkiller dependency, and severe depression, Dr. Brownstein guides you through the recovery program that gave him his life back. Today, he runs a medical practice, bikes, surfboards, teaches yoga, and leads an active life -- free of pain!
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Practical solution November 2, 2009
I. Tremback (Australia)
Excellent book. Just what I needed. The author is a doctor and past back pain sufferer so he is very qualified to write on this subject. The book is very practical.It is a true self help book. I used it in conjunction with weekly physiotherapy ( after seeing a doctor) over a 4 week period to reduce my sciatic pain and difficulty in walking. I could hardly sit. The pain woke me up several times a night. Not any more. It may take me weeks or a month or more to get back to normal. If you follow the wise and compassionate advice in this book -physical emotional nutritional spiritual- and listen, really listen, to your body -all on a daily basis and also seek medical help to diagnose the problem, I believe you stand a good chance of a cure. Small regular progress and patience and trust over weeks or months may be all that is needed to heal this marvellous machine that is our body.
HEALING BACK PAIN NATURALLY October 21, 2009
old gray man with bad back (indiana)
Outstanding, very helpful and lacking in the hubris of certain other health gurus. This is an easy read and a workable program of exercise that leads up to ( in my case ) a better quality of life without scars on my back.
 Some psychobabble mixed with good advice October 12, 2009
DerWanderer2 (Switzerland)
I bought this book over a year ago when my lower back pain became intractable. I had been in a car accident nine years earlier and through the years the pain got progressively worse and the episodes longer. Brownstein is good at assembling a lot of information and advice in a single, very readable book, but none of it is particularly original.
The most compelling, and also most problematic, part of the book is Brownstein's discussion of his own ordeal with back pain.
I cringe at books that attribute physical pain or disease to psychological trauma. Brownstein indulges in a very typically American mentality that equates physical illness with moral or emotional deficits. He sadly relies on John Sarno, author of "Mind over Back Pain," in his chapter on stress and back pain.
Sarno invented a diagnosis, accepted by no one in mainstream medicine, that repressed anger creates muscle tension which creates back pain. He rejects the now proven fact that discs cause pain, i.e. there are pain receptors in the outer layers of the disc that send signals to the brain when the disc nucleus ruptures and irritates the nerve endings in the disc. The lower spine itself is the main relay station for the peripheral nervous system and any disorder, be it muscular or due to a spinal anomaly, will trigger plenty of pain receptors.
Brownstein also focuses a lot on self-destructive behavior that leads to back pain. Here we run into the classic mind-body mess that is so appealing to readers because it provides a sort of Puritanical religious hope that if you just get your life together, you will overcome your pain.
This notion is nonsense. There are far too many people indulging in self-destructive behaviors who have no back pain. What lucky souls they must be, if we are to believe Brownstein's conclusion.
Having said that, I will recommend this book as an antidote to the surgery-obsessed approach to back pain that is driven more by economic considerations than sound medicine. How many horror stories do we hear of people (like me) who had back surgery only to feel worse? I completely agree with Brownstein that exercise, stretching, yoga (safe yoga) and meditation are your best bet in dealing with back pain. If nothing else, the passage of time usually takes care of most flare-ups.
The book's advice on exercise etc. is hardly original. Many, many books and Web sites give the same advice, and then some. But for a quick overview of what's available, I recommend Brownstein's book with the above-mentioned reservations.
This Is a Great Book September 3, 2009
Mike
I've had back pain for years and found this book to be extremely helpfull. I bought it a few months ago. It is very comprehensive in all aspects of the cause and effect of back pain. Most importantly though is that the suggestions have been effective in eliminating my pain. I would recommend it for anyone who has suffered from sciatic issues like I have.
What a good book! August 31, 2009
Michele Muirhead (USA)
This is an excellent book for anyone who has back issues and does not want surgery. I was diagnosed with a severely ruptured disc 4 months ago (L4 - L5) and I have implemented many of the techniques and found them very helpful. I'm on the road to healing!! God is good!
PS This is not a Christian book - I have also received LOTS of prayer from faithful believers at my church....I feel that prayer has been a HUGE part in my healing also.....
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