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Strong Women, Strong Backs: Everything You Need to Know to Prevent, Treat, and Beat Back Pain (Strong Women) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Ph.d, Miriam E. Nelson, M.a., Lawrence Lindner
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 156363
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Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.564
ASIN: B000Q6GXYA
Publication Date: September 7, 2006
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Condition: Brand new hardcover with DJ. Has remainder mark on bottom page edges.
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Product Description
From the bestselling author of the Strong Women series-an indispensable resource for a strong and pain-free back.
In this accessible guide, trusted women's health author and exercise physiologist Miriam E. Nelson presents the information every woman needs to know to maintain a healthy back. Complete with clear explanations, practical advice, and lively anecdotes from women who have benefited from this simple and effective program, this book reveals:
- The most common causes of back pain in women
- How stress and other emotional factors play a key role
- A straightforward exercise program to improve flexibility, strength, and aerobic fitness-designed specifically for women
- What you need to know to create a back-friendly home and office
- Explanations of the medical options available-and how to know when they might be necessary
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 The recommended exercises really helped me January 12, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a fairly short book with a lot of good basic information about back care and a recommended set of simple back exercises and stretches, several of them with different alternatives for different fitness levels and situations. (Plan on buying a Swiss/stability ball, although you can do alternative exercises without one. I actually use a stability ball as my computer chair at home anyway for my back's sake, and for a year I needed to use one at work since I couldn't find any regular chair that worked for me when my back was at its worst.)
For me these exercises seemed to make a huge difference. I'd been given about 3 times the number of exercises by my osteopath, but it seemed like some helped and others hurt my back and the result was neutral; plus the long list of exercises was tedious and intimidating. Various yoga and stability ball DVDs were the same way. By contrast, here was a nice simple set of 6 exercises and 4 stretches that I was quite willing to do every other day or so, and they helped and none hurt and I finally found myself functional again! (I add pelvic tilts to the six exercises for a total of seven.)
Hard to say how much was the timing after 2 years of back pain, but this sure SEEMED to help me more than the osteopath, chiropracters, massages, acupuncture, or attempts at trigger point self-therapy.
 Good information August 6, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I found the book to be informative and well-written. I have some of her other books, so I like this author very much. She gives you some suggestions for exercise and meals. I would recommend this book for any woman who is interested in taking care of herself, especially to prevent osteoporosis.
Helpful Information January 9, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book provides good general information, a large section on exercises to help your back, and good guidelines to follow to know if you need surgery. It will not help you diagnose yourself.
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