Low Back Disorders: Evidence-based Prevention and Rehabilitation | 
 enlarge | Author: Stuart Mcgill
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Category: Book
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 59065
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Pages: 328
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.7 x 1
ISBN: 0736066926
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.564052
EAN: 9780736066921
ASIN: 0736066926
Publication Date: August 30, 2007
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Product Description
This second edition of the highly successful "Low Back Disorders" provides readers with the latest research information on low back involvement and shows readers how to interpret the data for clinical applications. There is new information on dealing with overly 'stiff' spines. Special provocation tests are described for better patient assessments and readers are shown how to improve the development of appropriate patient activities for functional gain. The reader is exposed to exercises and activities that will give patients a solid foundation of physical work in preparation for more advanced activities in sports and occupations. It features 354 photos and 122 illustrations, including graphs, charts and photos supporting original research. The handouts will enable the practitioner to create individualised instruction sheets tailored to each client's current needs and rate of progress, enhancing correct form and more effective rehabilitation. It includes highly scrutinised research and clinical information directly from the internationally recognised spine research laboratory of Stuart McGill.
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 Good info. maybe outdated, too technical for average reader November 3, 2008
T. Villarreal (Streamwood, IL United States)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
It appears that some of the research in this book is older-not the most recent findings available. I was hoping this would provide a user friendly presentation of back disorders found in the population today and applicable evidence. I am somewhat familiar with anatomy from both Pilates and Yoga training but still didn't get a lot from this book. The studies showed pictures and older equipment, the material may be beneficial for some but a warning to the general population just hoping to learn more about their own body/injury and prevention or rehabilitation exercises-not that promising from my perspective. Obviously I am not a medical professional but I do think this book would be more valuable to someone with anatomy experience.
 Low Back Disorders September 29, 2008
R. Knights (Grand Rapids, MI)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Phenomenal work. Great for those who work with patients with back issues. I would highly recommend it!
Too Important to be Read only by Therapists September 10, 2008
William H. Dewitt
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Though longer and harder to read than most exercise books written for the general reader, Stuart McGill's, Low Back Disorders, has such ground breaking information it is well worth buying.
McGill sets out cutting edge research to show, among other things:
1. Why endurance is more protective than strength;
2. Why stability is vastly more important than flexibility;
3. Why usually "preserving the normal low back curve" during exercise causes less stress on the spine than doing a pelvic tilt or flattening the back against the exercise mat;
4. Why back exercises should not be done during the first hour or 2 after arising; and,
5. Why adding repetitions to an exercise is safer and more productive than prolonging the hold during each repetition. Holds should be no longer than 7-8 seconds.
Following these and other specific recommendations makes doing McGill's exercises and those in other books safer and more effective.
McGill says no one exercise plan can fit the needs of every patient so he leaves it up to the therapist to determine the number of sets and repetitions needed to generate endurance. This is fine for therapists but gives inadequate guidance for the non-therapist reader and fails to take into account the needs of all those whose back problems are not so unique as to require a therapist.
By paying attention to the table of contents and the section headings, the reader can probably avoid getting bogged down in the details of the research findings. Or one can simply read the injury prevention primer (pp. 154-156), chapter 10 for the background to the exercises, and chapter 12 for the exercises.
McGill devises several new exercises that build the muscles of the back and torso while placing less stress on the spine. He also revises the way some of the old standard exercises are done.
However, he does not provide enough alternate exercises when his exercises prove too difficult or painful to do.
Because no one book can meet everyone's needs, I also encourage buying:
1. The Back Pain Book by Mike Hage; and,
2. The Multifidus Back Pain Solution by Jim Johnson.
Both books are very easy to read. Hage's book is a comprehensive, well illustrated treasure.
Johnson's book highlights the need for and shows 4 ways to do one key exercise, an exercise that both McGill and Hage (I have the 1992 edition of Hage's book) include but show only one way to do, a way that is painful for me.
In summary, all 3 books provide uniquely valuable information and each one of them has helped me.
Must have book for rehab. professionals. August 18, 2008
Headless (Maryland)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a great reference text for anyone who treats low back injuries and works to create lumbar core stabilization. Following the work of Janda and others, McGill has taken core stabilization to the next level. His research based approach is 100% applicable and easy to follow. He presents the science of how the body works and this is great. McGill, also being a Ph.D., does not have a medical, chiropractic, or other bias...he presents things as he finds them through studies. This is a great book and well worth every penny...
For those in the fitness field, I recommend the Ultimate Back Fitness book...very applicable and easier to follow...
Mostly NOT a book for the layman. July 25, 2008
BebopBoomer (Virginia)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Some other reviewers have (directly or indirectly) made it clear that this book is primarily for researchers, doctors, and other health-care professionals, but I would like to re-state this as clearly and emphatically as possible, as some buyers may be seriously misled by claims (not made by the author!) that it is "a book that can be read by almost everyone" or one that "every patient suffering from low back pain should read". Only Part 3 (about specific exercises to do and not do) fits that description. Parts 1 and 2 are highly technical and addressed almost entirely to physicians and academic researchers. For someone without a good working knowledge of anatomy (that's me, in case you think I'm being condescending to the ignorant masses), these parts of the book are impossible to follow. My advice to the sufferer from low-back pain (again, that's me) would be to get the book from a library and concentrate entirely on part 3.
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