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 enlarge | Author: Robin A. Mckenzie
Publisher: Optp
Category: Book
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Rating:  104 reviews
Sales Rank: 1065
Media: Paperback
Edition: 8th
Pages: 72
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.2
ISBN: 0958269238
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.564062
EAN: 9780958269230
ASIN: 0958269238
Publication Date: July 2006
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 Worth a try. November 8, 2007
a trainer
This book talks a lot about posture and how it can affect your back. Posture suggestions follow. The exercises recommended for most cases of back pain involve a person bending their spine backwards. These are done in the standing and on-your-stomach positions.
One thing I did notice about this back pain book is that it contains no exercises to strengthen your back- which I think is strange as it is well documented in the back literature that people with back pain have smaller than normal back muscles (Parkkola 1993 and Daneels 2000) when examined with CT scans and MRI's as well as weaker than normal back muscles (Smidt 1983 and Mayer 1985 and Mayer 1989 and Roy 1989 and Cassisi 1993). On this basis, I felt that this book was overlooking this important point and should probably address it with at least one strengthening exercise.
Having said that, I think this book will be most helpful for people with back pain that radiates into one or both legs due to a disc problem. People with spinal stenosis or a slippage of one vertebrae over the other (called a spondylolisthesis) will want to be careful with the backward bending motion as this might actually aggravate their pain. Other fix-it-yourself books readers might be interested in include Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff for those with shoulder pain or a torn cuff.
 If you actually follow the instructions, guess what! October 27, 2007
Richard Ladd (Simi Valley, CA USA)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Of all the reviews I have read, I didn't come across any that point out the need to follow Robin McKenzie's instructions religiously. I am quite certain there are some people who this book will not help. It is not, and doesn't pretend to be, a silver bullet capable of solving the world's back problems.
However, I believe the exercises and, above all, the information on how to proactively take care of your back, will work for the vast majority of people who follow them.
I suffered from an extremely debilitating attack of sciatica nearly eight years ago. My wife had to call 911 to have me transported to the hospital. I spent the next month on crutches and the following two months with a cane, unable to wear anything but soft moccasins due to the nerves that had been damaged in my left foot.
My wife had this book, but when she first showed it to me I thought she was nuts; it looked entirely counter-intuitive. Bending backwards didn't fit my paradigm of how one's back ought to be utilized. After 7 weeks of no sleep, unsuccessful treatment in physical therapy, lots of vicodin, etc., I decided to try it out. What did I have to lose?
After the first session I noticed a lessening of the pain in my foot, especially my left big toe. I decided to give it a try. I have to emphasize McKenzie stresses the need - when first doing the exercises - to repeat them every two hours without exception. This I did. I was able to return to work full-time with the proviso that I would be stopping for approximately 15 minutes every two hours to do my exercises (slow, steady stretching mostly).
It took a couple of months, but by the end of that time I was all but completely recovered. I still have a little numbness and occasional pain in my toe, but my life has essentially returned to normal, including my ability to play golf.
This book also points out the need for sitting properly and the difficulty in actually doing so, due to the poor design of most chairs, seats, and sofas. It also provides simple exercises one can do when it's impossible to do the primary ones. I have used one of them extensively, including on the golf course, to relieve the pain that signals I'm doing something wrong.
I recommend this book without reservation, and I have done so for dozens of people in the last almost eight years. I suspect many of those who have not found this book helpful didn't follow Mr. McKenzie's instructions or are just too enamored of the medical profession to believe there is a simple, natural cure to many of our ills without the need to resort to drugs and surgery.
Treat Your Own Back September 29, 2007
Myrna Trauntvein (Nephi, Utah United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This has been one of the most helpful books I have ever read. I have suffered with low back pain for several years and have been treated by several pain specialists. The exercises and information in this book have made a great difference. What a relief. I would recommend this book to anyone who suffers from lower back pain.
 Too much to read for the content September 8, 2007
VG (GA, USA)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
The method described can be covered in 2 pages. It just takes forever to get to the point.
The method/ back exercise worked for me to some extent in the first week. Not a lasting solution.
This was not an expensive book so I did not feel that bad about buying it.
Life Saver Book September 1, 2007
A. M. Attia (NJ United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a treasure for anyone suffering from Back Pain .. And must have
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