Sarah Key's back sufferers' bible [large print] / Sarah Key.

By: Key, Sarah [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Read how you want 16Publisher: [Strawberry Fields, NSW] : ReadHowYouWant, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Large print editionDescription: xxiv, 426 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781525229329 (paperback)Other title: Back sufferers' bibleSubject(s): Back exercises | Backache -- Exercise therapy | Backache -- Treatment | Spine -- Instability -- Exercise therapy | Spine -- Instability -- TreatmentGenre/Form: Large type books. DDC classification: 617.5606 Summary: The human spine is not well suited for our way of life and as a result back pain is pandemic - there is hardly anyone who has not been bothered by it at some time. Advanced as we are in other areas of science, with fixing backs we are little further ahead.This book breaks new ground, and is written for sufferers and practitioners alike. In layman's language it charts a new, easy-to-understand model for the way the human spine breaks down, starting off with commonplace and totally reversible conditions (which 90 per cent of us have), and progressing to the more difficult ones.The Back Sufferers' Bible describes clearly how each stage of back pain manifests, and sets out a logical course of treatment programs. It explains when you need medication and when you need to rest in bed. It explains all the exercises - how to do them and the common pitfalls with each one. It gives you all the information you need to play an active part in your own treatment. For practitioners, there is a new section of comprehensive source material and further reading. Now you can understand what has gone wrong with your spine and take steps to keep your back healthy and pain-free.
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Previously edition: 2000.

Includes bibliography and index.

The human spine is not well suited for our way of life and as a result back pain is pandemic - there is hardly anyone who has not been bothered by it at some time. Advanced as we are in other areas of science, with fixing backs we are little further ahead.This book breaks new ground, and is written for sufferers and practitioners alike. In layman's language it charts a new, easy-to-understand model for the way the human spine breaks down, starting off with commonplace and totally reversible conditions (which 90 per cent of us have), and progressing to the more difficult ones.The Back Sufferers' Bible describes clearly how each stage of back pain manifests, and sets out a logical course of treatment programs. It explains when you need medication and when you need to rest in bed. It explains all the exercises - how to do them and the common pitfalls with each one. It gives you all the information you need to play an active part in your own treatment. For practitioners, there is a new section of comprehensive source material and further reading. Now you can understand what has gone wrong with your spine and take steps to keep your back healthy and pain-free.

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