- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Extensional Pub (April 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0970066457
- ISBN-13: 978-0970066459
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,031,009 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Anyone who either personally has or professionally deals with back pain should read Bruce Kodish's book. -- Ron Dennis, Ed.D., veteran teacher of the Alexander Technique and founder of PostureSense®
Bruce I. Kodish is a modern day alchemist. He has taken a remarkably complex issue and distilled ... sensible solutions... -- Barrett L. Dorko, P.T., originator of Simple Contact and author of "Shallow Dive: Essays on the Craft of Manual Care"
Bruce I. Kodish is a modern day alchemist. He has taken a remarkably complex issue and distilled ... sensible solutions... -- Barrett L. Dorko, P.T., originator of Simple Contact and author of "Shallow Dive: Essays on the Craft of Manual Care"
Book Description
Presents an original body-mind model which explains in clear, non-academic prose the causes, treatment and prevention of activity-related (posture-movement-related) back pain. Details a continuum of therapy and education to deal with such problems. Provides self-care guidelines for controlling pain and improving posture. The self-care principles apply not only to back pain but to other musculoskeletal problems as well.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great source of information and help,
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This review is from: Back Pain Solutions: How to Help Yourself With Posture-Movement Therapy and Education (Paperback)
In "Back Pain Solutions" author Bruce Kodish presents easy to follow techniques for helping with back pain problems. After a brief introduction into Posture-Movement Therapy he provides a section on how your back works, the physiology of the spine, discs, joints, etc. and how this relates to your posture, movement and back problems. Bruce Kodish covers everything that you need to understand in order to safely use the techniques on yourself. For myself, I was having some problems with discomfort in my upper back and used the appropriate technique in the book. I found that I was able to completely relieve the problem. I would have liked more specific techniques and specific excercises for different situations, but then again it had all I needed to help myself so maybe it is complete. If you are having back pain problems and are tired of the constant regimen of pain-killers or the regular onset of back pain you owe it to yourself to read this book and see if it can provide the same benefit to you that it did to me.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great source of information and help,
By Harold McFarland - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Back Pain Solutions: How to Help Yourself With Posture-Movement Therapy and Education (Paperback)
In "Back Pain Solutions" author Bruce Kodish presents easy to follow techniques for helping with back pain problems. After a brief introduction into Posture-Movement Therapy he provides a section on how your back works, the physiology of the spine, discs, joints, etc. and how this relates to your posture, movement and back problems. Bruce Kodish covers everything that you need to understand in order to safely use the techniques on yourself. For myself, I was having some problems with discomfort in my upper back and used the appropriate technique in the book. I found that I was able to completely relieve the problem. I would have liked more specific techniques and specific excercises for different situations, but then again it had all I needed to help myself so maybe it is complete. If you are having back pain problems and are tired of the constant regimen of pain-killers or the regular onset of back pain you owe it to yourself to read this book and see if it can provide the same benefit to you that it did to me. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Primarily on the psychology of motivation to develop proprioception of good back posture.,
By Verbosely Laconic - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Back Pain Solutions: How to Help Yourself With Posture-Movement Therapy and Education (Paperback)
Pros:-Good verbal description of proper back posture for anyone with a normal spine. Cons: -About 260 pages of content, but the helpful parts could have been written in 3 pages or less. -Though well documented, endless psychological studies described and cited that are scarcely applicable for the person taking the time to read the book. -Only 4 exercises diagrammed in the whole book, and they're diagnostic more than therapeutic. -Mention given of various parts of back that can hurt, but only solution for anything is posture. -Almost no mention given of any special causes of back pain (example:relationship between mattress and back pain gets no more than a very general mention that firm mattresses are better) -No mention of special conditions or treatment needs, such as being under 4'6", over 6'5", or having a malformed lumbar. Summary: The emphasis and description of good back posture may help many people with healthy backs who suffer regularly from back pain during the day. It is good to be reminded of the need for good posture. However, little or no mention is made of special back conditions or other causes or practically applicable solutions for back pain. This book won't be of much help to someone who has any sort of special back condition, which would typically be the person who would buy such a book and take the time to read it. If you're an average person with a healthy back but suffer daytime back pain and don't mind reading 260 pages of mainly remote topic studies, this book may help you; any other situations, I wouldn't recommend this book. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best book I've yet to find on back pain,
By Jay Kennedy "Postured kid" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Back Pain Solutions: How to Help Yourself With Posture-Movement Therapy and Education (Paperback)
As a back pain sufferer and doctor this is as complete and valuable resourse as I've ever found. Highly recommended.
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