Strong Women, Strong Backs: Everything You Need to Know to Prevent, Treat, and Beat Back Pain - Hardcover

Nelson Ph.D., Miriam E

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399153756 ISBN 13: 9780399153754

Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group, 2006

Synopsis

A comprehensive reference for women shares practical advice and high-energy anecdotes on how to maintain back health, discussing such topics as the role of stress in back pain, women-specific exercises, and creating a back-friendly home and office environment.

About this title

About the Author:

Miriam E. Nelson, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and director of the Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition at Tufts University. She is the author of seven previous Strong Women books, including Strong Women, Strong Bones; Strong Women Eat Well; and Strong Women and Men Beat Arthritis. Her research has been published in The Journal of the American Medical Association and The New England Journal of Medicine, and is covered prominently in popular media, such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Today show, CNN, Time, and Newsweek.

Lawrence Lindner, M.A., pens the "Eating Right" column for The Boston Globe and writes frequently about health matters.

Synopsis:

A comprehensive reference for women shares practical advice and high-energy anecdotes on how to maintain back health, discussing such topics as the role of stress in back pain, women-specific exercises, and creating a back-friendly home and office environment. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0399153756
• ISBN 13: 9780399153754
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 194