Back Stability - Hardcover

Norris, Christopher M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 073600081X ISBN 13: 9780736000819

Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, 2000

Synopsis

Introducing the concept of back stability, this text reviews the biomechanics of the lumbar spine and stabilization mechanisms. It shows how to establish the foundational positions and movements for the stabilization programmes; the consequences of muscle imbalance and how to address that problem; how to build abdominal muscle strength; and how to diagnose and correct bad posture. It goes on to show how to build back fitness with weight training equipment, and provides many dynamic control exercises for going on to advanced rehabilitation and stability. The parts are pulled together in a back stability programme for each client, and the text goes on to show how to avoid back injury at home and at work.

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Review:

"This is one of the few texts that takes the reader from basic exercises to advanced resistance training. For that reason, it is recommended for all individuals involved in strength and conditioning at every level." Dan Wathen Youngstown State University

About the Author:

Christopher M. Norris, MSc, MCSP, has more than twenty years of experience as a physiotherapist and sport scientist. His specialty is exercise therapy. He is currently the director of Norris Associates in Manchester, UK. An expert on back stability, Norris is the author of four books. One of his books on sports injuries is in its second edition and has been adopted by most physiotherapy schools in the United Kingdom. He has taught for the British Association of Sports Medicine on flexibility training and back rehabilitation. In addition to serving as a consultant to major companies, Norris also published the first-ever review of back stability in a series of articles in Physiotherapy Journal. Norris is a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Society of Orthopaedic Medicine. He holds a certificate in occupational health physiotherapy, an advanced certificate in acupuncture, and a certificate in business administration. He and his wife Hildegard live in the Peak District National Park. He enjoys hill walking and ju jitsu.

About this edition

• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 073600081X
• ISBN 13: 9780736000819
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 280