Better Back: A Self-Help Guide to Preventing and Treating Back Pain With Orthodox and Complementary Medicine - Softcover

Tanner, John

 
9780789496560: Better Back: A Self-Help Guide to Preventing and Treating Back Pain With Orthodox and Complementary Medicine

Synopsis

Providing a close-up look at back pain and the diverse ailments that can cause it, this authoritative handbook explains how the back works, the causes of back pain, and a wide variety of available treatments to help alleviate and prevent problems. Original.

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Better Back

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This illustrated self-help guide to back pain is a compendium of sensible advice including how best to sit or drive, what to expect from physiotherapy, osteopathy, acupuncture, various drugs and injections, and the benefits and risks of surgery. Most useful for those with chronic back pain unresponsive to treatment will be the chapters on good posture and strengthening exercises as these can alleviate back pain much of the time. As Tanner is a private practitioner in orthopaedic and sports medicine, therefore with wide experience, he recognises that traditional medical treatment often cannot help, and talks through the impact of emotional and psychological stress on the back, the value of relaxation and massage, and the cases most suited to alternative remedies like meditation, hypnotherapy and the Alexander Technique.

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ISBN 10:  0751307521 ISBN 13:  9780751307528
Publisher: DK, 2003
Softcover