Multifidus Back Pain Solution: Simple Exercises That Target the Muscles That Count - Softcover

Johnson, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572242787 ISBN 13: 9781572242784

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2002

Synopsis

New research suggests that most back pain is caused by underdeveloped multifidus muscles, those that connect the spinal vertebrae and are crucial in bending the back. This book presents exercises to strengthen the multifidus group. Simple explanations and black-and-white drawings throughout show readers how to work with these muscles.

About this title

About the Author

Jim Johnson, P.T. is a physical therapist who has spent over nineteen years treating both inpatients and outpatients with a wide range of pain and mobility problems. He has written many books based completely on published research and controlled trials including The Sixty-Second Motivator, Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff, The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution, Finding Happiness in a Frustrating World, Exercise Beats Depression, Treat Your Own Tennis Elbow, Treat Your Own Spinal Stenosis and Treat Your Own Knee Arthritis. His books have been translated into other languages and thousands of copies have been sold worldwide. Besides working full-time as a clinician in a large teaching hospital and writing books, Jim Johnson is a certified Clinical Instructor by the American Physical Therapy Association and enjoys teaching physical therapy students from all over the United States.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572242787
• ISBN 13: 9781572242784
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 132