Treat Your Own Back - by Robin McKenzie

by steve
(mylowerbackpain)

Treat Your Own Back

Treat Your Own Back

I'm a bit hesitant about recommending this book because, although I have found it effective when I have a particularly bad period of back pain, I'm not convinced about the science.

The book starts off with the discovery of the treatment (which is basically similar to the Yoga position known as "The Cobra"), but the treatment was found purely by accident - and the book doesn't really go into the reasons why it works which I find very frustrating. (I'm one of those people who need to know why something works before really accepting it or taking it in.)

Having said that, I have found it to be of some use when my back is particularly bad, which is why it's included here.

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Jun 22, 2010
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by: Anonymous

The science is definitely proven but there is no reason to go into it. The book is simply designed to be a handy easy way for someone to treat his or her back more effectively than any MD could with exercises. If you must know discogenic pain especially in the low back is commonly caused by a condition known as internal disc derangement. The exercises basically help rearrange the internal disc material and alleviate the pain
Jan 18, 2010
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by: Peter

I, unlike my colleage, do not need to know why it works but if I can take the emergency back care stretches and after doing the three stretches for one day I can stop taking pain killer and get around without obvious discomfort then I am sold on its methods. Methodology is not as important to me. This book has given me back my quality of life in one session. I am going to continue with the prescribed exercises and stretching.

I reccomend this book to anyone who can anwser the questions in the beginning and get the correct number for making you a good candidate for these stretches.

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Thanks, Steve.