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    When the Whistle Blows

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Heal Your Aching Back: What a Harvard Doctor Wants You to Know about Finding Relief & Keeping Your Back Strong

by Jeffrey N Katz

Heal Your Aching Back: What a Harvard Doctor Wants You to Know about Finding Relief & Keeping Your Back Strong Cover

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Publisher Comments:

Take back your health, your fitness, and your life

This authoritative and comprehensive guide, written by a Harvard doctor who has struggled with back pain himself, will help you find the real cause of your problem--and the smartest way to treat it. This simple step-by-step program will show you how to:

  • Get the right diagnosis for your type of back pain
  • Find the most effective treatment, including complementary therapies
  • Control pain through specific exercises, massage, and yoga
  • Avoid surgery, prevent reinjury, and strengthen your back for life

Dr. Katz also gives you the most up-to-date information on chiropractic care, new pain medications, alternative physical therapies, and back surgery.

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About the Author

Jeffrey N. Katz, M.D., M.Sc., is an associateprofessor of medicine and orthopedic surgery at HarvardMedical School and an associate professor of environmentalhealth and health policy and management at the HarvardSchool of Public Health. He is the codirector of the SpineCenter at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780071467650
Subtitle:
What a Harvard Doctor Wants You to Know about Finding Relief & Keeping Your Back Strong
Author:
Katz, Jeffrey N
Author:
Parkinson, Gloria
Author:
Katz, Jeffrey
Author:
Katz, Jeffrey N.
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Companies
Subject:
General
Subject:
Prevention
Subject:
Diseases - Musculoskeletal
Subject:
Pain Management
Subject:
Backache
Subject:
General Health & Fitness
Subject:
Backache -- Treatment.
Copyright:
2007
Edition Number:
1
Series:
Harvard Medical School Guides
Publication Date:
March 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
269
Dimensions:
8.94x6.08x.77 in. .91 lbs.
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