Synopses & Reviews
The phenomenon known as the McKenzie Method has helped millions of people with chronic back and neck pain. In
7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life, its founder, world-renowned physical therapist Robin McKenzie, shares the innovative program that can save you from a life of pain.
7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life combines and enhances McKenzie's back and neck books that have sold more than 5.5 million copies worldwide.
The 7 essential steps that make up the McKenzie Method have become the keystone for back and neck care in 35 countries, including the United States. In this easy-to-follow, fully illustrated book, you'll read about:
* Common causes of lower-back and neck pain
* The vital role discs play in back and neck health
* Easy exercises that alleviate pain immediately
* How to stay out of pain
Complete with more than 150 photos and illustrations, and considered the treatment of choice by health care professionals throughout the world, 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life will help you get out of pain-and stay out of pain. It is an invaluable tool for better health.
Review
Praise forand#160;
7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life:
and#8220;Patients who have learned to use McKenzieand#8217;s exercises assert for the first time that they could effectively manageand#8211;or banishand#8211;their own pain.and#8221;
-"Dear Abby"
and#8220;A fantastic guidebook for people with back or neck pain.and#8221;
-Dean Edell, M.D., author of Healing Back Pain Naturally
and#8220;I think Robin McKenzieand#8217;s work is wonderful.and#8221;
-Art Brownstein, M.D., author ofand#160;Healing Back Pain Naturally
and#8220;The McKenzie Method has become a keystone for back and neck care, and this book is an invaluable tool for better health."
-HealthNewsDigest.com
Synopsis
A fully updated edition of the program, including a new chapter,
7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life has sold more than 5.5 million books worldwide
Since the McKenzie Method was first developed in the 1960s, millions of people around the world have successfully used it to end chronic back and neck pain. Now, Robin McKenzie combines and enhances his bestselling books into one volume with a new chapter on relieving shoulder pain. 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life explains: Common causes of lower back, shoulder, and neck pain The vital role discs play in back and neck health Easy exercises that alleviate pain immediately
Synopsis
A fully revised and updated edition of the program thatand#8217;s sold more than 5.5 million copies worldwideand#151;plus a new chapter addressing shoulder pain
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Since the McKenzie Method was first developed in the 1960s, millions of people have successfully used it to free themselves from chronic back and neck pain. Now, Robin McKenzie has updated his innovative program and added a new chapter on relieving shoulder pain. In 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life, youand#8217;ll learn:
and#183;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Common causes of lower back, neck pain and shoulder pain
and#183;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; The vital role discs play in back and neck health
and#183;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160;and#160; Easy exercises that alleviate pain immediately
Considered the treatment of choice by health care professionals throughout the world, 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life will help you find permanent relief from back, neck, and shoulder pain.
About the Author
Robin McKenzie is an internationally acclaimed physical therapist who has spent the last 40 years perfecting the McKenzie Method. In 1990 he was named Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. In January 2000 in the New Year Honors, the Queen appointed him to an even higher order, naming him a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM). He died in 2013.
Craig Kubey is the author of seven previous books.
Table of Contents
7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life Acknowledgments
Introduction by Craig Kubey
Preface: The Chance Discovery
1. You Can Stop Back and Neck Pain
2. How Your Back and Neck Work and Why They Hurt
3. Back Problems
4. Common Causes of Lower Back Pain
5. The McKenzie Method Exercises for the Back
6. When to Do the Back Exercises
7. Instructions for People with Acute Lower Back Pain
8. Special Back Situations
9. Common Back Remedies and Solutions
10. Neck Problems
11. Common Causes of Neck Pain
12. The McKenzie Method Exercises for the Neck
13. When to Do the Neck Exercises
14. Instructions for People with Acute Neck Pain
15. Panic Pages for the Back
16. Panic Pages for the Neck
Appendix A: How to Find a McKenzie-Trained Health Care Practitioner
Appendix B: Products for the Back and Neck
About the Author and the Collaborator
Index