Treat Your Own Back - Softcover

McKenzie, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0987650408 ISBN 13: 9780987650405

Publisher: Orthopedic Physical Therapy Products, 2011

Synopsis

This Worldwide Best-Selling Book will Help You Diagnose, Alleviate, Treat and Manage Back Pain Quickly and Effectively

Back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical help or miss work and is a leading cause of disability. Patients with lower back pain, upper back pain, and sciatica can benefit from the education and exercises in Treat Your Own Back. This best-selling book has helped hundreds of thousands of people worldwide with chronic back pain.

Written by physiotherapist Robin McKenzie, the book provides an understanding of how the spine works, the basics of mechanical back pain and common causes of back pain. It then offers do-it-yourself back pain relief techniques, including postural changes, ergonomics and clinically proven McKenzie Method® exercises.

Color photos and simple step-by-step instructions show you how to perform simple stretches and exercises that can be done just about anywhere to help treat and prevent pain. In addition to this exercise program, you’ll discover when to do the exercises, how to know if you are performing the exercises correctly, what to do when the pain has subsided, and how to prevent recurrence of pain.

In Treat Your Own Back you’ll learn:

• Myths about acute back pain
• How the spine works
• The basics of mechanical back pain
• Common causes of back pain and how to prevent it
• How the McKenzie Method works
• Simple stretches and exercise to help treat and prevent back pain
• Lifestyle habits to help treat and prevent back pain
• What to do when experiencing acute back pain
• How to avoid and treat the effects of postural stress by improving posture
• How to counter the effects of sitting for extended periods
• Common remedies including medications, bed rest and acupuncture

This completely revised and formatted ninth edition landmark patient book includes updated content, new photos and clinically proven McKenzie Method® exercises. It provides a clear understanding of the causes and treatments of persistent back pain.

Written by Robin McKenzie. Illustrated. Softcover; 120 pages.

Published On: 2023-10-02

About this title

About the Author

Robin McKenzie, CNZM, OBE, FCSP (Hon), FNZSP (Hon), Dip MDT, Dip MT

For over 50 years, The McKenzie Method® has put the power in the patient's hands, utilizing education and self-treatment strategies to provide long-lasting relief from pain. The late Robin McKenzie was a renowned spinal expert and an authority on the treatment of lower back and neck pain. His method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy® (MDT) is taught by clinicians around the world. MDT, along with his heralded series of books, DVDs, rolls and supports, has helped hundreds of thousands of people achieve freedom from back, neck, shoulder and knee pain.

From the Back Cover

First in the best-selling Treat Your Own series, written by the internationally renowned Robin McKenzie, this book distils the essence of the McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT), as taught to medical professionals worldwide, in an easily accessible format, direct to the sufferer. Also available in e-book and audio format, Treat Your Own Back has been translated into 18 different languages and has sold over 5 million copies worldwide. Numerous international studies have confirmed that the McKenzie Method allows patients to take control of their own pain and postural management, cure sciatica amongst other complaints, avoid surgery and a long-term costly dependence upon clinicians―thereby reflecting Robin McKenzie's selfless determination to put the patient first and empower self-care.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

There are many publications that set out to tell you how to look after your own back, and you may well wonder why this one should be any different. The reason is that this book shows you how to put your back 'IN' if you have been unfortunate enough to have put it 'OUT', and in addition it shows you what steps you need to take to avoid a recurrence.

Edition details

• Publisher: Orthopedic Physical Therapy Products
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0987650408
• ISBN 13: 9780987650405
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120