Subjects:  1. Alternative Medicine    2. Analgesia    3. Clinical Chemistry    4. Diseases    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Pain    8. Pain Management    9. Pain Medicine    10. Treatment    11. diagnosis    12. therapy    13. Health & Fitness / Pain Management    14. Pain & pain management   

Reviews (4)

The reflexology atlas
This is an excellent discription of reflexology.The discriptions are clear and easy to read and easy to understand.
A Great Book
Broken down into the most basic principles, reflexology is the practice of dividing the body into zones, which can then be mapped onto hands, feet, head, or ears. So for example if your head is giving you trouble, proper attention to the corresponding point of your big toe will help to restore the area's natural energies, promoting a return to normal health.
Wow, What a Book!
First, the presentation.Large format - 13x10 on glossy paper, card cover.Nice.Flipping through the pages, there are numerous illustrations or photos on just about every page.Closer examination reveals how-to photos and detailed diagrams of the material that is being discussed on each page.
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Subjects:  1. Acupressure & Acupuncture    2. Atlases    3. Consumer Health    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Massage & Reflexotherapy    8. Pain Management    9. Reflexology (Therapy)    10. Health & Fitness / Acupressure & Acupuncture   

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new age stuff
The only pointer I got from this book was that posture and breathing are very important in correcting back and neck problems.These facts reinforced facts already known.Better exercises can be found elsewhere.

The Pilates Prescription for Back Pain
This is a super book.It communicates well and is very effective.I have had chronic back, hip and feet pain for many years.This book is teaching me how to use my body correctly, which is something I don't think most people realize they don't know how to do - I sure didn't, even though I have been through yoga and dance training.The book is not glamorous and not for coffee table reading.It's more the book you can throw into your suitcase or backpack and take with.It's a book for USE and it WORKS.I feel physically better than in many years, my hips and back and feet are improving daily. This is more or less an operating manual for the body's structure.Thank you so much to the authors for making this information available in an easily assimilatable form. :-)

Basic Pilates
If you done pilates before, you know these exercies.Just a few warnings about back pain and positions. Good for beginers or people trying to get back into the goove of things. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Back Pain    2. Consumer Health    3. Exercise    4. Healing    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Pain Management    8. Physical Fitness    9. Yoga    10. Health & Fitness / Yoga   

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Cure for Arthritis
This is a great book that really helped me with my arthritis.
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Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Dietary supplements    5. Diseases - Musculoskeletal    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Herbal Medications    9. Minerals    10. Minerals in the body    11. Pain Management    12. Therapeutic use    13. Complementary Medicine   

Reviews (6)

Good
I have enjoyed the book.It is very informative.Will continue to use and enjoy it.

Thorough, holistic approach
"The Pain-Free Back" is a comprehensive examination of back pain and what you can do about it.The authors discuss various symptoms and when you should be concerned that it might be something serious.This includes answering the very important question "When do you try to treat it yourself and when do you call a doctor?" Recommend to men and women with back pain
I read this book to get ideas on how to stop back pain. While I'm not a proponent of natural or complementary therapies, these doctors convinced me that taking control of my lifestyle habits was the only way to end the pain. I even went as far as to start taking the natural dietary supplements glucosamine and SAM-e (recommended in the book). Other anti-inflammatory medications had caused a horrible stomach condition, and the natural supplements ease the pain and have allowed me to be more active and start walking again with my wife and kids. The review of causes of back pain was most helpful, and I began to question whether my primary care doctor had really diagnosed my pain correctly. A consultation with a rheumatologist confirmed that I had a form of arthritis common to men instead of pulled muscles. This book urged me to seek answers and reclaim an active life. Thank you. I must add that this book is not hype or sham. I'm cautious of books such as that. This book is highly credible by two renowned doctors and experts in their respective fields. I'm now getting the Pain-Free Arthritis book they wrote for more information on my back condition. Good luck. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Back    2. Backache    3. Care and hygiene    4. Consumer Health    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Homeopathy    8. Pain Management    9. Physical Impairments    10. Popular works    11. Treatment    12. Health & Fitness / General   

Reviews (5)

Want to understand soft tissue injuries? Get this book.
This book is an OUTSTANDING resource (and real eye-opener) for the practitioner as well as for the average person who just wants to understand how things happen in the body and why it can be so hard for some injuries to heal.
Very well written
This is an easy to understand book.I learned a great deal from it.The author knows his stuff, and wrote the book so you don't have to have a great deal of knowledge to follow along.I would recommend this to anyone who deals with injuries, or who has an injury or pain and wants to learn more about it.

Invaluable resource guide!
Ben Benjamin has been my favorite bodywork writer for a long time. I read all of his columns in the American Massage Therapy Association Journal.This book has been thoroughly used so that the cover has evenfallen off!Keep up the great writing Ben!Having authored"The Healing Art of Sports Massage", I have a specific need toknow things for my practice to be successful! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Diet / Health / Fitness    2. General    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health/Fitness    5. Pain    6. Rheumatology    7. Treatment    8. Health & Fitness / Pain Management   

Editorial Review

Foods have special effects on pain, and research studies substantiate this, says Neal Barnard, M.D., in Read more

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A Book to Start With then Research More
Yes, I give 5 stars for the real novice in nutrition.
Awesome Book, MUST Reading...Very well-documented
Excellent book from a physician who has researched this topic thoroughly. Many of the studies here are so informative and crucial to our health, yet you may not find them in other places. Finally a medical authority brave enough to tell the truth and the whole truth with all the science and studies well-documented. More than just a way to treat disease, this book helps you to prevent it in the first place. The chapter about the early human diet is worth its weight in gold. Must read this book...it may save your life, a wise purchase.

Excellent reader-friendly book!
Literally anyone who eats will benefit greatly from reading Foods That Fight Pain. This reader-friendly book persuasively sorts out what foods can cause pain and what ones do not. Author Neal D. Barnard, M.D., has some ofthe late astronomer Carl Sagan's special gift for explaining complicatedand difficult issues in a lucid, lay-accessible manner. While the bookrecommends a vegan diet (free of animal products) as a good starting place,it documents that even normally terrific vegan foods such as citrus fruitsand tomatoes make the "dirty dozen" list of potential"trigger foods" for causing pain in somepeople. A samplesurprise: what you eat can cause back pain, because cholesterol- andfat-laden animal products can clog the arteries around yourspine. Thebook is supplemented by a tasty smorgasbord's worth of recipes and acredibility-boosting wealth of footnoted scientific references in the back.After devouring this book, you will probably want to try going vegan (ifyou aren't already). If you do, you will have full confidence that it's anabundantly healthy diet and just wish you had made the switch long ago. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Diet therapy    4. General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Nutrition    8. Pain    9. Pain Management    10. Health & Fitness / Healthy Living   

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complete waste of money
This book was a complete waste of 19.95. It was filled with personal information about the authors and creators of "prolotherapy" and was just like a big advertisement for them. I got no true information or helpful suggestions at all. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain)    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health Care Issues    7. Health/Fitness    8. Pain Management    9. Coping with illness   

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Good book, but I still have my doubts
First off let me say that this is the most optimistic book on this "disease" that I know of. The author seems highly qualified and really knows his subject.
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Subjects:  1. Alternative treatment    2. Arthritis    3. Consumer Health    4. Diseases - Musculoskeletal    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Pain (Medical Aspects)    8. Pain Management    9. Treatment    10. therapy    11. Health & Fitness / Diseases / General   

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Arthritis Techniques Great
This is the first book I have ever read that deals with joint protection.The recommendations make good sense and I have already started to incorporate them into my lifestyle.I was surprised when I read the information about how arthritis can be caused or aggravated by not drinking enough water.I have already stepped up my water intake. Lots and lots of good advice and eye-opening facts about how arthritis can cause many serious, and even life-threatening, conditions...

Preventing Arthritis
As a health-conscious and active individual in my early thirites, I am always looking for information that can help prevent illness later on in life. This is the first book I have ever seen that tells me how to keep my joints healthy for a lifetime.The recommendations are sensible and practical, and I have started to put them into practice. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Arthritis    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Diseases - Musculoskeletal    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Holism    8. Pain Management    9. Popular works    10. Prevention    11. Health & Fitness / General    12. Popular medicine   

Reviews (6)

Really Delivers
This book is the best. I've given copies to everyone I care about.

It hurts my purse
Sorry, this book is hardly worth the money I spent. Most things are common sense and what isn't is easily found on the internet. And there's nothing in it about what to do when your pride gets hurt after you've bought something you don't want or need.

Finally, Something that Works!
I never take the time to write a review, but this book is brilliant and worthy of my effort.No more wasted time at Physical Therapy.Do it yourself--cheap, easy, fast.Brill's first book Core Therapy is essential to ending the pain.She understands the physiology of the spine and addresses the real problem rather than the symptoms. This is my third week of daily fixes and no more MRI's and doctors not looking at the big picture. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Exercise    3. Exercise therapy    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Healthy Living    7. Pain Management    8. Stress (Physiology)    9. Stress (Psychology)    10. Stress management    11. Health & Fitness / Healthy Living   

Subjects:  1. Acceptance and commitment therapy    2. Chronic pain    3. Consumer Health    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Pain Management    8. Treatment    9. Pain & pain management    10. Popular medicine   

Subjects:  1. Health & Fitness    2. Health/Fitness    3. Pain Management   

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Book not worth the money
I go in for surgery for my herniated disk in two days and nothing I read in this book informed me, encouraged me, or discouraged me from my decision. It's a very basic book if you know absolutely nothing about back pain, but as for any practical advice, there's very little. I especially looked for advice on exercises that are safe to do after surgery, but found none. What little info there is also seems very dated. I would have liked to see more than a tiny bit of info on types of surgery, etc. If the authors had spent their time on more research instead of ranting against managed health care, this might have been a decent and informative book. My advice: spend your money on another, more detailed and up-to-date book.

Great book for those in pain
If you are going to read one book about your sciatica or low back pain, this should be it. The book is very well balanced and covers a lot of ground without getting bogged down in details. It covers the medical background of back problems without becoming a medical text. There are also hints on types of treatments available and how to make rational decisions about what treatment is best for your situation. There are many, many back books out there but this is one of the best written.

One of the Best Lower Back Pain Diagnosis Tools Available
After 5 days of journaling my lower back pain signs and symptoms - I was able to use this book and diagnose my back injury as Spinal Stenosis - Due to a major disc herniated at the L4-L5 inside the vertebral canal.For me the diagnosis was not good - immediate surgery, but as I tore through this book with ease, cover to cover within a 24hr period, I can see how this book is a must buy for those who have back problems several times a year and have not diagnosed the true underlying cause of the pain.Read more

Subjects:  1. Backache    2. Consumer Health    3. General    4. Healing    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health Care Issues    7. Health/Fitness    8. Pain Management    9. Popular works    10. Sciatica    11. Popular medicine   

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sherri reader with neck pain
Someone bought this book for me from my yoga class and I thought I would pick up a few new tips. It was okay nothing to write home about- maybe good for someone who doesn't know how to exercise. There are better books out there.

got me moving again
While no book could replace hands on instruction, this book comes close.This is the book that got me moving again after years of struggle with chronic back pain.Rather than a "one size fits all" approach, the book encourages one to review the evidence of your body and carefully approach the problem.I wonder where I would be if I hadn't run into this book a few years ago.Try it, it may save your back.

Great guide!
Very complete book with daily routines in the back.The description of exercises is extremely thorough.Much more complete than many other books out there.I have been through some rough times with my back and shoulders, and have searched widely for guidance to help me take care of myself - this one is a keeper.Doctors and Chiropractors are wonderful - but the ultimate responsibility is ours. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative treatment    2. Back Pain    3. Backache    4. Consumer Health    5. Diet / Health / Fitness    6. Exercise Therapy    7. General    8. Hatha yoga    9. Healing    10. Health/Fitness    11. Medical    12. Neck pain    13. Pain Management    14. Pain Medicine    15. Exercise & workout books    16. Medical / Pain Medicine    17. Popular medicine   

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Simply the best
In 1970 (yes, I'm somewhat of an old fart) I suffered from an acute case of lower back pain. Luckily, Maggie's Back Book was then widely available. It didn't hurt that at that time Maggie also had her PBS show "Maggie and the Beautiful Machine", and thus was well known (certainly, here in Cambridge). I read it while in bed, on my back, and in pain. I decided to resist the doctor's recommendation for a spinal fusion operation. The injury healed over time, with the help of Maggie's good advice. Read this book!
If you are having back problems, read this book. I read an earlier edition a long time ago and have followed the recommended exercises ever since. The result: very few episodes of serious back pain in 16 years. Maggie was one of the first people to publicize the importance of exercise for dealing with and preventing back pain.

What My Mother Never Told ME
This is an amazingly comprehensive series ofvignettes on living with and overcomingthespoiler that a bad back becomes.Read more

Subjects:  1. Backache    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Exercise    4. Exercise therapy    5. Health/Fitness    6. Pain Management   

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Headache Free!
After a grueling day at work in the city, I came home with a headache that was more than unbearable. Luckily I had recently purchased "Yoga Therapy for Headache Relief", and this was the perfect opporutnity to try it out. It worked! After the rountine, amazingly the severity of my headache had dimishned and after sometime the pain left entirely. Now I practice the yoga postures offered in this book so I can maintain overall well-being and I remain to this day virtually headache free. Thank you!-Phil Romano

Yoga Therapy for Headache Relief
I found this book both informative and enjoyable to read. The background information on headaches is presented in a thorough but easy to understand way. The techniques for headache management and prevention are both practical and fun. I have made the yoga techniques a part of my daily routine with good result--I look forward to doing them! I would recommend this book to any one who would like to learn to better manage their own stress, and get results right away.

An alternate treatment approach for headache sufferers
I am a frequent sufferer of both tension-type headaches and migraines, and I also practice yoga several times per week. This attractive little square book provides an easy to follow yoga stretching routine that is appropriate for anyone, even those with no prior exposure to yoga.
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Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health/Fitness    5. Pain Management    6. Yoga    7. Health & Fitness / General    8. Mind, Body, Spirit   

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A must read for anyone with fibromyalgia.
Prolotherapy has been around for 50 years. Thanks to Dr. Hauser, anyone can read about this amazing therapy. Living with fibromyalgia I am always looking for ways to lesson my symptoms. All of my questions regardingprolotherapy were answered in this little book. ... Read more

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Reviews (5)

Exceptional
This is an exceptional tool for back pain sufferers.Very well written in plain english with a great workout and streches in an easily explained format...well worth the investment.

FANTASTIC BOOK!!!
Anyone suffering with back pain will find this book incredibly helpful.

FANTASTIC BOOK!!!
Anyone suffering with back pain will find this book incredibly helpful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Back    2. Backache    3. Care and hygiene    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. General    6. Health/Fitness    7. Pain Management    8. Self-care, Health   

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Saved my life!
I spent 18 months seeing 25 doctors, took pain killers, muscle relaxants, sleep meds, anti-depressant, Xanax and kept getting worse. Was unable to sleep, to sit or walk without extremem pain. Quit my job, lost my fiance, ended up hospitalized for severe depression.
This book does not say "its all in your head"
Nor does it say you are a hypochondriac, or you want to feel bad to get out of work...
A disservice to FM suffers.
This book may work for some as witnessed by other reviewers, however, I feel it perpetuates the myth that FM is only in one's head.We have enough physicians who are "non believers" (I've met a few) as it is.If FM patients can cure themselves with mental exercises, then I say "have at it."Whatever works; I fully understand that desperate people will try desperate measures.But if it works for FM, then it should work equally for cancer, heart disease, spinal injuries, Parkinson's, diabetes, et al.When, oh when, will they find out the real PHYSICAL cause for this malady?I await the day. Only then will we find a real cure. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Alternative treatment    3. Consumer Health    4. Diseases - Musculoskeletal    5. Fibromyalgia    6. General    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health/Fitness    9. Mind and body therapies    10. Pain Management    11. Psychosomatic aspects    12. Treatment    13. Health & Fitness / General    14. Popular medicine