Trigger Point Therapy for Low Back Pain: A Self-treatment Workbook (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
by Sharon Sauer
Working closely with trigger point pioneers Janet Travell and David Simons, Sharon Sauer developed a range of trigger point therapy treatment protocols for many areas of the body. Trigger Point Therapy for Low Back Pain presents her protocols for lumbar, buttock, and ilio-sacral pain. These gentle techniques are easy to learn and administer at home. They include compression, stretching, and range of motion exercises for the muscles that refer pain to the lower back and hip areas. The book inclu...
Gray's Anatomy for Students Elsevieron Vitalsource (Gray's Anatomy)
by Richard Drake, A Wayne Vogl, and Adam W. M. Mitchell
Gray's Atlas of Anatomy Elsevieron Vitalsource (Gray's Anatomy)
by Richard Drake, A Wayne Vogl, Adam W. M. Mitchell, Richard Tibbitts, and Paul Richardson
The Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy
by Andrew Taylor Still
You Are as Young as Your Spine (B&B Personal Wellness (Hardcover))
by Editha Hearn
Characteristics of Compassion: Portraits of Exemplary Physicians
by Helen Meldrum
New research suggests that most back pain is caused by underdeveloped multifidus muscles, those that connect the spinal vertebrae and are crucial in bending the back. This book presents exercises to strengthen the multifidus group. Simple explanations and black-and-white drawings throughout show readers how to work with these muscles.
You’re under pressure, the phone is ringing, there are e-mails to send and meetings to attend; posture is the last thing you think about. The body is not made for sitting at a desk for 40 hours a week and 49 per cent of working adults suffer back pain as a consequence. This practical book offers easy and effective solutions to posture problems at work and at home, with illustrated exercises based on the Alexander technique to help you break bad habits and learn to relax your body. First develo...