Cure Back Pain with Yoga [Paperback]

Loren Fishman (Author), Carol Ardman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 17, 2006

From the authors of Back Pain, an easy-to-use book offering yoga techniques to control back pain and sciatica.

This book distinguishes the nine common causes of low back pain, teaches you how to identify them, and describes appropriate yoga poses to relieve each one of them. Loren M. Fishman, MD, is an internationally recognized expert in yoga and the clinical treatment of sciatica and low back pain. Here he helps you determine how to start your own yoga practice or alter your existing practice, depending on your physical condition and the cause of your particular pain. The postures, each one illustrated by a photograph, target specific sources of pain—from arthritis to sacroiliac joint derangement—and demonstrate how you can manage and ultimately end your pain.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Combines the best of yoga theory and practice without becoming the least bit vague or obscure. . . . It is the best book I have ever read on the application of yoga to back pain.” (James N. Dillard, MD, author of Alternative Medicine for Dummies )

About the Author

Loren Fishman, MD, is a physiatrist and professor. He lives in New York City.

Carol Ardman is a writer. She lives in New York City.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (June 17, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393328929
• ISBN-13: 978-0393328929
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,655 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #52 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Aging > Back Pain

Customer Reviews

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yoga helped me!, June 22, 2006

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Tony F (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cure Back Pain with Yoga (Paperback)

Thank you to Dr. Loren Fishman for this invaluable guide to preventing and curing back pain with yoga. The beauty of this book, unlike many others, is that it actually acknowledges that there are major types of back pain instead of lumping muscle spasm with arthritis or herniated disc, etc. This book respects the differences, and that is common sense, because what's good for back pain in pregnancy is obviously not the same as what will relieve the pain of a herniated disc. Dr. Fishman's approach is clearly safer and more effective.
For a beginner like me, the simple, lucid discussion of what yoga is was extremely illuminating. I found the explanations of the various types of back pain - arthritis, sacroiliac joint derangement, etc. - easy to read and coherent. . If you don't know what's wrong with you, Dr. Fishman steers you in the right direction with lucid explanations of causes of back pain, including muscular problems, arthritis, sacroiliac joint derangement, etc. He even provides advice (and yoga poses) for people who have recently had back surgery.
The poses themselves are described and/or shown for beginners or for those who are more disabled and at a higher level of difficulty for those who are more advanced. This book is a pleasure to read and to use.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good information, November 6, 2007

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The book is structured with a description of the conditions the yoga pose is intended to help. I had been unsuccessful in finding information about piriformus syndrome and found the book informative with helpful exercises.

I found Yoga being used in some therapeutic programs for my son. I also bought Richard Hittleman's 28 day program of yoga some time ago when I had decided to try to get back into shape and found it a great way to begin an exercise program.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sciatic Pain Relieved After Many years, December 25, 2008

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C. Zimmerman (Boca Raton, Florida) - See all my reviews
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I had been SUFFERING with constant sciatic pain for over 2 years. I was told that I had a herniated L4 and L5 and would need surgery. Approximately, at the same time, I read an article in the NYTimes describing my condition and Dr. Loren's treatment . I immediately called his office and made an appointment. After his examination and use of an EMG , he diagnosed me with one of the worst cases of piriformis syndrome he had ever seen. After several months of aggressive physical therapy I had total relief from pain. For 2 years after therapy I diligently did certain yoga stretches prescribed by Dr. Fishman. I have been PAIN FREE since 1992!!! Sight unseen, I would recommend this book. Carolyn Z.