Ymca Healthy Back Book (Paperback)

by Ymca of the USA (Author), Patricia Sammann (Author) "If you picked up this book because your back hurts, you've come to the right place..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal
Since "back pain is one of the most costly ailments of working-age adults," this book guides the average person through 20 fundamental exercises that assist in reducing and avoiding back pain. Reviewed by a panel of fitness and rehabilitation medicine experts, it suggests stress reduction and weight-control techniques to improve back health and recommends the least stressful ways to perform the daily activities of sitting, standing, sleeping, and driving. A discussion of warning signs indicating the need to seek professional help, risk factors for back pain, and a guided tour of the back's anatomy complete the book. Numerous well-prepared illustrations, large type, and an easy-to-understand writing style contribute to the readability of the book, a major strength. Balanced, thorough, and credible, this is similar in content to Stephen Hochschuler's Back in Shape ( LJ 1/91), but its presentation is more effective. Recommended for public libraries.
- Mary Prottmsman, Medical Lib., Enterprise, Ala.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
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"""The YMCA Healthy Back Book is a must for the millions of Americans who suffer back pain."""
Charles B. Inlander
President, People's Medical Society
"""The YMCA Healthy Back Book offers practical information and helpful exercises that will contribute to a healthy lifestyle and a strong back."""
Rona Cherry
Editor-in-Chief, Fitness magazine
"""An excellent resource which, if followed, should help prevent future problems. The book is brief, easy to read, and easy to apply to one's daily activities."""
Stephen Howard Hochschuler, MD
Spine Surgeon, Chairman, Texas Back Institute
"""This book belongs in the libraries of all health promotion professionals and should be recommended to any individual concerned with maintaining a healthy lifestyle."""
Robert L. Kaman, PhD
Professor of Physiology, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers (February 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873226291
• ISBN-13: 978-0873226295
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #227,749 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide for strengthening your back, July 2, 1999

By A Customer

I first bought this book over ten years ago. My wife I and used it to strenghten our backs and relieve the stress from constant sitting required of our office jobs. The book is well laid out and offers an easily understandable step by step exercise program for the back. It is well paced program over a several week period to prevent further injury by doing to much to soon. We wore the book out from our use and sharing it with friends.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only thing that helped me -- this book!!, April 1, 2004

By	W. M. Pittendreigh (Atlanta GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I once suffered from continual back pain. This book did more than medications and therapists could do.

Here you will find exercises that work. I'm not talking about those "tough, make me sweat if I do them and probably never will" sort of exercises. These are simple things that are simple and easy.

The book is full of answers to simple things - how to get out of bed, sit at a desk, etc.

It is an easy read, with lots of illustrations.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back Book Is A Blessing, June 29, 2000

By	Tim Smith (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews

After immobilizing myself with a painful back strain, my doctor prescribed muscle relaxants and anti-inflamatories and I prescribed myself information. Luckily I found this comprehensive gem that has given me long-term benefit after the medication gave me short-term relief.

In understandable terms and illustrations it shows how the back works, causes of back pain, exercises to help in prevention and recovery, and even steps to improve and maintain overall health.

Finding this book is just another example of the old maxim "out of adversity good things will happen".