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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I believe my older sister gave me this book. She was working at a chiropractor's office. One day, quite a few years back now, I had a sciatic nerve pain killing me. This was probably due to the way I sit all curled up on the couch with my legs tucked under me to one side, reading books for hours at a time or watching television day after day. It ran down from the right side of my right hip and down that right leg. Painful!!! Doing the exercise in the book completely alleviated the whole situation, so this book gets a big fat 5-stars. ( ) I was fortunate to encounter a rehabber for my sciatica from herniated disks and spinal stenosis who knew this method. She taught me the simple little exercises and in a matter of weeks, severe pain that I had fought for a long time faded away. My series of spinal shots couldn't fix it. Other rehabbers and doctors couldn't fix it. 3 minutes of easy McKenzie exercises did. Mr. McKenzie was quite an excitable gentleman who BELIEVED in his excercises that are partly based on yoga, but with a few important variations. Don't be put off by his "voice". Just get the book and do what he says. A little under a year ago, I hurt my lower back. I followed all the advice I could find online, expecting that it would heal in a few months. I was taking 800 mg of Ibuprofen a day, which helped reduce the pain a bit, but I was in pain every day. The pain lessened after a few months, but I was still in pain every single day. About two weeks ago, I bought this book. I read it in an evening, and did the set of stretches twice a day. They took under five minutes each time, and within a few days I was down to pain every other day or so, and two weeks in, it's been a few days since I've had any back pain at all. I don't even notice my back! no reviews | add a review
This patient handbook provides an easy-to-follow self-treatment plan to quickly and effectively diagnose, alleviate, treat and manage debilitating back and related pains, even for the long-term sufferer. First in the best-selling " Treat Your Own" Series, written by internationally-acclaimed Physiotherapist Robin Mckenzie OBE CNZM, this book distils the essence of the McKenzie method(R) of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy(R), as taught to medical and other health professionals globally, in an easily accessible format, direct to the sufferer. Now available for the first time in audio, the print version of this charmingly written handbook has been translated into 18 languages and has sold millions of copies worldwide. Numerous international studies have confirmed that the McKenzie Method(R) and the advice contained within 'Treat Your Own Back' allows patients to take control of the own pain and postural management, cure sciatica amongst other complaints, avoid surgery and unnecessary dependence on pharmaceuticals and/or clinicians - thereby reflecting Robin McKenzie's selfless determination to put the patient first and empower self-care. "If it possible to teach a patient to treat themselves, every patient is deserving of that education and every clinician is obliged to provide it" - Robin McKenzie OBE CNZM If you would like to know more about Robin McKenzie or the McKenzie Method(R), please refer to the website: www.mckenziemethod.com. No library descriptions found. |
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