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Back Care Basics
Back pain is most common between the ages of 35 and 55 and is a major cause of sickness absence from work. However with the help of this book - and in as little as two weeks - you can improve your posture, strengthen your muscles and relieve discomfort. In this essential guide Stella Weller explains the different types of back pain and their causes and how to treat and manage acute and persistent back pain safely. It helps you plan a programme that is right for you with a series of simple but effective step-by-step exercises based on Pilates, yoga and Alexander Technique, and learn the best ways to bend and lift. Also included are top tips for the home, office and travelling and answers to common queries and concerns.
128 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2009
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September 22, 2021
I read the Finnish translation.
This book is about ways of helping and understanding your back pain, and preventing it with the exercises presented here, plus having a good posture whatever you’re doing. The book is in these parts:
- how one’s back works, reasons for having pain
- managing pain: relaxation, breathing, rest position (for those in pain, or bedrest)
- preventing pain in certain sports, and how to have the right posture whatever you’re doing
- some guidance before starting exercises (incl. warnings for those who are pregnant, or with some illnesses or back injuries/pains, which lists some movements that may be risky), list of tools needed.
- the exercise movements (number of repeats/staying in a position time, with different levels of hardness and/or movement variations in some), warm-ups and cool-down movements.
- exercise programs with different levels of hardness, some short programs, and one for pregnant women.
- short word explanation list.
This book is very plain but tells well what a reader might need to know, and the exercises are easy to follow – you don’t need much tools to do them, just an exercise mat, very light weights, a pillow, a smallish lightweight back, and an exercise ball. The meditation exercises are easy too, and I might use some of them also. A slim book, tells you the basics, and is worth it.
This book is about ways of helping and understanding your back pain, and preventing it with the exercises presented here, plus having a good posture whatever you’re doing. The book is in these parts:
- how one’s back works, reasons for having pain
- managing pain: relaxation, breathing, rest position (for those in pain, or bedrest)
- preventing pain in certain sports, and how to have the right posture whatever you’re doing
- some guidance before starting exercises (incl. warnings for those who are pregnant, or with some illnesses or back injuries/pains, which lists some movements that may be risky), list of tools needed.
- the exercise movements (number of repeats/staying in a position time, with different levels of hardness and/or movement variations in some), warm-ups and cool-down movements.
- exercise programs with different levels of hardness, some short programs, and one for pregnant women.
- short word explanation list.
This book is very plain but tells well what a reader might need to know, and the exercises are easy to follow – you don’t need much tools to do them, just an exercise mat, very light weights, a pillow, a smallish lightweight back, and an exercise ball. The meditation exercises are easy too, and I might use some of them also. A slim book, tells you the basics, and is worth it.
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