Breathworks for Your Bac

by Nancy Swayzee

Book Overview

If you -- - Have tension in your neck or upper back much of the time- Gave up most exercise because it bothered your lower back- Cannot exercise because back surgery or injury has lessened or
restricted your movement --Then this book is for you!

Ingeniously combining breathing and correct body alignment, renowned exercise therapist and rehabilitation specialist Nancy Swayzee shows you how to eliminate back pain, prevent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380790440
• ISBN13: 9780380790449
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A FANTASTIC BOOK TO REBUILD YOURSELF

I love the book. Very well explained. Simple exercises but very effective. I have bought many books about the back, and this is really the best. I just would love to get the audio tapes. I live in UK. Please, if you know how I could get them, write me to javismiles@excite.com thanks a lot

Have back pain? Don't ever want back pain? READ THIS BOOK!

Ms. Swayzee wrote her book for the lay person, yet you will find that it is not at all simplistic. IF YOU WANT RELIEF FROM LOW BACK PAIN OR IF YOU HAVE A HEALTHY BACK AND YOU WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY you must learn how to function, day to day, utilizing a stable trunk. This means, that YOUR UPPER BODY AND LOWER BODY NEED TO LEARN TO STAY TOGETHER AS A SINGLE, STABILIZED, UNIT as you lift, work, carry, etc. This book tells you how to use your inner abdominal muscles to achieve a stable trunk. In my opinion, the critical discovery set forth in this book is the use of forced-expiration breathing to achieve a body stabilizing abdominal contraction. This technique allows instant access to a stable trunk and can therefore be used moment to moment, throughout the day. I use her method constantly all day long. This is the only effective way I know to protect the back during the damaging rigors of everyday life. It allows a person to quickly target the proper abdominal muscles and then to maintain a more powerful, more sustained abdominal contraction when needed. During quieter activities when I am not lifting, pulling, pushing, carrying etc. I maintain a constant 10% to 15% contraction as a matter of routine posture. I look better and I feel better. IN FACT AFTER TWO YEARS OF SERIOUS DAILY LOW BACK PAIN, I FEEL GREAT!! If practiced for a few weeks, this health-preserving technique soon develops into a reflex that becomes automatic. THIS BOOK CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE!

These exercises really work!

This is the best book about the relationship between strength and health I've ever read. It's one of the best books about the whole body! It gave me information I could understand about how the body is put together without losing my attention. AND the exercises do exactly what the author says they will do. I noticed a difference in the way I looked and felt after only a couple of weeks. My back feels better and my stomach looks better. Don't miss her tapes!! They make getting the exercises done a breeze without having to turn any pages or trying to remember what comes next. Three cheers of BOTH the book and the tapes. A program that's easy to do and delivers great results!

This really works!

This is the best book ever for understanding and attaining strength and health. The exercises REALLY work. I saw results in a couple of weeks. My back feels better and my stomach looks better. And I keep doing the exercises everyday because the author talks me through them! No pages to turn and nothing to remember. Breathworks exercises are on cassette too. I love the sound of her voice! The best combination ever, information AND motivation. Get the book and the tapes now!!