Overcome Neck & Back Pain

by Kit Laughlin

Book Overview

If you suffer from back pain, as 85 percent of Americans do, you may think there is no way to bring about a complete end to your pain. Books, videos, and even doctors offer ways to manage the pain, but not to stop it. Finally there is a solution. Overcome Neck & Back Pain, the international bestseller, provides a means to end your back pain permanently through an easy-to-follow four-part program of structural analysis and correction, stretching, strengthening,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684852527
• ISBN13: 9780684852522
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Fireside
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.0" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Simple, Effective Pain Relief

I am not a sufferer of neck or back pain, however, with my occupation I come across many people who are. I'm a Fitness Trainer, and have taught many stretches from this book to people, who have gained immediate relief from their neck or back discomfort.If you're looking for a self-help guide to eliminating your neck or back pain, this would be a great book to have. It explains how to find your own muscle imbalances and directs you to the most appropriate stretches for your problem area. The other great feature of the book is it offers so many variations to each stretch, so if you come across something you can't do, you will always find a version you can do. Many of the stretches can be done sitting in a chair. There are also plenty of clear pictures and diagrams to help you along the way.You don't always have your massage therapist or physiotherapist at hand, but you can always keep this book close by. I believe for most people, if you follow the book carefully, you will develop a method to ease your pain whenever you need to, and keep your spine strong and healthy.

Overcome Neck and Back Pain Possible!

Pain management can now be changed to permanent pain relief and improved function through strengthening and stretching. It is the only book on the market I would recommend to my clients. Easy to read, follow and understand, the best of East and West has been melded in to the safest, most efficient form of exercises for necks and backs I have ever seen or used. Highly recommended if you want to take back the responsibilty for how good your neck and back should feel.

A must for read for those interested in back pain!

A straight forward practical guide for dealing with chronic back pain. This book is written in plain language so is also an excellent reference/resource for back pain sufferers as well as practitioners. Kit Laughlin's justification ofhis approach to treatment and review of literature is the best read I've had on back pain treatment. The stretches for iliopsoas, piriformis, and quadratus lumborum in particular are revolutionary. This book has become my "bible" to treating back pain. This stuff works!

Overcome Neck and Back Pain

This book by author Laughlin is so good that my physical therapist borrowed my copy, and now I need another copy here at my house. After a painful "rearender" car accident, and having pain lasting more than two years, I didn't think anything could help the chronic pain in my neck and back of my head. Happy surprise: these exercises are very good. Warning: If you've been in an accident or had pain for a long time, go slowly, very slowly, with these exercises and they will almost certainly help and be beneficial. They are no miracle cure, but they will help! This is a wonderful and sensible book.

Great exercises, well illustrated. It worked for my back.

It can be very difficult to live with constant pain and tension in the back. I am 33 years old, physically fit and I love sports. That makes having back aches and stiffness all the more difficult to accept. I would try, weightlifting, massage, Yoga, and finally chiropractic. These all helped but I would still get muscle stiffness and I could see that one hip was higher than the other (a sign in my case of muscle spasm).I really believe that you should be able to control your own body. Especially muscles. The thought that I had upper back muscles in spasm and I could not relax them infuriated me. Kit Laughlin's book helps you to step back from the pain, review hip posture and strenghten weak muscles. It takes you through a lot of well illustrated exercises designed to gently stretch lower back and neck muscles. The first time I tried his exercises I found a marked improvement. Yes, in the past, I had been given exercise sheets, many of them, but none of them came close to making me feel like I was getting control of the problem.I am now using Kit's strengthening exercises. I know that no matter how long I sit at a computer or abuse my back, I'll still have a set of exercises that will relax my back.If you are prepared to work on your back and exercise instead of accepting defeat, then this is the book for you. I don't know if it will work for you, but it was just what I was looking for.Good luck!John JacksonAfter experiencing back pain and stiffness for long periods, I sought the help of a chiroprator.