Managing Back Pain For Dummies (For Dummies (Health & Fitness)) - Softcover

Roth MD, Pat; Ross MS, Phil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1394295286 ISBN 13: 9781394295289

Verlag: For Dummies, 2025

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Discover countless options for rest and relief when you have chronic back pain

You're probably not thrilled that you need a book called Managing Back Pain For Dummies, but you'll be thrilled that you bought it. Written by a neurosurgeon and a master personal trainer, this book contains expert advice that will help you feel better. You'll get step-by-step guidance on how to lessen your pain and reduce reliance on medication, using self-treatments and exercises that really work. You'll also learn about the clinical treatments that are available to treat back pain―and when it's time to seek a doctor's help. Back pain is different for everyone. You might benefit from simple posture fixes and at-home exercises, or you might be ready to pursue injections, nerve blocks, and other medical treatments. Wherever you are on the back pain spectrum, this helpful Dummies guide will help move the needle toward relief.

• Prevent and reduce back pain by improving your posture and technique during daily activities like yard work
• Understand the latest professional treatments and self-treatments, and know when to see an MD
• Reduce your reliance on medication by exploring our methods of stimulating self-healing and permit the body to heal itself.

Follow clear, concise, illustrated exercise routines designed to strengthen your core and support muscles of the spine. This book is for the millions of people who are struggling with back pain and looking for non-surgical options to improve their quality of life.

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Patrick Roth, MD, MHA founded New Jersey Brain and Spine, the premier neurosurgical group in New Jersey. He serves as both chairman of the department of neurosurgery at Hackensack University Medical Center and chair of the department of neurosurgery at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. His interest in spine includes using technology to decipher pain generators and utilizing minimal access solutions when appropriate.

Phil Ross, MS is an ACE certified personal trainer and developer of The Get Off Your Back Method and The BodyBell Method^®, providing hands on methods to prevent, alleviate, treat, and manage back pain. He is Board member of the Industry Advisory Council at APUS. Pat and Phil are big advocates in a holistic approach to pain, involving mind and body therapy, is always the most essential component of care.

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Reduce back pain safely and effectively

Looking for a way to reduce and manage your back pain without unnecessarily relying on addictive pain medications? In Managing Back Pain For Dummies, an experienced neurosurgeon and a renowned personal trainer team up to walk you through the steps to lessen pain and discomfort with accessible, evidence-based treatments. You’ll learn about everything from exercises you can do yourself at home to more complicated therapies, like nerve blocks and injections. This up-to-date guide is a comprehensive, reliable guide for anyone with back pain.

Inside…

• Learn stretches and exercises
• Improve your posture
• Understand medical conversations
• Explore advanced treatments
• Prevent further injury
• Reduce medication reliance
• Explore self-healing techniques
• Strengthen your core

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: For Dummies
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1394295286
• ISBN 13: 9781394295289
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Wiley-VCH GmbH; product_safety@wiley.com; ; Boschstrasse 12; Weinheim; 69469; Deutschland