Heal Your Aching Back

Jeffrey Katz (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2007
McGraw-Hill Professional (Verlag)
978-0-07-146765-0 (ISBN)

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Offers you strategies for managing back pain, techniques for preventing back pain from occurring or recurring, and guidance on when you should consider more serious treatment, such as surgery. This book presents exercises to improve your back strength and health, alternative treatments, and pain medications.

Take back your health, your fitness, and your life

This authoritative and comprehensive guide, written by a Harvard doctor who has struggled with back pain himself, will help you find the real cause of your problem--and the smartest way to treat it. This simple step-by-step program will show you how to:

Get the right diagnosis for your type of back pain Find the most effective treatment, including complementary therapiesControl pain through specific exercises, massage, and yogaAvoid surgery, prevent reinjury, and strengthen your back for life
Dr. Katz also gives you the most up-to-date information on chiropractic care, new pain medications, alternative physical therapies, and back surgery.

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Part One: The Perplexities of Back Pain

1: Bewildered by Your Back Pain?

2: Who Gets Back Pain?

Part Two: Understanding Back Pain

3: The Workings of Your Back

4: Why Your Back Hurts

5: Getting a Diagnosis

Part Three: Controlling Your Pain

6: Priority #1: Relieving Your Pain

7: Can Complementary Therapies Help Your Aching Back?

Part Four: Managing Your Condition

8: Is Surgery Right for You?

9: Preventing a Repeat Episode

10: When Pain Persists

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Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.2.2007
Reihe/Serie	Harvard Medical School Guides
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 226 mm
Gewicht	382 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
ISBN-10	0-07-146765-3 / 0071467653
ISBN-13	978-0-07-146765-0 / 9780071467650
Zustand	Neuware