Back Pains

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I recently found a very good book on back pain.

It is called 7 Steps to a Pain Free Life, by Robin

McKenzie. The author is a very well-respected physical

therapist. His techniques are used by many doctors and

therapists. This is a fairly new book - may only be available

in hardback so far. You could just look at it a

bookstore. Basically it presents 7 exercises for back pain

and 7 exercises for neck pain. They are all very

simple exercises, basically extension and flexion of the

spine in lying, sitting and standing positions. I think

this book is based on a couple of previous books

called Treat Your Own Back and Treat Your Own Neck. You

can see how a lot of these exercises are related to

yoga asanas.<br><br>Also, I just got a Thera Cane,

which is a device for self-massage that enables you to

apply strong pressure to places you can't normally get

at, like between your shoulder blades. Can be used

all over. This is a great tool!

<a href=http://www.theracane.com

target=new>http://www.theracane.com</a><br><br>Continuing to add lots of info on

self-healing to my

website:<br><a href=http://www.ionet.net/~tslade/health.htm

target=new>http://www.ionet.net/~tslade/health.htm</a>

[Guest guest]

i am constantly amazed by all the anecdotes of

injury from asana practice. what is needed are not more

appliances and allopathic or even homeopathic remedies, but

a careful look at the yoga sutras, at the actual

ashtanga of yoga.<br><br>to hurt oneself is not yoga. to

force or strain is not yoga. a practice that causes

pain is not yoga. been practicing since childhood and

never had a back ache or neck ache in my life, and

always recovered from injuries from other activities

quite quickly.