- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Harbor Press Inc.,U.S.; illustrated edition edition (Jan 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0936197390
- ISBN-13: 978-0936197395
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 15.9 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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Dean Ornish, M.D. author of "Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease" and "Love and Survival" Dr. Brownstein is a remarkable physician who combines the best of traditional and nontraditional approaches. In "Healing Back Pain Naturally, " he provides a truly integrative approach to the treatment and prevention of back pain.
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More than 80 photos and 16 illustrations guide the reader step by step through the Back-to-Life program. Exercises, stretching, and stress-management techniques offer hope to back pain sufferers.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Dr. Brownstein has provided back pain sufferers with real hope with this book. Of all the books I am familiar with on the subject, this is the most balanced. However, I am no expert, so check with your physician who will advise you whether you should try the exercises.
I have suffered from often debiliating sciatica pain for nearly two years now and on incorporating the advice outlined in this book have won the battle against pain. The pain was causing me misery and led me to minor decompressive surgery on two discs last year. I continued to suffer pain and was offered disc removal surgery by my Dr. which I had put off through not wanting or fear. As a last resort I bought five or six books on the subject and found that Dr.Brownstein's book the most balanced and effective. His comments and advice combined with the self-help exercises are invaluable to anyone with back pain. I am almost free from pain now and feel I can get on with life which is not easy anyway, even without back pain!
If there is one book you should buy if you or anyone you care for is suffering from back pain, this is it. Although I might sound like a salesman, I don't have anything to do with Dr Brownstein or his publishing company but I know what back pain is like from my own bitter experience and can also now testify to how liberating relief can be. Much better to buy this book than to continue to pay Drs. for fruitless pricey consultations. No pills or medications of any kind and no need to believe in new gods. Dr. Sarno ("The Mindbody Prescription") has provided us with a fascinating and convincing book on how much our mind has to do with back pain but unfortunately has thrown the baby out with the bathwater in his rejection of any other contributary factors - posture, exercises, stress management, attitude adjustment and so on. Dr. Brownstein also recognises the importance of mental factors and indeed devotes a good part of his book to it but also combines the other areas which must not be neglected. The approach is holistic and deserves credit for being so.
Buy it. I hope and believe it will help. I think there is also a paperback version which is even cheaper. If it doesn't work for you, all you will have lost is a few dollars. Dr. Brownstein is probaby making a bundle on this book but who cares when pain is relieved?
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After 6 months of sciatica, I was told by a surgical consultant that I had a herniated disk and was in the 10% of patients who would need surgery. I couldn't walk for more than 10 minutes without being in severe pain in my backside and down left leg into my foot; simple tasks around the house and even socialising were a horrible thought. If the consultant had been at all pleasant/understanding, I would have had an op, but fortunately he was such a horror that I put it off. I tried physio, which didn't seem to help, then ordered this book and went to see an osteopath. They've had an amazing effect. The book really helped calm me down, as I was very anxious & depressed at the thought of my long term recovery. After 3/4 weeks of following the exercises, the pain in my foot had gone completely, and I stopped taking painkillers. I'm still doing the exercises; it is a fantastic feeling to be able to go out for a walk and I can easily do 30 mins. His advice really made sense and gave me a great deal of hope. I was so impressed, I left the book lying around for a friend to read who's been suffering from anxiety/panic attacks, and the general advice has been a great help to him too - it makes so much sense, it seems to put you on track to recover by yourself. I'd highly recommend it to anyone with back pain.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is an easy read and a real help. Before I read it, I could not stand up straight due to a partially slipped disc. Slow but surely the exercises got me moving again and off of my painkillers. I bought my Aunty a copy too as her back is seriously bad and she too has found it to be a great help.
This really is worth reading and the simple exercises are a must.
This really is worth reading and the simple exercises are a must.
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I am a teacher of yoga and tai chi, so my body is my tool for earning a living. During the last year I have had several long spells of debilitating lower back pain. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Eytan Ornstein
The Natural Back Healing program has proved a useful guide
The Natural Back Healing program not only has proved a useful guide for my patients, but also has become the core of my own personal back pain prevention program. Read more
Published on 24 Aug 1999
A back pain program that gave me back my life.
This book literally saved my life! For a year and a half I suffered from acute back pain diagnosed as spinal stenosis, and at one point fibromyalgia. Read more
Published on 1 July 1999
Art Brownstein's program works for me!
I would give this book 6 stars if I could. The yoga-based exercises Dr. Brownstein describes and illustrates so clearly saved me from the expense, pain, and risk of a lumbar... Read more
Published on 28 May 1999
Good information in the midst of lots of superflousage.
The stretching exercises are probably worth the price of admission - together with Brownstein's testimonials of how badly he hurt and was helped by them. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 1999
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