8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and FootWith a fresh approach to a common problem, this self-help guide to overcoming back pain advocates adopting the natural, healthy posture of athletes, young children, and people from traditional societies the world over. Arguing that most of what our culture has taught us about posture is misguided—even unhealthy—and exploring the current epidemic of back pain, many of the commonly cited reasons for the degeneration of spinal discs and the stress on muscles that leads to back pain are examined and debunked. The historical and anthropological roots of poor posture in Western cultures are studied as is the absence of back pain complaints in the cultures of Africa, Asia, South America, and rural Europe. Eight detailed chapters provide illustrated step-by-step instructions for making simple, powerful changes to seated, standing, and sleeping positions. No special equipment or exercise is required, and effects are often immediate. |
Contents
ORIENTATION 26 | |
STRETCHSITTING 32 | |
RECAP 53 | |
STACKSITTING 68 | |
USING YOUR INNER CORSET 110 | |
TALLSTANDING 128 | |
RECAP 149 | |
GLIDEWALKING 168 | |
RECAP 193 | |
ANATOMY 217 | |
SUMMARY GUIDE 226 | |
Other editions - View all
8 Steps to a Pain-free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back ... Esther Gokhale,Susan Adams No preview available - 2008 |
8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back ... Esther Gokhale No preview available - 2013 |
Common terms and phrases
abdominal muscles action alignment angle anteverted pelvis arch muscles arms back muscles backrest baseline BEND YOUR KNEES Brazil Burkina Faso buttock buttock muscles cause chair chest comfortable common mistake compressed contract curvature distortion engaging your inner erector spinae exercises externally rotated feel feet flexibility FLOOR foot front glidewalking gluteus medius muscle gluteus muscles groin groove hamstring hamstring muscles hand head healthy posture heel hip joint hiphinging hunched inner corset ischial tuberosities kidneybean shape left leg lesson lift ligaments longus colli muscles low back pain lower lumbar spine maintain mechanical advantage move movement neck pelvic anteversion pelvis pelvis forward pillow psoas muscles relaxed rhomboid muscles rib cage RIBANCHOR ribcage RIGHT LEG shoulder blades SHOULDER ROLL sitting sitz bones sleep stacksitting standing step straighten strengthen stress stretch stretchlying stretchsitting sway technique thigh thoracic spine tip your pelvis toes torso upper body upright vertebra walking wedge weight weightbearing