The Back Pain Sourcebook

The Back Pain Sourcebook is a complete guide for the back pain sufferer, offering information on why backs hurt and what people can do to relieve the pain, including the latest treatments and medications. This updated edition includes expanded information on problems such as herniated disks, bone spurs, back sprains, arthritis pain, tumors, and infections. The book explains preventive techniques and exercises to help strengthen and heal bad backs and presents alternative healing methods such as Rolfing, shiatsu, acupuncture, yoga, Mensendieck, Feldenkrais, and reflexology.