What is the most powerful backache treatment ever developed to help prevent recurring back pain and restore you to a healthy, pain-free life? The answer is exercise. Exercise has: Helped more bachache sufferes than drugs, surgery, or any other treatment-without dangerous side effects Been widely prescribed by medical doctors and other health practitioners. Been rated the best source of relief by backache sufferers themselves Been uniformly supported...

Demonstrates the Gokhale method--a technique for alleviating back pain--using eight steps, and includes illustrations, exercises, and tips on how to deal with issues that might arise while learning each step.

In her effort to manage her chronic back pain, investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin spent years and a small fortune on a panoply of treatments. But her discomfort only intensified, leaving her feeling frustrated and perplexed. As she searched for better solutions, she exposed a much bigger problem. Costing roughly $100 billion a year, spine medicineoften ineffective and sometimes harmful exemplified the worst aspects of the U.S. health care...