Back to Basics: A Video Assisted 7-Step Holistic Approach to Managing Back Pain for Those Over 50
by Chris Rawson
A simplified method to managing back pain, with free video assisted tutorials included when you purchase the book!As a physiotherapist, I have long been disappointed with how back pain in those over the age of 50 has been treated. Too much emphasis has been put on passive treatments such as massage, prescription pain medications, TENS and ultrasound, which rightly all have their time and place. But, an improved and more structured approach is needed.Over the past several years, I have successfully run a mobile physiotherapy company specializing in treating those over the age of 50. The most common ailment people see me for is–you guessed it–back pain. Since starting my mobile business, I have developed a 7 step action plan that I have implemented with all of my patients suffering with back pain. The program is simple, easy to follow and has been providing amazing results for my patients. The spine doesn’t work in isolation and has a close relationship with the body parts above and below it. A major hurdle, in my opinion, is that the standard approach to treating back pain looks at the back exclusively. My approach aims to fix this issue by implementing a treatment program that views the back and the rest of the body holistically, including possible external factors.In this book you will learn my 7-step plan to treating back pain, which includes:
- A crash course on the anatomy of the back and the 3 key leg muscles you need to strengthen to help improve your pain.
- The different diagnoses you can expect when your back hurts.
- Why posture is so important and easy to apply, practical tips you can implement straight away to help.
- The stretching, strengthening and cardiovascular components that are essential for all back programs.
- 2 other important variables which are not often overlooked when it comes to back pain.
- You have crippling severe back and/or leg pain which is constant all of the time.
- You have numbness or loss of sensation in your groin region.
- You have pain shooting down both legs at the same time.