Help yourself to a pain-free neck. The simple and effective self-help exercises in Robin McKenzie's Treat Your Own Neck have helped thousands find relief from common neck pain. This easy-to-follow book helps you understand the causes, treatments and exercises to help relieve pain and prevent recurrence.
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Customer Rating: Summary: don't let the simplicity fool you Comment: The method you can learn from reading this book may very well end neck pain for you, as it did for me. The excercises, though seemingly simple, when used regularly, have the potential for ridding yourself of the problems associated with neck pain. The straightforward approach to instruction makes this book invaluable. If you haven't heard of McKenzie's approach, get this book. Customer Rating: Summary: Great book, simple exercises that work Comment: After being out a week from work due to lower back pain, a friend let me borrow this one and Treat Your Own Back. Also bought this one 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life: How to Rapidly Relieve Back and Neck Pain. All three were very helpful as was gettting in a pool & stretching. By combining these exercises Robin recommends with pool stretching, the pain was relieved within a few weeks.
I have also been using Targus AWE26US Ergonomic M-stand for Notebook Computers at work with my notebook which has eliminated most all of my upper neck pain. Also, walking for 20-30 minutes each day at lunch and getting a better chair really helps lower back pain. Steelcase's Leap chair has been the best one I've used so far.
The other thing you hear a lot is not to sit more than 20 minutes without getting up for at least a minute or two. I use this program, "Take A Break", which blinks on my laptop to remind me to do that. [...] Customer Rating: Summary: neck health, diskectomy and fusion victim . . . . Comment: read this book and use the methods BEFORE surgery. What the doctors DO NOT tell you about diskectomy and fusion surgery is that you will be disabled for life and will never be able to do many activities ever again.
The book is excellent for neck mobility and health. Try it as an option before going under the knives. . . . Customer Rating: Summary: pain in the neck! Comment: I had an awful pain in the neck. I went to a chiropractor and got no relief. So, I ordered this little book. The exercises are simple but effective, common sense really. No more nagging pain and as long as I perform the exercises my neck feels pretty good! Customer Rating: Summary: Don't bother with this one.. Comment: This book came from a recommendation from my orthopedic.. he informed me there was pretty much nothing I could do about my low back except for "Quit with the running and high impact exercises". This book basically tells you to sit up straight, but a back support under your lower back, and lie several times a day on your stomach, and push yourself up on your arms and hold that position to reinstate the arch in your lower back.. well, duh.. If you are in decent shape this one is not for you. I could see where it may help if you are old, overweight, out of shape, and don't know what else to do..
