Humpty Dumpty Syndrome : Lift Yourself from Back Pain Without Drugs or Surgery

by OXENHANDLER HARRY S.

• ISBN13: 9780972773607
• ISBN10: 0972773606
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Atlasbooks Dist Serv

Summary

"Pelvic Tilt Syndrome" is easy to recognize, and simple and inexpensive to treat -- even in people who have had back pain for years and have undergone all types of treatment. Back pain can also be prevented in those who have not yet experienced discomfort by proper diagnosis and treatment. Most people who take the short time to learn the simple methods described in this book, will find relief from chronic lower back pain. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Who is This Guy, Anyway?	1	(4)
The Humpty Dumpty Syndrome	5	(2)
Look Beyond Your Diagnosis	7	(5)
What Then is the Problem?	12	(3)
The Failed Lower Back Syndrome	15	(19)
Pelvic Tilt/Short Leg Syndrome	34	(4)
A Screening Examination for the Presence of a Pelvic Tilt/Short Leg Syndrome	38	(10)
What To Do Next	48	(2)
The Standing X-Ray of the Pelvis and The Pelvic Tilt/Short Leg Syndrome	50	(17)
What is Meant by a Significant Pelvic Tilt	67	(2)
Treating a Pelvic Tilt	69	(3)
Once a Lift, Always a Lift	72	(3)
How the Lift Actually Helps	75	(6)
What is the Cause of a Pelvic Tilt	81	(4)
Taking the X-Rays and Marking the A-P UPRIGHT X-Ray	85	(33)
Measuring the A-P UPRIGHT X-Ray	118	(4)
Marking and Measuring the UPRIGHT LATERAL X-Ray	122	(13)
Prescribing the Lift	135	(9)
Monitoring the Patient	144	(3)
Troubleshooting	147	(3)
Side Effects of Lift Therapy	150	(3)
Introduction to Stretching Exercises	153	(4)
Specific Exercises	157	(28)
Case Histories	185	(37)
Epilogue: The Last Chapter	222	(3)
Index	225