The Secret to a Healthy Spine A user's guide to overcoming back pain

by Gilbert, Jason

• ISBN13: 9781760794446
• ISBN10: 1760794449
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-02-05
• Publisher: New Holland Publishers

Summary

The Secret to a Healthy Spine is the definitive instructional manual, a user’ s guide, on how to care for, maintain, and rectify problems when they occur. It works. Over 100 000 people all around the world have benefited from this knowledge over the last 25 years. It presents a refreshing, common-sense approach to spinal care, one that I am sure will not only allow your back to be pain-free in no time but one that also promotes the longevity of your spine and quality of your health throughout your life. Without being aware of the effects that everyday activities like sleeping, sitting, working, or playing sports have on our spine, we use our body and wait until it degenerates or starts to cause obvious symptoms like pain before we start considering its importance. Our spine protects the critical parts of our nervous system, the spinal cord, and nerve roots, which are responsible for transferring all the information from the brain to the body via nerve impulses. If there are blockages in the communication of these nerve impulses, the body simply starts to change from a state of health or “ ease” to a state of “ disease” because its cells, tissues, and organs cannot function correctly

Author Biography

Jason first felt back pain at the age of seven. He didn’ t know it at the time, but his functional and structural spinal problem would eventually lead him to spinal surgery. Well before this, however, these problems led him to study and complete a 5-year master of Chiropractic program, which allowed him to work with hundreds of thousands of people all around the world and, as a result, develop a profound understanding of why back pain occurs. During his journey, he has also accumulated extensive knowledge and achieved the following significant goals.

Table of Contents

Why do you need to learn how to care for your spine? 9 How to get the most benefit from this book 14 The basics – understanding how your body functions 26 The purpose of pain 64 The 3 causes of back pain – physical, chemical and emotional 80 Physical causes of back pain 88 How to care for your spine at work 102 Spinal care at home 113 Transportation – a common cause of back pain 127 Women and their special spinal needs 133 Kids have spinal problems too – find out why 143 The elderly – making life pain free 155 Exercise – fundamental for spinal health 160 Chemical causes of back pain 185 Osteoporosis – what is it and how to avoid it 206 Medication – the good, the bad and the ugly 212 Obesity – being overweight overloads your spine 220 Emotional causes of back pain 226 The importance of sleep to your spine 238 The author’ s experience with extreme back pain 247 Conclusion 255