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Archive - June 2014

Lower Back And Shoulder Joint Heat Wrap

I winter’s up here in Canada are cold and on the recommendation of my chiropractor I purchased this Lower Back and Shoulder Heat Wrap to warm my bones during the deep freeze.  I surprised to find how comfortable this wrap is with it’s fleece like outer material.  Much more useful than a heating pad as you can sit or walk around in it though I usually have to tie a double knot on the strap.  Way better than the velcro strapped gizmo I used previously to this.  The only minor complaint I would have is that if you overheat, the flax seeds inside will burn and stink up the room, so follow the instructions by gradually heating in the microwave.

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8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back

51eioTx77IL._SX386_BO1,204,203,200_Nearly 90% of American adults suffer from back pain, and the number continues to climb. Why does this condition affect so many people in the industrialized world, while in some countries only 5% of adults report back pain? In a quest to find the root cause of back pain, Esther Gokhale studied at the Aplomb Institute in Paris and traveled to parts of the world where back pain is virtually unknown. Her research took her to remote Burkina Faso, rural Portugal, and fishing villages in Brazil.

What she learned in each of these places has changed the lives of thousands of people. Preserved in the movements of weavers, millers, and farmers in more traditional societies is ancient body wisdom that prevents pain and enhances health. For the first time, these insights have been brought together in a step-by-step guide designed to help those suffering from back pain re-educate their bodies and regain the posture for which our bodies evolved.

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Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection

healing back painDr. John E. Sarno is a medical pioneer whose program has helped thousands of thousands of people overcome their back conditions–without or drugs or dangerous surgery. Now, using his grounbreaking research into TMS (Tension Mytostis Syndrome), Dr. Sarno goes one step further: after identifyig stress and other psychological factors in back pain, he demonstrates how many of his patiens have gone on to heal themselves without exercise or other physical therapy.

 

  • Why self-motivated and successful people are prone to TMS
  • How anxiety and repressed anger trigger muscle spasms
  • How people “train themselves’ to experience back pain

With case histories and the results of in-depth mind-body research, Dr. Sarno describes how patients recognize the emotional roots of their TMS and sever the connections between mental and physical pain… and how, just by reading this book, you may start recovering from back pain today.

Update:  Here’s an interesting article I recently came across entitled: Putting John Sarnos Ideas to Work. Sherri Obermark describes her technique of Total Muscular Release based on Sarno’s assertion that tension and stress are at the root of many back pain problems.  It’s only with a full mind and body approach that Sherri was able to overcome her debilitating chronic pain.

Buy it Here on Amazon:  Healing Back Pain – The Mind Body Connection

 

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