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Obras de Cathryn Jakobson Ramin

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Conocimiento común

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female
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journalist

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This book is divided into two distinct parts. The first part deals with the various "solutions" that are commonly presented to back pain sufferers by medical professionals, and the problems that lie therein. The second part deals with the author's various attempts to find better solutions.

The first half of the book is excellent. It consists of top-notch investigative reporting into the perils, schemes, and even outright corruption that permeates the traditional supposed remedies for back pain. This mostly covers various types of surgical operations and chiropractic care. It makes for surprisingly fascinating reading and is important knowledge for anyone who suffers from back pain. If you don't have it in you to read the entire book, I'd recommend at least reading part one.

The second part is not as strong as the first. It covers the author's personal journey to find a reasonable solution for back pain. In practice this constitutes various types of exercise and gentle movement practices (e.g. back extensions and tai chi). While there's value in knowing about these options, there's no real comparison among them and thus it's difficult for the reader to know which are the best options to pursue.

However, in this reader's humble opinion, the biggest problem is what was omitted from the book. There's no mention of trigger points, trigger point therapy, or myofascial pain. I firmly believe that these are the cause of 80% or more of most people's back pain. To have them not mentioned at all in this book is a huge oversight. My personal experience was that back extensions + trigger point therapy was the winning combo that finally conquered some low back pain that I had for a year, some years ago.

So my suggestion is to read at least the first part of this book, and then find a good book on trigger point therapy (which you can generally do by yourself with a tennis ball, nothing more!) and get started. The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook might be a logical next read, though there are other worthy volumes out there as well.
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caimanjosh | Feb 8, 2021 |
 
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leebill | 5 reseñas más. | Apr 30, 2020 |
A 'fun' read with lots of examples of forgetting that I could relate to. Written in a non-scholarly manner. Highlights some of the recent memory work without documentation.
 
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JenniN | 5 reseñas más. | Feb 17, 2013 |
I was fairly disappointed with this book. The premise was great, but I didn;t feel like I learned anything useful except for the author's personal issues.
 
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EvaCatHerder | 5 reseñas más. | Sep 7, 2008 |

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