Short description
When physical therapist Jim Johnson reviewed the double-blind back-pain studies published in peer-reviewed journals in the past 15 years, he found that about 90 percent of back pain sufferers have underdeveloped multifidus muscles. These muscles connect the spinal vertebrae, and are involved with the back bending and twisting motions. This simple series of exercises with accompanying line drawings will help anyone quickly learn how to strengthen these muscles to prevent and overcome pain.
Long description
Based on results from scientific research, this volume offers back pain sufferers a series of simple excercises that target muscles that have been identified as being a common source of back pain. Line illustrations accompany each exercise. Physical therapist Jim Johnson reviewed the double-blind back-pain studies published since 1987, and found that it suggested a specific set of muscles played a key role in the majority of back pain. It showed 90 per cent of back pain sufferers have underdeveloped multifidus muscles. If these muscles are weak, inflamed or in spasm, they can cause chronic back pain. In response to these findings he devised a simple set of exercises that focus on strengthening these muscles - and had good results with his patients. This book is the result.