Back pain is no laughing matter, but perhaps it should be. Research shows that if you use a bit of humour to help you deal with your aches and pains, you will recover more quickly. The Back Pain Handbook contains exercises, strategies and some gentle humour along the way to help you manage your back pain. During even one episode of back pain, physical and emotional changes register in the brain. The physical effects include the muscle weaknesses that occur and the way the body learns to adapt to them. The emotional result is how you alter your thinking and make changes in your lifestyle, without even realising that you have done so. Advances in technology now reveal more about back pain and how you can manage it better. Back pain can slow you down, interfere with your activities, alter your thinking and restrict the daily life decisions you make. It does not have to be this way. The Back Pain Handbook will help if you are exhausted, tired of having to live with back pain and ready to learn: how to strengthen your core muscles to prevent your back from locking why previous injuries can hamper your recovery from back pain and how you can change this exercise and solutions for your back and for your whole body, for better posture and fitness, and strategies to get you through an acute episode and prevent longstanding back pain.

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Learn how to beat back pain with practical exercises, a little know-how - and some gentle humour Chronic back pain can be debilitating, distressing and utterly exhausting. Research shows that even a single episode of back pain can bring about lasting physical and emotional changes in the brain. With 80 per cent of Australians having experienced back pain at some point in their lives, the odds are you're one of them. So whether you're a long-term sufferer or simply looking to minimise the impact of a recent back pain episode, renowned physiotherapist and sport scientist Francine St George has the expert advice you need. The Back Pain Handbook will teach you: -How strengthening the core and improving posture can reduce back pain -How to identify if previous injuries are preventing your recovery -The role of the brain and nerves in interpreting back pain -The dos and don'ts of recovery -Identifying your 'postural type' - and how to correct it -Common diagnostic terms: demystifying the medical jargon -Coping strategies for acute episodes; the goal is to prevent even one episode from becoming a chronic condition. -A range of practical exercises to correct posture, strengthen the core and improve your overall fitness The Back Pain Handbook combines a unique mix of practical exercises, assessment sheets and action points. The latest medical research is complemented by humorous yet instructive illustrations, to help you beat back pain - for good. Too many sufferers believe they just have to live with their back pain. The good news is, you don't Francine brings personal experience of back pain and years of treating others to The Back Pain Handbook. The most up-to-date, authoritative and practical guide to the subject on the market.