There is no reason why back pain should stop you living a full and active life. Exercise your way to health: Back Pain will show you how to manage your back pain by helping you to gain a better understanding of the causes and how this affects your body and health. Armed with this information you can make informed choices about how you live your life. The book gives information on each condition, advising on methods of self-help and then provides a complete illustrated exercise routine. These are easy to follow and don’t assume you are already honed and gym-fit, the authors know there will be bad days and backsliding but aim to keep their readers on track to a better life with their sensible and well-thought out programmes.
Exercise your way to Health will show you how to include a simple fitness programme into your life, whilst considering the specific challenges you face with acute and chronic back pain. You will start to see improvements within 6 weeks, when you can re-test your baseline fitness. This will be all the motivation you need to keep your new lifestyle on track to a happier and healthier you!
Paula Coates is a chartered physiotherapist, back pain specialist and author of Running Repairs. She writes for a number of fitness magazines and is a clinical lecturer for the MSc in neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy at Kings College London. Paula is also a keen runner and has completed six marathons.
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