Reviews"In the latest installment of the Younger Next Year books, series coauthor Crowley and chiropractor James empower people with often-agonizing back pain. So instructive and descriptive are Crowley and James that everyone curious about the mechanics of the back and everyone with back pain will benefit from their easy-to-understand guide to preventing and treating that common ailment." -- Booklist "This is a great book for back pain sufferers and their caregivers alike. The guidance offered will allow the afflicted to get on a path to recovery and wellness--to get back to what they love to do." --Todd J. Albert, MD, Surgeon in Chief and Medical Director, Hospital for Special Surgery, "In the latest installment of the Younger Next Year books, series coauthor Crowley and chiropractor James empower people with often-agonizing back pain. So instructive and descriptive are Crowley and James that everyone curious about the mechanics of the back and everyone with back pain will benefit from their easy-to-understand guide to preventing and treating that common ailment." -- Booklist
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SynopsisAt some point in their lives, 80% of Americans will seek expert help for back pain. It's an epidemic, with a cost to society in medical expenses and lost productivity that is steeper than heart disease. But remember the 80% figure--that's the astonishing cure rate at Dr. Jeremy James's Aspen Club Back Institute. A Doctor of Chiropractic who took that path because of his own severe injury-induced back pain, he has developed a revolutionary behavioral/whole-body approach to help sufferers heal--and often eliminate--back pain forever. Co-written with Chris Crowley, The Younger Next Year Back Book follows the alternating chapter format of the #1 New York Times bestselling Younger Next Year and other books in the series. And just as millions of readers positively changed their lives following Harry's Rules in Younger Next Year , the millions of back pain sufferers can find relief following Jeremy's rules, including Stop Doing Dumb Stuff, Be Still So You Can Heal, and Stand Tall for the Long Haul. He explains the workings of the spine and muscles, and then why back pain is almost never a disease, per se, but the result of behavior. He then shows how to change our behavior, find a neutral spine, and begin a regimen of simple exercises--with step-by-step two-color illustrations--to realign our core to virtually eliminate back pain forever. Chris Crowley, in his been-there-done-that-and-you-can-too-damnit voice, provides all the motivation and patient perspective we need., A great book for back-pain sufferers and their caregivers alike. Todd J. Albert MD, Surgeon-in-Chief and Medical Director, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York If there s one lesson to learn from the national bestselling Younger Next Year series, it s that we can dramatically change our quality of life by taking the right kind of care of ourselves. This is just as true for back pain. Formulated by Dr. Jeremy James whose practice has cured an astonishing 80% of patients and #1 bestselling Younger Next Year coauthor Chris Crowley, here is a step-by-step program of simple exercises and behavioral changes that will help readers find a neutral spine, realign their core, learn healthy new ways to move in the world and virtually eliminate back pain. So follow Jeremy s rules like #1. Stop Doing Dumb Stuff, #2. Be Still So You Can Heal, #7. Stand Tall for the Long Hail and find a lifetime of relief., "A great book for back-pain sufferers and their caregivers alike."--Todd J. Albert MD, Surgeon-in-Chief and Medical Director, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York If there's one lesson to learn from the national bestselling Younger Next Year series, it's that we can dramatically change our quality of life by taking the right kind of care of ourselves. This is just as true for back pain. Formulated by Dr. Jeremy James--whose practice has cured an astonishing 80% of patients--and #1 bestselling Younger Next Year coauthor Chris Crowley, here is a step-by-step program of simple exercises and behavioral changes that will help readers find a neutral spine, realign their core, learn healthy new ways to move in the world--and virtually eliminate back pain. So follow Jeremy's rules--like #1. Stop Doing Dumb Stuff, #2. Be Still So You Can Heal, #7. Stand Tall for the Long Hail --and find a lifetime of relief., A revolutionary behavioral/whole-body approach to back pain and fitness, from the coauthor of the perennially bestselling Younger Next Year series and back expert Dr. Jeremy James. The Younger Next Year Back Book method, which identifies behaviors that trigger pain and teaches new movements to heal the pain, is proven to reduce pain dramatically so that back pain sufferers can get on with their lives.