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Eighty-percent of Americans suffer some form of low-back pain, but long-term relief is rarely achieved. As a physician specializing in treating athletes, Dr. Vad has spent years researching how to cure back pain using medical yoga and Pilates. His program requires just 15 minutes a day for eight weeks to restore flexibility and prevent future injuries.

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As a physician specializing in treating athletes, Dr. Vijay Vad has spent years researching how to cure back pain using medical yoga and Pilates. Profiled in The Wall Street Journal, his program requires just fifteen minutes a day for eight weeks to restore flexibility and prevent future injuries.

Offering a proven alternative to invasive surgery, Dr. Vad’s Back Rx provides the best of mind/body medicine by giving readers three step-by-step exercise series, demonstrated in 130 precise photographs, for implementing his popular program at home. Even readers with severely limited mobility will rejoice in Dr. Vad’s gentle introductory workout. Progressing through his self-paced program, they will discover a new range of exercises, breathing techniques, and tips for self-massage. For those who want to go even further and use this program for more than the treatment of a single injury, an advanced workout is included that puts readers on the road to peak performance.

The perfect combination of modern medicine, Pilates innovations, and ancient yoga postures, Back Rx builds important new fundamentals for lifelong freedom from pain.

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The classic program for relieving back pain, revised and updated with the latest innovations in treating pain and maintaining mobility. Dr. Vijay Vad's Back Rx program has helped readers with back pain, joint pain, arthritis, and related conditions for decades, using a clinically proven mind-body regimen to reduce pain and painkiller usage. In this expanded edition, Dr. Vad explores the extraordinary innovations in managing pain to restore health and wellness not only to your back, but to your entire body. In addition to the stretches that are the touchstone of the program, Back Rx includes new information on - The best overall eating regimen for back pain sufferers, including new guidance on the science of Intermittent Fasting (IF).
- Exercise, including high-intensity interval training (HIIT).
- The use of medical marijuana and CBD oil (cannabidiol) to relieve back pain.
- The safest way to use over-the-counter anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, such as ibuprofen and acetaminophen.
- Developments in ergonomics, from furniture to clothes.
- An assessment of the future of back pain relief, including the latest advances in stem cell treatment and electronic stimulation.
- Introduction of the Back Rx app, a powerful self-help tool to enhance compliance and end your pain once and for all. Including dozens of exercises and poses, all clearly demonstrated in precise photos, Back Rx will put the power to relieve back pain in your hands.

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The human back is a marvelously evolved structure, the supportive center of every imaginable movement.

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Title Back RX: A 15-Minute-A-Day Yoga- And Pilates-Based Program to End Low Back Pain Fully Updated and Revised
Author Vijay Vad; Peter Occhiogrosso
Binding Paperback
Edition 1st
Pages 256
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Avery Publishing Group, U.S.A.
Date January 22, 2004
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated
ISBN 9781592400454 / 1592400450
Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
Dimensions 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.6 in (22.61 x 17.53 x 1.52 cm)
Ages 18 to UP years
Grade levels 13 - UP
Themes
- Topical: Health & Fitness
- Topical: New Age
Library of Congress subjects Hatha yoga, Pilates method
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003049337
Dewey Decimal Code 617.564

Media reviews

“After three months, the results have been striking: 80%… reported that their pain was reduced by at least half”—The Wall Street Journal

“[Dr. Vad’s] holistic approach can work for anyone willing to put in just a little time and positive thought.” —Ellen Barkin

“[His] innovative research on the professional tennis and golf tours and the practicality of Back Rx make it suitable for professional athletes and weekend warriors, as well as couch potatoes.” —Bill Norris, athletic trainer, Association of Tennis Professionals Circuit

“Back Rx has been medically proven to have significant positive effect on low back pain caused by disc pathology.” —Don Aspergen, Sports Medicine Division, the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour

Citations

Library Journal, 12/01/2003, Page 152

About the author

Vijay Vad, MD, is a sports medicine physician at the prestigious Hospital for Special Surgery and is on the faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College, both in New York City. His research focus is developing simple and effective solutions for back pain and arthritis. He is the former physician for the professional men's tennis tour and Westchester Classic of the PGA tour. He is also the author of two PBS national television specials, "Stop Back Pain" and "Active with Arthritis." Peter Occhiogrosso has been the author or coauthor of more than twenty books on subjects ranging from spirituality to world religions to pain relief, three of which have become New York Times bestsellers.He previously collaborated with Dr. Van on the books Arthritis Rx and Stop Pain.

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