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Spinal Training for a Healthy Back
80 Exercices To Get Rid of Back Pain
Original Title
L'entraînement spinal 80 exercices pour en finir avec les maux de dos
This book proposes a unique and innovative method, Spinal Training, which incorporates the latest advances in the science of movement. In addition to strengthening your back, Spinal Training improves your posture, eliminates tension, reduces the stress response and alleviates pain. Drawing from various sources (Pilates, yoga, physical therapy, the G.D.S. muscle chains method, stretching) and based on principles of osteopathy, biomechanics and kinesiology, this holistic approach makes it possible to effectively and gently work on the areas that are most important for posture and a healthy back. This lavishly illustrated book will help the reader better understand his back's needs and the causes of pain, as well as how to avoid them. The exercise routines – developed based on the self-assessment exercise provided and a combination of some of the eighty targeted exercises – are designed to focus precisely on each person's specific needs. Each training plan can be individually adapted to the nature of the pain, type of posture, degree of flexibility, muscle strength and time available to regain back strength. Whether the goal is to prevent or alleviate pain, this book offers a complete range of tools to make your back feel good, no matter what shape you're in.
The book's strong points:
- An approach suitable for all kinds of people at every level
- Personalized training: contains several exercises that can be chosen one by one or put together in a personalized routine according to the patient's goals, the location of the pain, the diagnosis and the time available for strengthening the back.
- Clear illustrated explanations of:
o The back's needs
o The back's anatomy
o Various back problems and their causes
o How to do the exercises
Table of contents (to be finalized)
Chapter 1 A man and his back
Chapter 2 Understanding back problems
Chapter 3 The back and good posture
Chapter 4 A flexible back
Chapter 5 The training program (including a back self-assessment exercise)
Chapter 6 The exercises
Chapter 7 The routines
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- Price :
- 26.00 $ CAD
- ISBN :
- 9782761931137
- Publication date :
- April 2012
- Category :
- Health
- Pages :
- 240 pages
Author
Jean-François Harvey
As an athlete, former trainer, kinesiologist and well-known osteopath, Jean-François Harvey has been aware of the effects of exercise on the back for 25 years. Mainly interested in the study of posture, he is a professor at Montreal's Collège d'études ostéopathiques, Quebec City's Collège d'études ostéopathiques and in the degree program (B.Sc. Hons.) in osteopathy accredited by the University of Wales. He treats several high-performance athletes and dancers and offers regular training to health professionals and the general public.
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