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One-third of Americans report having had low-back pain in the last 30 days. Ten percent are enduring chronic neck pain right now! Drug prescriptions, endless treatments, and limited lifestyles are just some of the consequences.Expert physical therapist Lisa Morrone says no to the treadmill of suffering. From nearly 20 years of teaching and practicing physical therapy, she offers a clinically proven approach to overcoming nagging back or neck pain.Lisa puts in one straightforward, accessible package the most effective exercises, guidelines, and lifestyle adjustments, involving...proper posture and core stabilitystrengthening and stretchinghealthy movement patterns and ergonomicsrecovery from pain from compressed or ruptured discsnutrition, rest, and emotional/spiritual issuesWith Lisa's recommendations, readers will find they can attain substantial or complete freedom from pain--which brings freedom to enjoy work, friends, and family again, and live a fulfilling life serving God and others.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 février 2008
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736936316
Langue	English

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Overcoming Back and Neck Pain -
A great resource to get you back to living well
This book takes a very practical approach to the key things patients really need to know. So I recommend it to all sufferers from spine problems. It s also a great adjunct for sharing information in a clinical setting. I appreciate Lisa s treatment of every person as someone who has not only a body and mind, but a spirit as well.
- Kent Keyser, MS, PT, OCS, COMT, ATC, FFCFMT, FAAOMPT ,
practicing and teaching physical therapist
Overcoming Back and Neck Pain is unique-it enables the nonmedical person to understand and manage their pain, but it is comprehensive enough to be an excellent resource and reference guide for physicians who take care of these problems. Well done.
- Warwick Green, MD , orthopedic surgeon
I suffered with back pain for several years. I had tried many other treatments, but none were lasting or effective. Through the therapy and teaching of Lisa Morrone, I have been pain-free for over six years I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is suffering with back or neck pain.
- Dan Compitiello , former back-pain sufferer
A treasure chest of information, easily understood, and presented with clarity, wit, and optimism a truly enjoyable journey from head to toe. A definite re-read!
- Mary G. Flanagan, RPA
Physician assistant
Adjunct Professor, Touro College PA Program
HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION . NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
Verses marked TLB are taken from The Living Bible , Copyright 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189 USA. All rights reserved.
All emphasis in Scripture quotations has been added by the author.
Cover by Koechel Peterson Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Cover photo Pali Rao / iStockphoto; back cover author photo Peter Morrone
Illustrations by Rose C. Miller
Lisa Morrone, P.T., is published in association with the William K. Jensen Literary Agency.

This book is not intended to take the place of sound professional medical advice. Neither the author nor the publisher assumes any liability for possible adverse consequences as a result of the information contained herein.
OVERCOMING BACK AND NECK PAIN
Copyright 2008 by Lisa Morrone, P.T.
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Morrone, Lisa, 1967-
Overcoming back and neck pain / Lisa Morrone.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7369-2168-8
ISBN-10: 0-7369-2168-0
1. Backache. 2. Neck pain. I. Title.
RD771.B217M66 2008
617.5 64-dc22
2007019415
All rights reserved . No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other-except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.
Printed in the United States of America
08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 / VP-NI / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To my husband, Peter, who first encouraged me to get what I know down in writing so many could be healed. He then spent countless hours critiquing my text, acting first as my photographer and finally as my photo-processing expert .
I love you .

To my professional colleagues and teaching partners, Howard Makofsky, PT, DHSc, OCS, and Karen Correia, PhD, PT, who have shared their knowledge and skills with me, spurring me on to achieve greater results with my patients .

To my prayer warriors, too numerous to mention by name, who have undergirded me and this book with their prayers from the beginning . Their personal support of me during the long process from concept to publication was invaluable .

To my agent, Bill Jensen, who saw a diamond in the rough and spent time cutting and polishing my writing style until it shone .

To the team at Harvest House, for investing in this project and for believing in the importance of Restoring Your Temple .

Finally, there is another author I would like to thank: Jesus Christ, the Author and Perfecter of my faith. In Him I trust unswervingly .
CONTENTS
Why This Book Will Help You
Foreword by John Labiak, MD
Learn the Lingo: Vocab for Rehab
Chapter 1: Enough Is Enough!
Chapter 2: The Thing About Pain
Why Do I Have It, and What Will Make It Go Away?
Chapter 3: Posture: The Culprit and the Cure
Sitting: Give Your Discs a Break!
Standing: Realign Your Body to Avoid Pain
Sleeping: Don t Add Insult to Injury
Chapter 4: Everyone Needs a Stable Foundation
Abdominal Bracing Protects Against Joint and Disc Injuries
Chapter 5: Waking the Sleeping Giants: Part One
Retraining Core Back Muscles to Face the Demands of Movement
Chapter 6: Waking the Sleeping Giants: Part Two
How to Retrain Core Neck Muscles
Chapter 7: Increasing the Mass of Your Mirror Muscles
Strength for Lifting
Chapter 8: Stretch Yourself to New Lengths
Never Feel Stiff Again!
Chapter 9: Stretch-ology 101
Nine Key Stretches to Pull You out of Pain
Chapter 10: Oh, My Aching Discs! : Part One
What Can Go Wrong with Your Discs? Can It Be Fixed?
Chapter 11: Oh, My Aching Discs! : Part Two
Simple Steps to Recovering from Disc-Related Pain
Chapter 12: The Right Way to Move
Stop Causing Yourself Pain!
Chapter 13: An Environment Set Up for Success
Where to Put Everything
Chapter 14: It s What s on the Inside That Counts
Rest and Sleep for Recovery
Nutrition for Healing
Emotional Baggage Unpacked
Spiritual Bondage Released
Notes
About the Author
Restoring Your Temple
Other Harvest House Books to Help You Live Well
Basic Christian Spirituality: Harvest House Books to Help You Grow
Why This Book Will Help You
Foreword by John Labiak, MD, Specialist in Spinal Surgery
B ack and neck problems are everywhere today. Not only do they result in enormous amounts of physical suffering, but their effect on people s relationships is equally bad. (If you are such a sufferer, you already know this.) This is not even to mention the money spent on health care, as well as the time and productivity that are lost. All these negative factors are among the most severe caused by any physical affliction whatsoever.
Adding to the problem, most people have a sketchy understanding of what can go wrong with their spine and what can be done about it. When they try to get good information, they find that many of the current medical resources are confusing and inaccurate.
Lisa Morrone s Overcoming Neck and Back Pain stands out from other self-help books in this category. It is, first and foremost, accurate. Additionally, it describes the various spinal conditions in easily understood terms. Thus, if you suffer from back or neck problems, you will understand why Lisa is recommending a certain treatment and what the result should be. The treatments Lisa recommends are practical, well described, well illustrated-and thus likely to be effective.
As an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in spinal conditions, I am grateful to Lisa Morrone for providing me such an invaluable resource to offer my patients.
-John J. Labiak, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Clinical Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Learn the Lingo
Vocab for Rehab
centralization: a phenomenon in which pain backtracks, moving nearer to its original source
cervical: neck
closed-chain action: a muscle contraction in the arm or leg that takes place when the hand or the foot are firmly in contact with a surface. This action will yield a movement of the body over the fixed hand or foot (for example, push-ups or squats).
distal: endmost part
extension: backward bending
flexion: forward bending
isometric: a muscle contraction in which the muscle neither shortens or lengthens
isotonic: a muscle contraction in which the muscle shortens, bending the joint(s) over which it crosses
lumbar: low back
lordosis: the slight arched (extended) position normally found in the low back and neck regions
open-chain action: a muscle contraction in the arm or leg that takes place when the foot or hand is free to move. This action will yield a movement of the hand or foot through space (for example, kicking a soccer ball, throwing a baseball).
peripheralization: a phenomenon in which pain spreads from its source of origin to a location farther away
prone: stomach-lying
stenosis: a narrowing of the bony tunnel through which either a spinal nerve or the spinal cord runs
supine: back-lying
thoracic: mid-back region where the ribs attach
Chapter 1
Enough Is Enough!
T he first time your neck or back hurt, it may have been nothing more than a minor inconvenience. Maybe you had to lay off doing the laundry for a few days or take it easy at work. Then your pain left just like it came for no reason, it seemed.
Now it has returned. It has become an all-too-frequent, unwanted guest in your life. Maybe it shows up every day like clockwork. It has found a cozy corner in your body and just won t move out. You ve had to make plans around it, change your daily activities maybe even take time off from work.
Others of you are in pain as a result of a traumatic fall or accident. Even though you ve taken your prescribed medications, been under the care of a medical professional or two, and had much time pass since your injury occurred, you can t get rid of the pain. You are tired of not being able to get through a day without its nagging at you. Tired of not being able to lift your children, do yard work, move quickly, or even hold yourself upright for an entire day. You re tired because you can t sleep, for goodness s