I am looking for a book published as a paperback that I read in about
the 1980's, possibly early 1990's and it may have been republished
from an earlier date. It was small 100 to 200 page book. It discussed
back problems as a result of bad modern habits, that people in tribal
societies did not have spine problems, according to the book. It had a
few dozen black and white sketches of bad posture showing posture
tilted to lift or right, one shoulder higher than the other, etc., to
guide an individual in a correct exercise program. It may be related
to a book by Robin McKenzie "Treat Your Own Back". |
Request for Question Clarification by
umiat-ga
on
24 Oct 2006 18:23 PDT
Hello, ricky500!
I don't know that I can find this exact book title for you in an
efficient search. Many older books have no visual online descriptions
and a researcher could spend hours searching in a fruitless effort.
However, I have studied postural abnormalities in quite a bit of
depth, and I know of several books - as well as online resources-
which depict the types of irregularities you describe (tilted
shoulder, twisted torso, etc) in relation to back pain (and other pain
syndromes) which would be quite helpful in guiding you in an exercise
program. Would you be interested in these alternative titles as an
answer?
umiat
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Request for Question Clarification by
umiat-ga
on
24 Oct 2006 23:38 PDT
This book was written in the timeframe you describe, but there is no
way to look inside:
The Back Pain Book: A Self-Help Guide for Daily Relief of Neck & Back
Pain (Paperback) by Mike Hage (published 1992)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1561450421/spinehealth
"Mike Hage shows you how to analyze your patterns of standing,
bending, breathing.."
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Here is one example of a more recent book along the lines I suggested.
Would similar books and online resources like this be of interest?
"Posture Alignment," by Paul D'Arezzo
http://www.amazon.com/Posture-Alignment-Paul-DArezzo/dp/0972907904/ref=pd_sim_b_1/102-8405874-1593715?ie=UTF8
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Request for Question Clarification by
hummer-ga
on
25 Oct 2006 09:15 PDT
Hi ricky500,
I'm hopeful that your book can be found but as many details as you can
remember about the book would increase the chances. For example:
1) Can you remember the colour of the cover? Illustration? Photo?
2) By "sketches" do you mean line drawings?
3) Are the sketches within the text or are they on their own page?
4) Are there also photographs? If so, in colour? Full-page?
5) Are there also illustrations of exercises? Sketches or photos?
6) Does it include an exercise regime?
7) Is it definitely a contemporary publication or could it be a
reprint of a book from an older era (say, '30s or '40s)?
8) Is it aimed at everyone or just women? Men? Children?
9) Any feeling of the gender of the author? More than one author?
10) How tall is the book? 8 inches? Mass-market paperback?
11) How significant is the theory about bad modern habits causing bad
backs? In other words, is it a practical, self-help guide or more a
discussion of theory?
12) Orientation? (e.g., North American medical, holistic, yoga,
breathing, sports, occupational)
13) Can you think of anything else? Don't be afraid of telling us too
much, this is one time you can just blather on, the more the better!
Will look forward to your reply,
hummer
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Request for Question Clarification by
hummer-ga
on
25 Oct 2006 14:01 PDT
Hi again, ricky500,
Following is a list of possibilities of books published before 1995,
having less than 200 pages, and illustrated (the list would've been
shorter if we had been given more info). I tried to find links to
listings with photos rather than those which may be the "best buy". If
you find the book you are looking for in my list, let me know and I
will help you find a suitable copy.
1) Goodbye Backache: The practical way to a pain-free and healthy
back, eighty million North Americans suffer back pain, don't be one of
them
by David Imrie
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=710327837
2) The Back Book
by Maggie Lettvin
http://www.amazon.com/Maggies-Back-Book-Healing-Lower/dp/0395251478
3) Straight Talk No Nonsense Guide to Back Care
by Marion Steinmann
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=413881990
4) Your Carriage, Madam! (A Guide to Good Posture)
by Janet Lane
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=555582048
5) Awareness Through Movement; Health Exercises for Personal Growth
(ISBN: 0062503227)
Feldenkrais, Moshe
6) Relaxercise: The Easy New Way to Health and Fitness
http://www.amazon.com/Relaxercise-Easy-Way-Health-Fitness/dp/0062509926/ref=sr_11_1/102-0946920-4410527?ie=UTF8
7) Body Poise
by Truslow, Walter
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=667061558
8) Posture: Sitting, Standing, Chair Design and Exercise
by Dennis Zacharkow
http://www.amazon.com/Posture-Sitting-Standing-Design-Exercise/dp/0398065101/
9) Guide to a Better Back: A Back Pain Sufferer?s Handbook for
Exercise and Daily Living
by Dee Massengale
http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Better-Back-Dee-Massengale/dp/0932419127/
10) Backache Relieved Through New Concepts of Posture
by Harry W. Fahrni
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=501131692
11) Posture Exercise Handbook - A Progressive Sequence Approach
by Wells,Katharine F.
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=759547758
12) Mensendieck; Your Posture and Your Pains
by Ellen Lagerwerff; Karen Perlroth
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=602034156
13) Therapeutic Exercise for Body Alignment and Function
by Marian Williams; Marian and Catherine Worthingham
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=743180315
14) Maintaining Health With Corrective Spinal Postures
by Dale L. Jacobson
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=296697614
15) Awareness Through Movement: Easy-to-Do Health Exercises to Improve
Your Posture, Vision, Imagination, and Personal Awareness
by Moshe Feldenkrais
http://www.amazon.com/Awareness-Through-Movement-Exercises-Imagination/dp/0062503227/
16) Zackback Sitting: The Revolutionary Solution For Relieving Your
Pain & Improving Your Posture
Zacharkow, Dennis
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=649992982
If we haven't hit upon it yet, please have a look at the questions I
posted and try to provide as many details as you can. I will look
forward to your reply,
hummer
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Request for Question Clarification by
hummer-ga
on
25 Oct 2006 14:06 PDT
Ignore number 5 (it's posted further down as number 15).
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Clarification of Question by
ricky500-ga
on
26 Oct 2006 06:39 PDT
To hummer-ga questions:
1) Can you remember the colour of the cover? UNKNOWN I THINK YELLOWISH
2) By "sketches" do you mean line drawings? OUTLINES OF THE HUMAN
BODY, ONE OR TWO STEPS ABOVE STICK FIGURE
3) Are the sketches within the text or are they on their own page? WITHIN BOOK
4) Are there also photographs? If so, in colour? Full-page? DO NOT RECALL PHOTOS
5) Are there also illustrations of exercises? Sketches: SKETCHES OF EXERCISES
6) Does it include an exercise regime? SHORT EXERCISE PROGRAMS
FOR EACH CONDITION
7) Is it definitely a contemporary publication or could it be a
reprint of a book from an older era (say, '30s or '40s)? I DO NOT
BELIEVE BEFORE 70'S
8) Is it aimed at everyone or just women? Men? Children? ADULTS
9) Any feeling of the gender of the author? More than one author?
ONE MAN PRETTY SURE
10) How tall is the book? 8 inches? Mass-market paperback? MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
11) How significant is the theory about bad modern habits causing bad
backs? In other words, is it a practical, self-help guide or more a
discussion of theory? SELFHELP WITH REASONS GIVEN, INCLUDING A
MENTION OF TRIBAL TIMES BEHAVIOUR OF MEN RELATED TO POSTURE.
12) Orientation? (e.g., North American medical, holistic, yoga,
breathing, sports, occupational) MEANT FOR GENERAL PUBLIC
13) Can you think of anything else? Don't be afraid of telling us too
much, this is one time you can just blather on, the more the better!
I just ordered Mike Hage book The Back Pain Book: A Self-Help Guide
for Daily Relief of Neck & Back. Also, books by Imrie is a hardcover,
but looks familiar and by Marion Steinman
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Request for Question Clarification by
hummer-ga
on
26 Oct 2006 07:25 PDT
Hi ricky500,
Thank you for your clarification. I will review your additional
information and get back to you.
The Imrie book is available in paperback but I'll have to search more for a photo.
Goodbye Backache
Format: Paperback
"Synopsis: Discusses the causes of backache, describes methods for
relieving pain in the back, and recommends exercises designed to
develop a strong healthy back"
http://ostg.pricegrabber.com/search_fullinfobk.php/isbn=0668058900
I'll also see if I can find a photo of the Steinman book but it
appears to be available only as a trade paperback (larger format) and
not a mass market paperback.
Please respond to umiat-ga regarding the Mike Hage book.
Till later,
hummer
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Request for Question Clarification by
hummer-ga
on
26 Oct 2006 07:35 PDT
Ricky500, here's an interesting link:
Subjects : MEDICAL : Pain Medicine : Backache - Treatment
64 titles
http://www.allbookstores.com/Medical/Pain_Medicine/Backache-Treatment.html
hummer
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Request for Question Clarification by
hummer-ga
on
26 Oct 2006 07:40 PDT
Another -
Books ? Professional & Technical > "Backache"
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Backache&rh=n%3A173507%2Ck%3ABackache&page=1
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Request for Question Clarification by
hummer-ga
on
26 Oct 2006 08:10 PDT
Goodbye Backache by David Imrie
[Photo of mass market paperback]
http://cgi.ebay.com/Goodbye-Backache-by-Colleen-Dimson-David-Imrie-1984_W0QQitemZ4627959391QQihZ002QQcategoryZ378QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
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Request for Question Clarification by
keystroke-ga
on
26 Oct 2006 08:13 PDT
Hello ricky500,
The philosophy you describe (that people today have developed bad
habits and cause themselves pain as a result) is called the Alexander
Technique. There are a number of books written on the subject and
looking for books simply on "back pain" is not going to find them
because they're not categorized under that. Here are some books on
the Alexander Technique that are early '90s or '80s-published books.
"The Alexander Technique: How to Use Your Body without Stress
(Paperback)" by Wilfred Barlow
http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Technique-Your-without-Stress/dp/0892813857/sr=8-3/qid=1161874547/ref=sr_1_3/104-8537115-7211146?ie=UTF8&s=books
"Fitness Without Stress: A Guide to the Alexander Technique
(Hardcover)" by Robert M. Rickover
(it also has come out in paperback, so it might have a different cover
than that one... read the reviews and see if it matches what you read)
http://www.amazon.com/Fitness-Without-Stress-Alexander-Technique/dp/0943920329/sr=8-1/qid=1161874547/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-8537115-7211146?ie=UTF8&s=books
Paperback:
http://www.amazon.com/Fitness-Without-Stress-Alexander-Technique/dp/1555520375/sr=8-2/qid=1161874547/ref=sr_1_2/104-8537115-7211146?ie=UTF8&s=books
"Your Guide to the Alexander Technique (Paperback)" by John Gray
http://www.amazon.com/Your-Guide-Alexander-Technique-John/dp/0312064942/sr=8-5/qid=1161874960/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5/104-8537115-7211146?ie=UTF8&s=books
"Awareness Through Movement: Easy-to-Do Health Exercises to Improve
Your Posture, Vision, Imagination, and Personal Awareness (Paperback)"
by Moshe Feldenkrais
http://www.amazon.com/Awareness-Through-Movement-Exercises-Imagination/dp/0062503227/sr=8-10/qid=1161874960/ref=pd_bbs_10/104-8537115-7211146?ie=UTF8&s=books
"The Alexander Technique As I See It (Paperback)"
by Patrick Macdonald
http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Technique-As-See/dp/0951507206/sr=8-23/qid=1161875315/ref=sr_1_23/104-8537115-7211146?ie=UTF8&s=books
These are from a little later but I include them just in case:
"The Alexander Technique Manual: A Step-By-Step Guide to Improve
Breathing, Posture and Well-Being (Paperback)" by Richard Brennan
http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Technique-Manual-Breathing-Well-Being/dp/1885203381/sr=8-7/qid=1161874960/ref=pd_bbs_7/104-8537115-7211146?ie=UTF8&s=books
"Body Learning: An Introduction to the Alexander Technique
(Paperback)" by Michael Gelb
http://www.amazon.com/Body-Learning-Introduction-Alexander-Technique/dp/0805042067/sr=8-3/qid=1161874960/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/104-8537115-7211146?ie=UTF8&s=books
"The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Alexander Technique: A
Practical Program for Health, Poise, and Fitness (Complete Illustrated
Guide S.) (Paperback)" by Glynn McDonald
http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Illustrated-Guide-Alexander-Technique/dp/1862042268/sr=8-11/qid=1161874960/ref=pd_bbs_sr_11/104-8537115-7211146?ie=UTF8&s=books
"The Alexander Technique in Everyday Life (Paperback)"
by Jonathan Drake
http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Technique-Everyday-Life/dp/0722532903/sr=8-30/qid=1161875315/ref=sr_1_30/104-8537115-7211146?ie=UTF8&s=books
Finally, this one does not have a cover shown but is from the right time period:
http://www.amazon.com/Alexander-Technique-Alternative-Health-Stevens/dp/0804830061/sr=8-47/qid=1161875437/ref=sr_1_47/104-8537115-7211146?ie=UTF8&s=books
Same for this one (from the '70s) which was written by the technique's founder.
Let me know if this leads you anywhere.
--keystroke-ga
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Request for Question Clarification by
umiat-ga
on
26 Oct 2006 09:10 PDT
Hello, ricky,
You sure have a lot of suggestions, here. I will stand by my original
clarification that in lieu of the exact title you remember, there are
several very good resources I know of that work with specific
exercises for postural abnormalities that produce back pain and other
syndromes. If you would like me to offer these as an alternative
answer to your question, let me know. Otherwise, I will sit tight. The
book by Mike Hage I suggested is sort of an elementary introduction to
a more serious approach. The Alexander technique, as described by
Keystroke, is a different approach than those I am speaking of. As
mentioned before, I can direct you to some books and online resources
that can help you with some very good exercise guidelines related to
posture.
umiat
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