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Access the latest research and applications to build effective prevention and rehabilitation programs for your patients or clients with Low Back Disorders: Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation, Second Edition. Internationally recognized low back specialist Stuart McGill presents original research to quantify the forces that specific movements and exercises impose on the low back, dispels myths regarding spine stabilization exercises, and suggests prevention approaches and strategies to offset injuries and restore function.

Low Back Disorders: Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation, Second Edition,presents a clear exposition of back anatomy and biomechanics and demonstrates how to interpret the latest research on low back involvement for clinical applications. The text also contains detailed information on injuries associated with seated work and sport and ergonomic issues related to manual handling of materials. With Low Back Disorders: Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation, Second Edition, you will

• gain valuable information on measured loading of the back during specific activities and apply it to avoid common--but counterproductive--practices in back rehabilitation;
• learn how to analyze each patient's or client's unique physical characteristics and lifestyle factors to tailor preventive measures and treatments to individual needs;
• learn how to help patients and clients progress through the stages of rehabilitation: corrective exercise, stability or mobility, endurance, and strength; and
• acquire the information necessary to design an effective injury-prevention program.

This fully updated second edition expands knowledge of low back disorders and best practices in several areas. Enhanced algorithms guide progressive therapeutic exercise, and specially designed patient assessment provocation tests aid you in determining the cause of back troubles, guide your choices in the best ways to eliminate problems, and improve the development of appropriate activities for functional gain. Whereas the first edition focused on increasing spine stability, the second edition provides new information on dealing with both regional instability or mobility and regional stiffness present in individuals where most of the motion occurs at a single spinal segment.

With an expanded repertoire of pain-free motion exercises and additional information on ways to find and adjust stabilization exercises, Low Back Disorders: Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation, Second Edition, offers you new tools to help your patients and clients achieve pain-free exertion.

The text includes exercises and activities that provide a solid foundation of physical work in preparation for more advanced activities in sports and occupations. Also, the process of transitioning into performance exercise is outlined with an explanation of the critical stages of the performance pyramid, including the design of appropriate corrective exercise, building joint and whole-body stability, enhancing endurance, training true strength, and transitioning to ultimate performance.

Low Back Disorders: Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation, Second Edition,presents foundational information and corresponding clinical applications in a clear, well-sequenced format. Part I builds your knowledge of lumbar function and injury. Part II demonstrates how to use this knowledge to build evidence-based injury-prevention programs by assessing risks, creating ergonomic interventions, and training personnel. Part III focuses on improving rehabilitation techniques, including specific diagnostic and provocative tests, with specific therapeutic exercises proven to enhance performance and reduce pain through a continuum from corrective exercise to stability and mobility, endurance, strength, and power.

Additionally, the text offers these practical features to guide your learning and inform your practice:

• More than 475 photos, graphs, and charts support the research and the scientific basis for the text's conclusions.
• More than 50 tests and exercises with step-by-step instructions help you develop successful programs for your patients and clients.
• Special sections highlight how the anatomical, biomechanical, and research results can be applied to clinical situations.
• Extensive discussions on individualizing treatment for clients or patients help you improve your assessment skills by learning what questions to ask and what avenues of investigation to pursue with each patient or client.
• Reproducible handout sheets for each of the 25 basic rehabilitation exercises, which include photos and blank lines for instructions, enable the creation of instruction sheets tailored to the current needs and progress rates of each patient or client.

Cutting-edge research and evidence-based application strategies from the leading spine specialist in North America make Low Back Disorders: Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation, Second Edition, the authoritative text for study, care, and treatment of the low back. Its unique approach to back care will guide you in developing intervention, rehabilitation, and prevention programs to address the unique needs of each patient or client and develop a strong scientific foundation for your practice. ... Read more

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good book overall
Dr. McGill does a good job reviewing disc pathology and this book has alot of excellent statistics that are helpful in understanding loads/stress placed on the back with a wide variety of tasks.Overall a good read.

A MUST FOR ANY PHYSICAL FITNESS FANATIC CONCERNED ABOUT HIS BACK & A COMPANION FOR "ULTIMATE BACK FITNESS & PERFORMANCE" 4Th ED.
This is a vital book concerning one of the major problems of our modern life.
Prof. Stuart McGill is a professor in the Dep't of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. He is the director of its Spine Biomechanics Laboratory.
This is his famous textbook, "Low Back Disorders", which examines back injuries in the light of biomechanics' scientific knowledge, and prescribes exercises and tests for the rehabilitation of injured backs and the prevention of future injuries.
The book has 241 pages of solid, dense text and extremely valuable information, with a great number of pictures and tables. And it comes in a superb hard cover. You get full value for the money.

"Low Back Disorders" is primarily geared to professionals in back treatment and rehabilitation, who want to become more sophisticated practitioners and learn the scientific facts underlying rehab techniques.
But, in the same light, this book is also essential for any member of the 3F club (Physical Fitness Fanatics) concerned about the impact on the back of fitness training and athletic practices.
Saving one's back from injury is vital, the more so that most physical fitness fanatics are urban professionals who tend to spend a large portion of their lives sitting, not a natural posture for the architecture of the back, and as they grow older, when the back becomes more fragile and vulnerable.

Stuart McGill assumes that most readers are not familiar with the full scientific facts of back architecture and function. So, he starts with the very basics and gives us a primer on "Essentials of the Back 101".

Central to Stuart McGill's tenets is insisting on the importance of maintaining the "neutral posture" of the spine, respecting the natural lower-back curvature, and not imposing extra flexion to the natural curvature of the upper spine.
This leads to the debunking of traditional training exercises, such as the classic sit-ups and all varieties of crunches, which create extreme flexion and high levels of compression in the spine, and undermine back stability.
He insists on tensing all the abdominal muscles in an isometric bracing of the abdominal girdle as the fundamental principle of providing stability and protection to the back, and using a stable torso solidly linked to the pelvis as a relay of force generated by the hips and shoulders, and not by the back.

In the same vein, the good professor warns against the use of most machines offered in commercial gyms, such as the Roman chair, back twisting machines, leg press-up machines. He objects to the permanent sitting required for these machines, and the fact that they limit joint motion to a strict mechanical pattern, depriving all the soft passive tissues of their natural range.
He deplores the perversion introduced by bodybuilding in the current trends of physical training. Very strong men have only hypertrophied muscles, and no overall fitness. Just pull sideways on his sleeve, and the strongman may well lose his balance. Prof. Stuart McGill's famous motto is "Groove the motion, train the movement, not the muscle".
Prof. Stuart McGill is famous for his preferred "Big 3" exercises for the back: the curl-up, the side bridge, and the birddog, all of them with stages of increasing challenge and complexity. There are quite a few more, if not so basic as the "Big Three", all detailed throughout the book, with an abundance of good pictures. For warm-up of the spine, nothing better than the cat/camel exercice.
Stuart McGill shows how to achieve back stability and spare the low back by maximizing the fundamental use of hips (the "hip hinge") and recruiting the use of the powerful gluteal muscles (with the clam and one-leg squats).

In general, he recommends use of free weights, dumbbells, cables, stretch bands and resistance tubes, and prefers one-armed and one-leg exercises as being more challenging than symmetrical exercises. He recommends avoiding the extreme end range of motion in exercises. And he criticizes a misguided conception of "flexibility" for the back, and the overuse of "stretching" exercises for their only sake. He is very skeptical of many practices of the fashionable vogues, such as yoga, or Pilates.

He insists on learning correct motions, grooving them to obtain perfect form, and then only cultivate endurance by a series of short sets, instead of increasing the number of reps in one long set. Endurance comes before strength, which is developed only once endurance is established.

Only Ch. 13, the last one, analyzes "Advanced Exercises", those for high-performance workers and athletes, putting the accent on low-back exercises to be practiced only by athletes who already have established a solidbase of fitness and overall strength.
He wisely warns that Olympic lifting is an expert specialty that should be left to the professionals in this sport. He bemoans the fact that many young lifters, even though aware of his warnings, still manage to damage their backs.
He insists that regular 3F members, ordinary urban physical fitness fanatics, should be very cautious in trying to imitate too eagerly the training programs of professional competitors before they have established enough advanced fitness and strength.
Top professional competitors are not in sports and athletic pursuits for fitness, or good looks, or losing weight, but they enter an arena as modern Samurai or heroic warriors engaged in intense fights where the only goal is pulverizing an opponent and "winning," as a step to gaining fame and riches. In this picture, "back fitness" is a secondary consideration, and "back injuries" a professional hazard that's par for the game.

This last chapter is revisited and vastly amplified in Prof. Stuart McGill's other book, "Ultimate Back Fitness & Performance", especially geared to performers in sports and athletic competitions. This fitness manual is indeed another essential book for any member of the 3F club (Physical Fitness Fanatics) concerned about his/her back.
Warning! You will find the 4th edition of this Back Fitnessmanual, the last one, listed on Amazon as "Ultimate Back Fitness & Performance 4th Ed", with an "&" and not "and", bizarrely not in the "Books" section, butin "All Departments". In the "Books" only the 3d edition is mentioned.

You can also get two DVDs produced by Stuart McGill, which are also helpful, as live illustrations of the two books.

The great value of "Low Back Disorders" is that it is based on a scientific understanding of the basic facts in the anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics of the back.
In spite of some readers' objections, I feel it is extremely valuable to exactly understand how the back works -- basic facts about which most people have not the faintest idea --, and Prof. Stuart McGill does a first-class job in giving us the fundamentals.
We discover our neglected extension muscles, "Longissimus," "Iliocostalis," and "Multifidus". We regain acquaintance with our familiar "Rectus Abdominis", which happens to be one and not a family of six. We get a full picture of the Abdominal Wall, with the famous "External and Internal Obliques" and do not try to isolate "Transverse Abdominis." We get to meet our new friend, "Quadratus Lumborum", and acknowledge the vital importance of "Psoas" and "Iliacus" in hip flexion and stabilization, while greeting the key contributions of "Gluteus Medius" and "Gluteus Maximus".
Surrounded by all the members of this new family, we are in good shape to absorb Prof. Stuart McGill's instruction. This kind of knowledge should be taught in high school to all children. Knowledge of the musculoskeletal system is fundamental and vital for all sports and the conduct of our daily lives.

Sadly, most people know nothing about the biomechanics of the back beyond the simplistic and popular myths spread by school coaches and commercial fitness trainers for whom the primary interest is making money by joining fads and vogues, and not providing basic scientific information, which they often don't even have.
In that sense, "Low Back Disorders" is an indispensable primer to any fitness enthusiast.

This book is also a joy to use and study. It has been superbly edited by a full technical team at Human Kinetics, which unfortunately was not in charge of producing the companion book,"Ultimate Back Fitness & Performance," which does not enjoy the same kind of professional presentation.
The critically useful features of "Low Back Disorders" are: 1) a completely detailed table of contents describing all the material and concepts; 2) a complete list of all the exercises mentioned in the book; and 3) an extensive index at the end allowing the reader to zero in immediately on any item of interest.
All this increases the usefulness and effectiveness of the book, and becomes extremely helpful when you start digging seriously in the text. For instance, you can find where the variations of "cable exercises" are mentioned and illustrated. Or all the instances of analyzing and illustrating the "abdominal bracing", and " the "neutral spine position", two key concepts of Stuart McGill's doctrine. Same for any other kind of research: "Learning to activate the gluteus" or the "hip hinge," and "hip flexion". You don't have to waste precious time leafing through the chapters. To any professional book user, the three editing features mentioned above are a major convenience.
The self-references inside the book itself could be slightly improved, however.

So, all in all, this is a must have, deserving five stars without any restriction or reservation.
There is just nothing else like it on the market.

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Excellent book!
This book is a great review of current research related to lumbar health.As a doctor of physical therapy, I find this book to be a great reference source. ... Read more

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Imagine a World in which it is easy to find someone to turn to who understands your struggles, identifies with your wounds, and knows how lonely and scary it feels to live inside your skin.

In this fantastic brave new world, you would face your eating disorder head on, standing tall and firm with supportive friends by your side as you get better—and stay that way! In Beating Ana, Shannon Cutts opens the door to this world as she introduces you to a whole new way of thinking about and recovering from your eating disorder.

Shannon understands firsthand the total isolation, dead-end thinking, and exhausting mind tricks that eating disorders confine you to and has found a way to break free from her own 15-year battle with eating-disordered thinking and living—for good—through the powerful process of mentoring and connecting together.

From the very first page of Beating Ana, you will experience the empowering joy of sharing your recovery process with others as Shannon guides you with the same techniques she developed to achieve her own lasting recovery and has since passed along to her own mentees. You will walk with Shannon through the recovery process as you read private correspondence from five of her longtime mentees and participate right along with them in self-quizzes, short exercises, motivational affirmations, and journaling that is specifically designed to give you the courage, support, and tangible skills to say 'no' to your eating disorder and 'yes' to your life!

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Wonderful Book!
As someone recovering from an eating disorder, "Beating Ana" was a valuable resource for me.Not only did it provide me with inspiration and motivation to continue on my journey, but it gave lots of great activities to keep me on the right track and in a recovery mindset.I enjoyed the book, but when I finished it did not stop having an effect on me; I became a member of the author's site called MentorCONNECT, which is another wonderful outlet for those who are dealing with this illness to find strength and hope in a community of people who are positive.Worth every penny!

Important Tools for ED Recovery
In Beating Ana, Shannon Cutts shares experiences from her clients and gives readers glimpses into the lives of individuals who suffer with eating disorders. By sharing actual email exchanges with her clients she demonstrates the importance of having support for recovery. Shannon's Mentor Connect program provides the much needed support system by having individuals in recovery mentor others. By mentoring others, individuals further their own path to recovery.

This book includes numerous workshops and processes individuals can use to gain more understanding about their eating disorder and how to overcome it. These processes are based on a 12-step approach.

Beating Anna connects the reader with Shannon's loving, caring approach and offers hope an inspiration for a life beyond. Individuals need support both during and after treatment and Mentor Connect is a great way to get it!

Lori Hanson, Award-Winning Author of It Started With Pop-Tarts... An Alternative Approach to Winning the Battle of Bulimia and It Started With Pop-Tarts 2.0, The Secrets to Surviving & THRIVING in Your Teens (2009)

A top pick for those fighting this disease or know someone who is
Food is not something to be feared. "Beating Ana: How to Outsmart Your Eating Disorder & Take Your Life Back" is a guide to battling what many women and some men face every day due to societal pressures - a crippling fear of food and getting fat due to the eating disorder known as Anorexia Nervosa. Shannon Cutts draws upon her own experience and hopes to inspire other readers to rise up and above and to not fear food. "Beating Ana" is a top pick for those fighting this disease or know someone who is.

You are not alone!
This looks like a simple book but the elements contained within the pages of "Beating Ana" are a support system to aid anyone with an eating disorder to break through to into health.The author says something so profound right on the first page of part one:"Quite possibly, the only experience tougher on a human body, mind, heart, and spirit than falling ill is getting better. It gets unnecessarily tougher, however, when we assume that we will have to heal the same way we got sick--alone. We don't." In this book you will find a companion to healing.

Chapters begin with a letter to the author, Shannon Cutts, and her response. You know she understands because she's been there and healed. Next is a short piece on one of the elements for healing and the "recovery workshop" which is something the reader can really do to grow and process new feelings and thoughts. The workshop can be anything from watching a movie to making a list. Each chapter closes with a "Life Celebration Affirmation."

The author writes with the voice of a very understanding mentor, someone who gets what's going on but who also sees through all the tricks that an eating disorder can bring up so you can get through even the hardest of times. There is a wonderful focus on empowering the reader (or participant!) to experience the beauty within.

The book wraps up with guidelines for forming and being involved in a mentoring relationship. "Beating Ana" would be a great companion in a healing process. It is not about the dark side, it's about getting through the haunting darkness of eating disorders into freedom. I work with young women and this book will remain on my shelf as a wonderful resource.

Mentoring is an ancient and honorable tradition
Mentoring is an ancient and honorable tradition. It brings to mind the relationship with older siblings, trusted community elders, apprentices and master craftspeople, and even traditional spiritual advisors. In Beating Ana, Cutts brings experience and compassion to the 'craft' of mentoring and brings it into a field - eating disorders recovery - rich in opportunities to nurture and support each other.
-Laura Collins, author of Eating With Your Anorexic, Founder of F.E.A.S.T.
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"This is a book that could save your child's life." (Craig Johnson, Ph.D., Director of the Eating Disorders Program at Laureate Psychiatric Hospital)

At a time when 81 percent of ten-year-old girls say they are afraid of being fat, early dieting is clearly a widespread problem. However, the difference between being "just a little too thin" and having a full-blown eating disorder can be hard for even the most involved parent to distinguish.

Dr. Michael Strober and Meg Schneider's Just a Little Too Thin shows parents how to approach this problem proactively. First, it helps parents determine the severity of a child's weight issues by outlining the three stages of this slippery slope and the behavioral signs associated with each. The book then gives expert guidance on talking about weight and eating in ways that help a daughter cope with the emotional issues that feed her obsession. No matter where a girl rests on the continuum of eating behaviors, Just a Little Too Thin is an invaluable aid for parents intent on keeping their children emotionally and physically healthy in a world of unprecedented pressures. ... Read more

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Offering compassionate, no-nonsense advice on how to talk to one's children about weight issues
Eating disorder authority Michael Strober, Ph.D. and therapist Meg Schneider MA, LMSW combine their expertise in Just A Little Too Thin: How To Pull Your Child Back From The Brink Of An Eating Disorder, a straightforward guide to recognizing the dangerous signs of when one's daughter (or more rarely, one's son) shifts from becoming an "innocent" to "exhilarated" to "preoccupied dieter" - when dieting has less to do with weight and health and more to do with emotional issues that could prove fatal. Offering compassionate, no-nonsense advice on how to talk to one's children about weight issues, and guide him or her away from the slippery slope that can lead to anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders, Just A Little Too Thin is a valuable, jargon-free guide. Additional chapters also offer insight concerning when professional help or medical intervention are necessary, and if so, how to go about it. Highly recommended.

Offering compassionate, no-nonsense advice on how to talk to one's children about weight issues
Eating disorder authority Michael Strober, Ph.D. and therapist Meg Schneider MA, LMSW combine their expertise in Just A Little Too Thin: How To Pull Your Child Back From The Brink Of An Eating Disorder, a straightforward guide to recognizing the dangerous signs of when one's daughter (or more rarely, one's son) shifts from becoming an "innocent" to "exhilarated" to "preoccupied dieter" - when dieting has less to do with weight and health and more to do with emotional issues that could prove fatal. Offering compassionate, no-nonsense advice on how to talk to one's children about weight issues, and guide him or her away from the slippery slope that can lead to anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders, Just A Little Too Thin is a valuable, jargon-free guide. Additional chapters also offer insight concerning when professional help or medical intervention are necessary, and if so, how to go about it. Highly recommended.

"Understand your history... the inherent emotional experiences related to your body image."
Eating disorders are ever more prevalent in an image-obsessed society, the phenomenon affecting young girls at an alarming rate. Faced with this concern, parents are often understandably overwhelmed, at a loss for information. This book is designed to help parents define their daughter's behavior, whether there are signs of a passing phase or more serious symptoms, making specific suggestions to interpret eating behavior. The focus of this volume is pre-disorder, appropriate information for parents before their daughter has slipped into pathology, offering insights for using this information proactively, concentrating on a developing girl before she falls victim to peer pressure and media saturation. The authors outline three stages of eating behavior: the innocent (but rigid) dieter, the exhilarated dieter and the distressed and preoccupied dieter. The evolution of these stages is subtle, the obsessive dieter ever more skilled in exercising aberrantbehavior, offeringlogical excuses for a temporary problem that may, in fact, be accelerating, a condition that "weakens her emotionally, cognitively and physically."

Puberty is a critical factor in the onset of eating disorder or preoccupation with weight, the body's natural changes occurring with social expectations and hormonal acceleration, all of which may distort a girl's perception of her body, her food obsession and lack of nutrition gaining in significance. Other triggers include: intense participation in athletics, genetic predisposition to weight gain and the messages of family, society and peer pressure. Certainly the media sends a strong and consistent drumbeat of impossible perfection, television, the movies and the music industry major contributing factors. Add in an adolescent's need for control and the potential for an eating disorder deserves serious attention. One chapter offers detailed suggestions for counteracting the pervasiveness of a thin-oriented culture, changing the dialog before the damage is done, speaking positively about physical image, avoiding injurious remarks about overweight people, developing inner resources and natural talents and articulating feelings. Specific case studies offer insights into pre-adolescent thinking, some misperceptions that can be corrected as a girl views her identity and body in relation to the world at large.

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are disorders that require immediate intervention, a clearly defined diagnosis of specific behaviors and a fear of fat that is not relieved by weight loss. In contrast, Just a Little Too Thin addresses the diet obsession, adolescents and pre-adolescents tailoring their eating habits to control weight gain, a still viable situation where parents can effectively work with their daughters to prevent more serious issues. The most effective treatment is preventive, focusing on teaching girls how to develop healthy self-perception, a valuable asset aimed at dealing with body image before it becomes a problem. Luan Gaines/ 2005.

Should be read with STICK FIGURE by Lori Gottlieb
Dr. Michael Strober provides excellent insight for parents of girls suffering from eating disorders.His combination of academic research and clinical experience makes his advice both practical and effective.There is no other guide like this out there.

Another excellent resource for parents is STICK FIGURE: A DIARY OF MY FORMER SELF by Lori Gottlieb.I heard a reading from both books tonight, and having both the doctor's and patient's points of views was invaluable.As a parent of a teen girl, I highly recommend reading both books together.

David Feinberg, MD
Dr. Michael Strober has taken his life's work, synthesized it, and encapsulated in a very well written, accessible text. Dr. Strober is known internationally in academic psychiatry and psychology as a "triple threat". This means he has the highest respect as a clinician, teacher and researcher. When it comes to eating disorders you want Dr. Strober to care for you; you want him to teach you and you want to follow his research findings. Now all of these arenas are covered in one place: Just a Little Too Thin: How to Pull Your Child Back from the Brink of an Eating Disorder. I consider this a must read for any patient or family dealing with anorexia as well as all students and clinicians interested in eating disorder. ... Read more

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Univ. of California, Los Angeles. Pocket-sized text addresses the mechanisms underlying functional impairment of the spine. Discusses various treatment options with the physiological basis for each option. Emphasizes the biomechanics and physiology of lower back disorders. Includes halftone illustrations. Softcover. DNLM: Low Back Pain--physiopathology. ... Read more

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According to recent statistics, 80% of all adults feel back pain at some point during their lives. Back pain can be excruciating. It can strike suddenly. It can become chronic and debilitating. A common fixture in modern society, back injuries represent the leading cause of work-related disability in the United States.

Back and Neck Disorders Sourcebook provides readers with information on the causes of back pain, including injuries, anomalies of development, degenerative changes, and postural defects. Individual parts offer details about specific disorders of the back and neck, such as whiplash, scoliosis, kyphosis, sciatica, and prolapsed (herniated) disks. This Sourcebook helps readers understand the causes and consequences of spinal cord disorders, recognize symptoms, become familiar with current treatment options, learn prevention strategies, and find sources of help for themselves or family members. ... Read more

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Here are the table of contents inside of How To Beat & Overcome Bi-Polar Disorder Simply & Easily:- Understanding Bipolar To Get Help - Why Should I Get Help Anyway?- Why So Many Struggle With Treatment- Learning To Cope With Bipolar Disorder- Why You Should Consider Support Groups- Childhood Treatment Options For Bipolar Disorder- What To Do If You Have A Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis- Tips On Recognizing Bipolar Symptom And Its Importance- Treatments For Bipolar Disorder: Getting Rid Of That Monkey On Your Back- The Manifestations Shown By A Bipolar Child Helps In Proper Diagnosis- A Bipolar Overview: Discovering Bipolar Medicine Or Talk Therapy: Common Bipolar Disorder Treatment- Your Child And Bipolar Disorder: What You Should Know And What You Should Do- Considering A Long-Term Medication For Bipolar? Choose LAMICTAL- And more

Author Randall Magwood is a bipolar disorder expert, and has taught many people around the world how to cope with and beat bipolar disorder simply and easily.
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A collection of lectures from renowned international experts from the 1999 International Course for the Advanced Training in Occupational Health. Deals with work-related musculoskeletal disorders. ... Read more

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Exercise Progression is a professional s manual for those who want to learn advanced assessment and exercise programming skills for low back disorder clients. It includes nine different categories of assessment skills, such as muscle testing and orthopaedic assessments, as well as evidence-based exercise techniques that are proven to improve low back pain and its reoccurrence. It is the only manual of its kind that offers such advanced assessment skills in addition to post-rehab and high performance exercise training, all in the same book! And all in 328 pages with over 1000 images (assessments, corrective actions, and exercises) and 49 virtual anatomy pictures. ... Read more

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Great Information
Chris Hallford has an amazing knowledge of the human body and delivers an incredible amount of information in this book.For fitness and health professionals as well as those who wish be more informed, this book delivers.From great illustrations to photos to descriptions of how the body works, this book gives the reader the information necessary to take more control of their own health, control pain, as well as the information needed as a professional to help others.I have found it an invaluable tool in working with my clients as well gaining a valuable amount of information to apply to my own health as well.It also provides you with functional programs so that you can immediately apply the knowledge that you have gotten from the book.I highly recommend this book. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Low back disorders (LBDs) are prevalent in the manual furniture moving industry. However, few practical lifting aids are available, especially when handling objects requiring two movers. A belt system, the GRIPSystem(TM), has been developed to assist movers who operate in pairs while lifting heavy and awkward furniture. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of this manual device in reducing key low back disorders risk factors. Twelve experienced movers (9 male and 3 female) were recruited to participate in this study. The participants lifted three household furniture items, at three varied weights, with and without the lifting device, while trunk kinematics and 10 muscle EMG signals were recorded. The results showed that the device significantly lowered the kinematics and muscle activity of the lower back, as well as the risk of LBDs. Other potential benefits of the device are also discussed. However, further studies are needed to confirm the device's effectiveness in reducing LBDs in the moving industry. Relevance to Industry: This study has an immediate relevance to the moving industry and potentially other industries (e.g., paramedics and fire fighting). The approach may provide a cost-effective intervention for reducing LBDs among workers who perform two-person lifting and carrying of large objects. ... Read more

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This digital document is a journal article from International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The purpose of this study was to characterize the low-back disorder (LBD) risk in jobs found in automotive parts distribution centers. This descriptive study analyzed 53 jobs at seven automotive distribution facilities in the northern United States. Data were collected using the Lumbar Motion Monitor (LMM) and analyzed using the LMM LBD risk model. To assess the reliability of the sampling process, split-test reliability coefficients were calculated and found to be 0.90. Results indicate that, on average, the jobs in automotive parts distribution are moderately high risk (mean=56%, s.d.=11%); however, nearly half the sample had LMM LBD risk probability values greater than the 60% mark that has been used as a cut point in defining ''high'' risk [Marras W.S. et al., 2000. Prospective validation of a low-back disorder risk model and assessment of ergonomic interventions associated with manual materials handling tasks. Ergonomics 43, 1866-1886]. Many of the jobs contain trunk motions that are associated with high LBD risk; however, many of these same jobs had relatively low lifting frequencies which moderated the risk estimates. Relevance to industry: This study benchmarks the LBD risk levels within automotive parts distribution. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on February 1, 2005. The length of the article is 602 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Psychosocial factors predict future back pain.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
Author: Patrice Wendling
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2005
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 35Issue: 3Page: 68(1)

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This is a Ph.D. thesis. In the working population, back disorders are the most frequently occurring disorder in the musculoskeletal system and an important reason for sick leave and permanent work inability. Back disorders have been estimated to be the most costly ailment of working adults.

Despite numerous scientific investigations, their aetiology and risk factors are not well understood. The Belgian Low Back Cohort (BelCoBack) Project was designed for low back disorders in occupational settings.

To minimize dropout, only workers with a tenured position or equivalent were included. Furthermore, to reduce the influence of age and of prior back pain episodes, participants had to be no older than 30 years at the time of intake and to have been free of episodes of low back pain of seven or more consecutive days during the twelve months before intake in the study. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Family Practice News, published by International Medical News Group on December 1, 2008. The length of the article is 418 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Expert gives the lowdown on diagnosing, assessing back pain.(Musculoskeletal Disorders)
Author: Doug Brunk
Publication: Family Practice News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2008
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 38Issue: 23Page: 30(1)

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(Institute of Medicine) New York Academy of Medicine, NY. Examines the scientific basis for connecting musculoskeletal disorders with the workplace. Presents the latest information on the prevalence, incidence and costs of musculoskeletal disorders, identifying factors that affect injury reporting. DNLM: Musculoskeletal Diseases--Epidemiology. ... Read more