• The McKenzie 7 Step Method (order the book)
• Feldenkrais exercises to help your back pain
• abdominal exercises to support the lower back
• Back pain & Spinal Stenosis links
• Back surgery questions
• Preventing and Recovering from Back Injury
• Answers to your Bad Back problems
• Piriformis Exercises
  • a Piriformis stretch
  • 2 stretches that I've found useful
  • The Exercise works for me

• Surgery
  • endoscopic discectomy to remove the disc, microendoscopic diskectomy,
  • Back Surgery - What type of physician to use... neurosurgeons vs. orthopedic surgeons
  • There are now several different kinds of surgery for disc "decompression."
  • I had Lumbar Microdiskectomy surgery
  • Back Surgery Success - I've got more metal in me than a small junkyard, but I feel great and I'm looking forward to getting back into my sports
• Sports
  • Golf and back pain
  • Running after back surgery
  • Sciatica and Bicycling
• Chiropractic
  • Answers to Chiropractic questions: most common conditions treated, length of average treatment
  • Chiropractor during pregnancy?
• Massage / Acupuncture / TENS
  • Acupuncture endorsed by the NIH
  • TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator) for pain relief
  • Electric massage pads / sitting in a recliner
• Other
  • Stenosis - Lumbar Stenosis, Stenosis / Back Surgery,
  • Piriformis Syndrome / Coccyx pain , Piriformis syndrome is an often misdiagnosed, Piriformis Syndrome,
  • fibromyalgia and lower back problems
  • Lyme Disease and "pinched nerve sensation"

Back Pain Book List

• 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life: How to Rapidly Relieve Back and Neck Pain Using the McKenzie Method - by Robin A. McKenzie and Craig Kubey (order the book)
  • The McKenzie 7 Step Method - Josh Steinberg (MD), Syracuse
  • Re: The McKenzie 7 Step Method - Steve Freides
  • The McKenzie 7 Step Method - The outcome for me has been nothing short of spectacular - Steve Freides
  • An inventory of back exercises and treatments and "Treat Your Own Back" by Robin McKenzie - David LaPorte
  • University of Washington Study on the The McKenzie Method - S. Delerme
• Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection - by John E. Sarno (order from Amazon.com: paperback - audio cassette)
  • Dr. Sarno's books Posted by Lynne
  • Dr. Sarno's theories and therapy is subject to much disagreement. D. Keith Lamb
  • Howard Stern said the doc cured him of OCD and back pain - Alex
  • I recommend you read a book called Mindbody Prescription by Dr John E Sarno - sburbncwby
  • Mindbody Prescription by Dr. John E Sarno - His patients include: John Stossel of 20/20, Anne Bancroft and Howard Stern - sburbncwby
  • Dr. Sarno's $800 treatment - Howard Stern swears by him. - Anon Chick
  • Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection - by John E. Sarno - sburbncwby
• Rapid Recovery from Back and Neck Pain: A Nine-Step Recovery Plan - by Fred Amir, R.E.H.S. (order from Amazon.com)
  • Fred Amir's book is based on Dr. Sarno’s work but takes it a higher level - jjohnson2001
• Back Care Basics: A Doctor's Gentle Yoga Program for Back and Neck Pain Relief - by Mary Pullig Schatz (order the book)
  • Back Care Basics - A Doctor's Gentle Yoga Program for Back and Neck Pain Relief" by Mary Pullig Schatz, MD - rachel lovegrove
  • Re: Book on Yoga as a form of rehabilitation - Chriss