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Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain |  | Author: Pete Egoscue
Creator: Roger Gittines
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Rating:  239 reviews
Sales Rank: 871
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0553379887
Dewey Decimal Number: 615
EAN: 9780553379884
ASIN: 0553379887
Publication Date: February 29, 2000
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Amazon.com Review
Pete Egoscue learned a lot about pain when, as a Marine officer, he was wounded in Vietnam. He segued from patient to physical therapist, and now runs a famous clinic in San Diego, where he claims he's helped 95 percent of his patients cure chronic pain--including Jack Nicklaus and Charles Barkley, whose athletic careers he helped prolong. At the heart of his program are stretches and motion exercises to restore proper function to muscles and joints. His methods are often surprising and counterintuitive. For example, for foot pain, he suggests a series of hip exercises. In fact, this is one of the most startling books you'll read about the human organism. Egoscue has strong opinions about how modern life is changing the way our bodies function, reducing the tasks we must perform and thus reducing the functional range of motion of our muscles and joints. Fortunately, he offers movement exercises to restore what nature meant us to have.
Product Description
Starting today, you don't have to live in pain.
That is the revolutionary message of this breakthrough system for eliminating chronic pain without drugs, surgery, or expensive physical therapy. Developed by Pete Egoscue, a nationally renowned physiologist and sports injury consultant to some of today's top athletes, the Egoscue Method has an astounding 95 percent success rate. The key is a series of gentle exercises and carefully constructed stretches called E-cises. Inside you'll find detailed photographs and step-by-step instructions for dozens of motioncizes specifically designed to provide quick and lasting relief of:
- Lower back pain, hip problems, sciatica, and bad knees
- Carpal tunnel syndrome and even some forms of arthritis
- Migraines and other headaches, stiff neck, fatigue, sinus problems, vertigo, and TMJ
- Shin splints, varicose veins, sprained or weak ankles, and many foot ailments
- Bursitis, tendinitis, and rotator cuff problems
- Plus special preventive motioncise programs for maintaining health through the entire body.
With this book in hand, you're on your way to regaining the greatest gift of all: a pain-free body!
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 I healed my bulging disk using the Egoscue method! August 31, 2010
J. Galligan (Cape Cod)
I was introduced to this book by a friend who had 5 ruptured disks and didn't want to accept the risks of surgery. His disks healed using the Egoscue method and he loaned me the book (he was playing tennis again three years later; the back surgeons warned he might never walk again if surgery failed). I used the exercises faithfully until my back healed. During the process, I purchased my own copy of "Pain Free." I have since recommended and/or loaned the book to many others. My latest order of the book from Amazon was a gift for my niece who is suffering from back pain.
Pain Free really means pain free August 24, 2010
Sheila M. Chaleff (Los Angeles, California USA)
I highly recommend this book. I had severe knee pain and could not walk. I did the exercises for reducing knee pain with the result that the pain lessened daily. After a week I had no pain, and could walk. I am now doing the maintenance exercises and my body feels alive and able to move easily - much more than I have in years. I have also learned to spot imbalances in my bone structure and turn to the book to handle. This book is a real tool for handling physical problems without drugs or surgery.
 Pain Free review August 1, 2010
Richard
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
i am a 32 year old male who has been very fit all my life. Over the last 3 years i have had ongoing calf trouble when i run. I have been to physio, chiro, accupunture, massage, & even run bare foot now. None of that helped.
It seemed crazy. Then i noticed when looking at photos that my right foot pointed out a little and i seemed a bit crooked when standing. Thats when i did some research to find corrective methods to re-align things. After doing 2 sessions of the stretches outlined in this book, the pain in my calf has gone and i can run again. I cannot recommend this book highly enough for anyone who has any sort of ongoing pain. Treat the cause not the syptoms!
Pain Free June 24, 2010
J. Diers (Cincinnati)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is amazing! Stepped in an open floor vent hole at my daughter's house during rennovation and the back issues started and didn't stop for three weeks. Someone noticed at the gym and loaned me this book. Wow! Pain free for the next 15 hours and then the same routine the next day. Maintainence now! Wow! Several friends now have a copy and we all love it!!!!!!!
Pain Freedom June 8, 2010
Tricia P.
40 out of 40 found this review helpful
Written by an author who has suffered with chronic pain himself, Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain takes a specific stand on why you're hurting and what you should do about it. In a nutshell, the idea is that chronic pain is due to imbalances in the body- mainly those of posture and alignment, which can be corrected through proper motions the book calls "E-cises". Here's a few highlights...
-the book starts you out with three chapters that go over its main ideas
-from there, you go to specific chapters for specific problems (like the foot, the back, the shoulder, etc.)
-you'll find lots of good pictures that do a good job of showing you how to do the exercises
-you don't really need a lot of equipment to do the exercises- mainly some pillows or something to rest your arms and legs on
-there are routines for maintenance, as well as specific sports (like soccer, football, etc.)
Mostly good stuff here, as you can see, and an all around sensible approach I thought. I did find the exercises simple enough, and will probably help relax a lot of pain sufferers to boot.
The negatives? Not many. The only thing I think that might turn off some people, is the time involved- sometimes its recommended you do them for 45 minutes to an hour. But, you get out of it what you put into it.
Worth a good look, I recommend any chronic pain sufferer give them a try. Those with back pain might also be interested in Treat Your Own Spinal Stenosis.
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