Back Pain Solutions: How to Help Yourself With Posture-Movement Therapy and Education. (Books).Bruce I. Kodish is a veteran physical therapist and co-author with Susan Presby Kodish of Drive Yourself Sane: Using the Uncommon Sense of General Semantics gen·er·al semantics n. (used with a sing. verb) A discipline developed by Alfred Korzybski that proposes to improve human behavioral responses through a more critical use of words and symbols. . In Back Pain Solutions, Bruce Kodish provides many practical ideas and solutions for ameliorating a·mel·io·rate tr. & intr.v. a·me·lio·rat·ed, a·me·lio·rat·ing, a·me·lio·rates To make or become better; improve. See Synonyms at improve. [Alteration of meliorate. back pain. The book covers causes of back pain, neck pain and repetitive strain; how pain can serve a useful purpose; how to control symptoms; how to improve posture; and how to build confidence, a sense of control and the responsibility to move beyond pain. Such responsibility includes the author's suggestion that the sufferer behave as a personal scientist by applying a scientific attitude to the problem (a scientific attitude involves an open-minded examination of one's assumptions, with a willingness to test and change them on the basis of available evidence). Kodish particularly focuses on how to overcome back problems through the use of posture-movement therapy and education. Posture-movement therapy involves the relatively short-term use of static postures and movements to relieve pain, other symptoms, and loss of movement. Posture-movement education concentrates on the improvement of everyday posture-movement habits (to assist in this area Kodish particularly draws upon the Alexander Technique of Psycho-Physical education. This technique centers on the application of conscious thought (Cognition cognition Act or process of knowing. Cognition includes every mental process that may be described as an experience of knowing (including perceiving, recognizing, conceiving, and reasoning), as distinguished from an experience of feeling or of willing. ), and sensory perceptions of the body (Kinesthetic kin·es·the·sia n. The sense that detects bodily position, weight, or movement of the muscles, tendons, and joints. [Greek k awareness) to improve posture and performance). Back Pain Solutions contains many useful illustrations, extensive footnotes, and a comprehensive bibliography. I fully agree with the assessment of Ron Dennis Ron Dennis CBE (born June 1, 1947) is the chairman, CEO and 15% owner of the McLaren Group. He is also the team principal of the McLaren Formula One team. Since the early 1980s Dennis has been the principal of the McLaren Formula One team attending races and supervising the , a veteran teacher of the Alexander Technique and the founder of PostureSense, who says, "Anyone who either personally has or professionally deals with back pain should read Bruce Kodish's book. The content is authoritative without dogmatism dog·ma·tism n. Arrogant, stubborn assertion of opinion or belief. dogmatism 1. a statement of a point of view as if it were an established fact. 2. , the style engaging without condescension con·de·scen·sion n. 1. The act of condescending or an instance of it. 2. Patronizingly superior behavior or attitude. [Late Latin cond and the subject urgent without doubt." |
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