Spinal Stabilization: The New Science of Back Pain, 2nd Edition (8596-2)
by Rick Jemmett
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Book Summary Information
Author: Rick JemmettBrand: Ball Dynamics
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04-15
ISBN: 0968871518
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Orthopedic Physical Therapy Products
Product features:
- Features 144 pages
- Clear descriptions, photos and illustrations
- The most current research concerning low back pain and treatment
- Includes exercises for improving back pain and developing an athletic spine
- Learn exercises from a physical therapist
Book Reviews of Spinal Stabilization: The New Science of Back Pain, 2nd Edition (8596-2)
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Summary: 5 Stars
The second edition of `Spinal Stabilization- The New Science of Back Pain' (a. Rick Jemmett) gives readers a refreshing, at times amazing and yet an easy to read overview of the research and medical world's best understanding of how our lumbar region works and how this goes south when people have low back pathology. If the book did nothing else, this alone would be `worth the price of admission'. Jemmett's ability to synthesize the complex but necessary research findings from the various disciplines (anatomy, biomechanics, neurology, epidemiology and pathology) is unusual and as readers we are thankful. His ability to explain this information in a style accessible to the lay person is also commendable and is greatly appreciated.
Low back pain - while a common malady (most researchers begin their articles by noting that 80% of adults in the western world will experience a nasty bout of back pain at some point in their lives!) - is obviously an uncommonly complex problem as both traditional and non-traditional treatments have been so grossly unsuccessful. On this point the researchers are unified - treatment approaches to back pain such as strengthening exercises, walking, stretching, swimming, acupuncture, yoga, pilates, even surgery - are all highly inconsistent in their effectiveness. In other words, each might be expected to `work' in only 10 to 15% of cases. Even then, the relief provided by these various approaches is often short lived. Of those 80% of people who will have the big back pain episode, 70 to 75% of them will develop an ongoing, on and off again pattern of low back pain lasting many, many years. Jemmett's ability to explain the research - research which for the first time offers a reasonable explanation for why all this happens in the first place - is the key ingredient in this wonderful book.
For any of us with back pain, the first step in getting a real solution must be a real understanding of the problem. I was fortunate enough to read Jemmett's latest effort, a textbook written for health care professionals. As expected, the textbook goes into far more detail and uses all the big medical words that Jemmett so mercifully avoids in `Spinal Stabilization'. The benefit of the more advanced research review in the textbook is that we can readily see why the concepts discussed in Jemmett's books are so important. About fifteen years ago, the best low back researchers went off in a new direction, thinking outside the box, and in so doing discovered radically new and far more accurate ideas about low back pain. As Jemmett dryly states in the textbook, `every solution requires a problem'. What he means by this of course is that any true solution requires a complete understanding of the fundamental problem. Traditional approaches, known to work only inconsistently, were not developed with this understanding. The new research now provides this understanding, and not surprisingly, a far more effective solution has followed closely (several clinical trials of these methods have now been completed; the most lengthy study showed that the `Australian method' as described by Jemmett results in a 900 - 1200% reduction in back pain risk - a degree of improvement unheard of with traditional methods).
In my experience, the problem in communicating this wonderful news to patients (and readers) is that there are many voices in the low back pain wilderness all claiming to have `the cure'. Patients and readers are understandably baffled by all this noise and seem to have difficulty sorting out the good from the goofy. As a health care professional and academic I can confirm that this new research brings us much closer to a truly useful understanding of why your back hurts and what you should do about it.
`Spinal Stabilization' should be required reading for the majority of people with back pain. The message it provides is as unique in its validity as it is clear and understandable. In addition, I would strongly recommend a great new book by David Butler and Lorimer Mosely called `Explain Pain'. For those of you with truly chronic pain, this book is just as revolutionary as is Mr. Jemmett's.
Summary of Spinal Stabilization: The New Science of Back Pain, 2nd Edition (8596-2)
Spinal Stabilization - The New Science of Back Pain, 2nd Edition is the most comprehensive and scientifically accurate resource for the general public on the subject of low back pain.Updated and expanded to include the most current research regarding low back pain and its treatment, this easy-to-read guide provides readers with 'need to know' information about the spine, effectively taking the mystery out of back pain and its treatment.
Based upon sound and current research, 'Spinal Stabilization' describes how the spine and its muscles are intended to work, and how this changes once back pain sets in.
New to the second edition is a clear discussion of the critical differences between stabilization exercises used by people with back pain and those who want a more high-performance, athletic spine. This is a key area author Rick Jemmett felt compelled to address.
"There is still a significant amount of confusion in the rehabilitation, fitness and sports conditioning professions as to what truly constitiutes therapeutic stabilization exercises. The better quality research is actually quite clear on this yet many people remain stuck on the idea that exercising on a ball will correct low back pain. Some low back pain patients might feel better temporarily with such programs, but we now have the ability to do so much more than this. Instead of simply reducing the symptoms for a short while, we have the ability to achieve a true correction of the problem."
Spinal Stabilization, 2nd Edition is divided into two sections. The first describes in detail the scientifically proven Australian approach of therapeutic segmental stabilization exercise. Clear descriptions along with illustrations and photos give readers the tools they need to correctly perform these important exercises. The second section discusses the use of 'Integrated Training' in sport-specific conditioning programs. This involves the simultaneous training of the body's stability, balance and strength systems for maximum athletic performance.
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