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"I have been doing almost everything wrong and subsequently, getting no relief. Last night [after reading Stop Sciatica Now] I had the first half-way decent night sleep in many weeks after doing your exercises.
"I wish I had found your book sooner. Thank you again."
Marlene S., AZ
Stop Sciatica Now:
Help Yourself Eliminate Back and Leg Pain
Now in its Third Edition, Pamela Kihm's award-winning first book, Stop Sciatica Now will teach you how your skeleton and nervous system interact in order to help you move better to reduce, or even eliminate, recurrent pain. Fully illustrated to help readers immediately begin to change the way they move throughout the day through simple, stress-free exercises that are designed to quickly become habits of movement.
Chapters one, two and three of Stop Sciatica Now:
- Illustrate how the sciatic nerve network threads through your body, so that you can understand the consequences of your posture choices.
- Demonstrate that minor changes in the way you position your body as you move throughout your day can make a huge difference in your comfort.
- Explain why excessive tightening of your muscles to "protect your back” can actually exacerbate sciatica pain.
- Teach gentle exercises you can do immediately to reduce sciatic nerve pain.
Chapters four, five, and six of Stop Sciatica Now:
- Show you how easy it is to maintain healthful posture with skeletal awareness.
- Explain how the position of your feet as you sit and stand can ward off sciatic nerve pain
- Teach you techniques like “constructive fidgeting” to prevent future nudges of sciatic nerve pain from developing into a full blown attack.
- Build your menu of very gentle, yet very effective, exercises
In chapters seven through ten of Stop Sciatica Now you'll learn:
- Safer, more efficient ways to move from lying down to sitting and from sitting to standing.
- Ways to walk that help, not irritate, your back and legs.
- What you can do to make yourself more comfortable while driving.
- New insights into how you can help your back while bending over or picking up heavy objects.
- Keys to how your rest and relaxation can be even more beneficial.
Stop Sciatica Now has 57 line drawings illustrating how to move with awareness of your skeletel positioning.
There are 23 photographs, making it easy to see the movements and postures described in the text.
You will find useful instructions about:
- How to bend down and tie your shoes without hurting your back: page 5-6
- How a soft sock can help relieve your pain: page 30-31
- Walking up stairs efficiently: Page 70
- Strategies to keep you comfortable while driving: pages 75-79
- Lifting a heavy load: pages 83-84
- How to garden comfortably: page 85
- How to ride a bicycle safely and comfortably: pages 86-87
- How to relax in ways that won't have you leaning on your sciatic nerves: page 88-91
Stop Sciatica Now is available as both a Perfect-bound printed form and as an instantly downloadable Adobe Acrobat file (.pdf). While most computers already have the free Adobe Reader installed, if needed you can download a copy from this link.
