McKenzie Method® Treat Your Own Back Book
McKenzie Method® Treat Your Own Back Book
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Treat Your Own Back – Easy to follow patient book. Providing you with an active self-treatment plan to resolve & manage back pain.
This patient handbook provides an easy to follow self-treatment plan to quickly and effectively diagnose, treat, alleviate and manage debilitating back and related pains, even for the long-term sufferer. First published in 1980 and the first in best-selling Treat Your Own series by internationally renowned Robin McKenzie OBE, this book distils the essence of the McKenzie Method® of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy®, as taught to medical professionals worldwide, in an easily accessible format direct to the sufferer. Numerous international studies have confirmed that the McKenzie Method® allows patients to take control of their own pain and postural management, cure sciatica amongst other complaints, avoid surgery and a long-term costly dependence upon clinicians.
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The Mckenzie Method Story
By placing a patient’s back in a controlled extended position, the patient reported their back pain beginning to disappear.
Knowing he was on to something, he started testing this with other patients, and got similar results.
After 10 hard years of collecting data, and 1000s of patient trials, Robin McKenzie introduced to the medical world proof of his discovery – they were shocked.
Introducing: The McKenzie Method.
Over the following decades, the McKenzie Method would turn into a global phenomenon, with Robin McKenzie becoming one of the world’s most renowned physiotherapists and the McKenzie Method being in use by tens of thousands of Physiotherapists worldwide.
But he needed a way for patient’s to be able to easily maintain this back position for longer periods of time. So, Robin had his wife, Joy, hand-make a prototype on his kitchen table, and the very first McKenzie Method lumbar roll was born.
In 1980, the first “Treat Your Own Back” book was published, allowing people experiencing back pain to treat their own back pain using the highly successful and proven McKenzie Method treatment techniques.
It has since sold over 5 million copies worldwide.
The new Signature Super Lumbar roll captures the success of that first roll made on Robin’s kitchen table, now with over 60 years of refinement and perfection – and still made in New Zealand.
Be a part of the McKenzie story with your very own McKenzie Method Lumbar Roll
Lower Back Exercises to Pair With Your The Mckenzie Lumbar Roll
Try these exercises in conjunction with your Mckenzie Lumbar Roll for best results:
An extract from the book: ‘Mckenzie Method Treat Your Own Back’
Lie face down (Position 1), and then place your hands under your shoulders in the press-up position (Position 2). Now you are ready to begin the exercise.
As you straighten your elbows, push the top half of your body up as far as pain permits (Position 3). It is important that you completely relax the pelvis, hips and legs as you do this, and remember to keep breathing normally.
Keep your pelvis, hips and legs hanging limp and allow your low back to sag. • maintain this position for a second or two, then lower yourself to the starting position. • repeat this movement cycle in a smooth rhythmical motion and try to raise your upper body a little higher each time, so that in the end your back is extended as much as possible, with your arms as straight as possible (Position 4).
Once your arms are straight, remember to hold the sag for a second or two as this is the most important part of the exercise. A more effective sag can be achieved by breathing all the way out while relaxing your low back, hips and legs. The sag may be maintained for longer than one or two seconds if you feel the pain is reducing or centralising.
Robin McKenzie is globally recognised as an authority on the treatment and prevention of back pain.
His method of Mechanical Diagnosis Treatment is used extensively in more than 27 countries.
18 reviews for McKenzie Method® Treat Your Own Back Book
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Penny –
Very efficient service thank you. This is a replacement copy for one I’ve lent to someone else who hasn’t returned it. An essential part of my healthcare library!
Briar W. –
soooo practical and helpful
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Christine Heaphy –
Excellent helpful exercises.
Ryan Lashlee –
I read this because I had a back emergency. I started reading this book just before midnight because I needed answers and applied the info as I read. By 2am I was able to get up off the floor and climb into bed. I repeated the exercises the next day and had an 80% reduction in pain and regained as much movement. I’m still on a journey of learning the root cause and long term rehabilitation. But the information here got me functional again
Jim G. –
Bad back remedy. Very informative book , well written easy to understand
Anonymous –
This has been a great resource for me in working to heal a herniated disc in my back. I was in an incredible amount of pain when I bought this, and had been for about 10 weeks! I read it in one day, and tried the stretches and exercises that they recommended. They worked wonders. My physical therapist (who I started seeing to build strength in my back) said he would have offered me the exact same stretches and exercises for healing the injury.
Anonymous –
Perfect book – learn how to relieve muscle back pain. This book has helped me recover from my back pain more than any other resource I have used. This includes medical doctors, chiropractors, physical therapist and others. Simple little book that explains and teaches you good practice before, during and after the back pain. Simply perfect book to learn how to relieve muscle back pain and strain.
Anonymous –
A must read for back sufferers!!!! Don’t just accept pain killers and rest! This book was first recommended to me by my physical therapist. A fast easy read that really helped me to understand the root of my back problems, how to give myself real relief (without drugs), and also how to prevent future issues. I found this to be much more informative and effective than the advice I had received from a number of doctors, chiropractors and specialists I had seen for lower back spasms and sciatica. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK to anyone suffering with back problems and over the years have given copies to people I’ve met along the way.
Joy –
This book literally saved my life. I used to suffer from disc problems, but not anymore. Following the extremely simple exercises will put your disc(s) back into place every time after only a few days. I’ve purchased several copies of this book to loan out — this is the book chiropractors and doctors who perform back surgeries don’t want you to read…it will put them out of business!
Joseph P. –
After trying physical therapy, epidurals, and other treatments to help me deal with my 3 herniated discs, I was running out of options. Saw this book as a last resort, and it changed my life. Educated me on how to strengthen my core & surrounding area, posture habits, and exercises to treat and prevent back pain. I’d recommend this to anyone dealing with chronic back pain. Good luck!
Sue N. –
I found myself in the ER unable to walk and was diagnosed with a disc problem. Never happened before. Terrible pain. “It should subside over the next two weeks, go home and rest”.
A friend sent me this book with a personal recommendation. I followed the directions and within a day I was just about back to normal. Amazing results.
Cesar S. –
Excellent in how to deal with pain in the lower back. As a physical therapist I highly recommend this book with information that is quite useful and simple to understand.
Kawika –
We always tend to make things harder than they are, so consequetialy we make the solution harder than it needs to be or worse no solution at all. Easy read a bit repetitive but i would guess the whole program is.
Simple and easy and i have to say as a person who has herniated 2 discs that it was the only thing i ended up doing that helped.
Plus the advice in the book goes farther than back pain it talks about good practices that we should remember to do in other areas of our life.
Read it.
Hezekiah Shmuel –
Would have saved me much pain if I’d read it a long time ago! Good information but things most chronic back pain sufferers have already figured out. If you are fairly new to this situation by all means get this book, read it and save yourself the suffering of experimenting until you hit on the right combo!
Michael Linthicum –
If you’re having back problems, this is the ticket My physical therapist gave me a copy of this book. My back is the best it’s been in 20 years because of it. I have a bulging disc between L5 and L6 and this method worked fantastic. I gave my copy to a friend that was having back problems and it worked for him as well. I ordered another copy to have on hand in case symptoms come back
Anonymous –
A very simple and sensible approach to managing lower back pain & sciatica. Not a cure, but very effective pain control.
Julie Riedel –
The exercises are great but hard to get into a habit of doing Knowledge is power and I have surely learned a lot. The exercises are great but hard to get into a habit of doing. My chiropractor was familiar with Robin and okayed all the exercises in his book.