About this ebook
Why aren’t the fixes we buy working?
What are the 10 things researchers want us to know about our backs?
The Secret to fixing our back pain lies not within medication, repeat ‘treatments’ or surgery. It lies deeply rooted within our lifestyle, mindset and behaviour – in the way we behave as an animal.
Movement is Medicine - it is the missing link - the active ingredient in treating our back pain - whether highly-trained, elite athletes, sedentary office workers or manual labourers.
Find Your Inner Ape. Understand that you are your own best therapy. Learn how to tailor your lifestyle. Use movement and mindfulness as a way back to enjoying a healthier, happier, more fulfilled and self-empowered life.
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"Everyone with back pain should read this! A great tool: I highly recommend it."
Kris Dalzell
Spinal Orthopedic Surgeon
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"Instructive, positive & reassuring!"
Dr Celeste Geertsema
Sports Physician & Olympic Team Doctor
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"Simple, helpful advice; easy to follow."
Andrew Ryan
Sports Physiotherapist, Australian Wallabies
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"An exceptional resource for people with back pain. A great tool for teaching people how to treat themselves. An educational and enjoyable read."
Ginny Rutledge
Winter Olympic Team Physiotherapist
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The third edition of this highly acclaimed and popular book is a comprehensive 'how-to' for all back pain sufferers. It is for those who are distressed and lost amongst the confusing plethora of 'treatment' options in the modern marketplace. It clears a pathway through the tangled jungle of fast-fix claims and snake oil remedies. Shows you how to manage your back pain as simply and quickly as possible. Answers the question: ‘Where is my back pain coming from and what can I do to fix it myself?’ Helping you become the central protagonist in the story of your own recovery.
The Back Fix is brimming with useful infographics, so you can pick it up at any point, have a quick glance and learn something meaningful. We repeat and re-emphasize important points. But the central aim is this: to get you feeling and functioning well, to give you the knowledge and understanding, to enable and empower you to manage your back pain yourself. The fact is, you are your own best treatment. Without doubt, the best practitioner to fix your back pain is you.
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The third edition contains updated and expanded sections covering:
- The 10 Back Facts We All Should Know.
- Bad Scans Don't Mean Bad Pain.
- What's the Real Cause of My Back Pain?
- What's the Best Treatment?
- Common Myths & Misconceptions
- That Little Thing Called Lifestyle
- Learning to be more Animalistic
- The Secret to a Happy Spine
- The ‘Big Six’ Back Exercises
- Wanderlust - The Joy of Movement
- The Importance of Mood & Thought Processes
About the author
Antony Bush has treated Olympic gold medalists and a wide variety of elite international athletes, including members of New Zealand’s prestigious national All Blacks rugby team. He has been the NZ Winter Olympic Team Physiotherapist and has worked at the Sydney Academy of Sport with triathlon, athletics and ball sports athletes alongside the national Australian Wallabies, Sevens and Diamonds team physiotherapists. He is a movement activitist, fitness counsellor, and strength and conditioning expert with 30 years’ experience in spinal pain and musculoskeletal sports injuries. He has post-graduate diplomas in Exercise Physiology, Manipulative Physiotherapy and an MBA.
