Back Together: Hands-On Healing for Couples

by Andrew Kirschner

Book Overview

An estimated 30 million Americans experience low back pain at any given time, and as many as 80 percent of Americans suffer from back pain at some time during their lives. Many seek relief through... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762424036
• ISBN13: 9780762424030
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

You rock Andrew!

I absolutely love this book! I've been a chronic neck and back pain sufferer for more than 7 years and this book has really saved my life. No more am I trying to explain how to adjust my back based on what feels like my I've read the book cover to cover. It's a permenant fixture on my coffee table now! Thanks for writing a practical, hands on, fix to my pain!

Easy for a layperson to follow

Wonderfully written. Very intelligent & chock full of information, yet extremely easy to get into. Andrew Kirschner's ideas are very fresh & innovative. A user friendly guide to overcoming back pain. I was able to help my wife with the techniques, which are not complicated. A must read for anyone looking for a back fix without medications or surgery.

Great guide for couples to help one another alleviate pain

I received this book as a present and highly recommend it. I have a desk job and am prone to headaches and upper back pain. This book addresses how such pain can impact both members of a couple and empowers the person in the relationship who is not in pain to help his or her partner. The healing techniques described in Dr. Kirschner's book were easy for my husband to learn and follow. The book is written in a really friendly and accessible style. In addition to addressing how to manage the most common complaints, it also includes very practical suggestions about how to avoid many of these aches in the first place. The photos are both cheerful and helpful. A great reference that I will return to again and again.

I like this book.

I heartily recommend this book. The explanations are clear, direct and friendly. It seems like this guy really cares about couples helping each other get rid of pain, rather than complaining to each other or suffering more. I especially like that he is a physician, and that he covers other subjects - how pain works in the body, the everyday things we do that strain the back, etc. I've tried Rolfers, chiropractors, massages, yoga, and ... and ... and .... This is the first time someone has given ME the tools to reduce or eliminate the pain. It's definitely worth a try, and is a good read because he talks about his motivations for all this and it is pretty interesting.

Not just for your back

I don't do well with problems that don't have solutions, so my husband's chronic sinus headaches were making me insane. I tried the technique for sinuses on him, and I now use this on him regularly. It really helps, and it's great to be able to do something rather than just be annoyed that he's sick. I sit at the computer a lot, so I like to have him work on my shoulders, and we both like the techniques for the lower back. Great book, fun to read. Worth the price just for the Ricky Martin-lookalike story.