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What causes the sharp, sudden pain of a back injury?




What causes back spasms (technical explanation)?
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What causes tingling or numbness?




My doctor has used certain terms (e.g, "bulging/herniated disc") to describe my condition. What do they mean?




What are common methods of back therapy?
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According to some physical therapists, what is the success rate of common methods of therapy?




How does somatic education differ from standard therapeutic modalities?



What can I do to control my own back muscle pain?




What causes sciatica? How does somatics help control it?




What about psoas muscle pain?

INTRODUCTIONS TO NINE SOMATIC EXERCISES TO END BACK PAIN Introducing the Program -- What's in It for You Spine Waves Lazy 8s The Folding Seesaw & The Kite The Wriggling Jig The Yoga of the Reclining Buddha The Twist That Untwists In-Bed No-Stretch Stretches The Dog Stretch The Mortar and Pestle from Get Free from That Back Pain Click here to download the guidebook preview.

Get started now with a FREE 1-week test -- exercise #1 ("Spine Waves"), once or twice, daily. This is an electronic download of the audio instruction - See "Item Description" on your Subscription Acknowledgement from PayPal.

NOTE: This program has a lifetime satisfaction refund guarantee.

Three days is long enough to feel a worthwhile difference.

For a technical discussion of clinical somatic education and its history, refer to "Clinical Somatic Education - a New Discipline in the Field of Health Care," by Thomas Hanna, Ph.D.

Fine points for relaxing spastic muscles to recover comfort and free movement. Gentle somatic back exercise for lower back pain, from LESSON 1, The Cat Stretch.

This is a recording after an actual session with a client, so you can hear her feedback as the session ends.