As a physician specializing in treating athletes, Dr. Vijay Vad has spent years researching how to cure back pain using medical yoga and Pilates. Profiled in The Wall Street Journal, his program requires just fifteen minutes a day for eight weeks to restore flexibility and prevent future injuries.

Offering a proven alternative to invasive surgery, Dr. Vad’s Back Rx provides the best of mind/body medicine by giving readers three step-by-step exercise series, demonstrated in 130 precise photographs, for implementing his popular program at home. Even readers with severely limited mobility will rejoice in Dr. Vad’s gentle introductory workout. Progressing through his self-paced program, they will discover a new range of exercises, breathing techniques, and tips for self-massage. For those who want to go even further and use this program for more than the treatment of a single injury, an advanced workout is included that puts readers on the road to peak performance.

The perfect combination of modern medicine, Pilates innovations, and ancient yoga postures, Back Rx builds important new fundamentals for lifelong freedom from pain.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 23 reviews)

a slim book; a big help

You need to do some for of aerobics every other day and you will need to treat the pain and ice everyday as well but, done right, the exercise series in this book really does make a difference.

February 27, 2008

aleung

This is a useful and practical book worth reading by people who suffer from low back pain or prevention of the problem. The advice there tallies with management and exercise prescription from professional practising physiotherapists. The exercises can be performed by people who suffers from low back pain.
February 13, 2008

This book is excellent

I am 35 years old and was a very active runner, cyclist, lift weights and practiced yoga. I became immobilized overnight by back pain and an orthopedic surgeon shook his head and told me he didn't know why I was in so much pain. This book emphasizes yoga that can be done lying on the floor, so it can be used very early on. It is very similar to what I was prescribed by my physical therapist--I even took the book to my first appointment and she bookmarked the pages she wanted me to emphasize. Between this book and Back Care Yoga by Schatz I have returned to my normal activities. I even recommend having them spiral bound so you can lay them on the floor next to you. The only thing not in these two books was advice by my physical therapist--twice a day everyday--forever.
January 08, 2008

No more back pain

I love this book. I use it all the time. When I do these exercises all the time my low back pain is nonexistent. When I stop, the pain slowly creeps on back. I bought this book for my sister and she said it helped her too.
October 05, 2007

really good and effective

author gives the basics of backpain and causes which we overlook in general. first you should beleive in the process(dont make the pain to take control over you as it is more mind+body related) and follow it sincerely. Only difference what i found is that it takes around 30-min and not 15-min for any of the series a/b/c.Back RX: A 15-Minute-a-Day Yoga- and Pilates-Based Program to End Low Back Pain
October 03, 2007

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