| If you're a back pain sufferer and look to the internet | | | | follow. The videos are short, around 60 seconds at |
| for help you'll be spoilt for choice. Aside from the | | | | most, but to be fair that's all that's needed and helps |
| thousands of websites selling painkillers, herbal potions | | | | the reader to quickly get the idea. The illustrations and |
| or nutritional supplements there are a growing number | | | | photographs throughout the guide also add to the |
| of self-help ebooks. These ebooks generally include | | | | instructions without complicating the process. |
| exercise programs and advice on lifestyle, pain | | | | After one week I began to receive a set of 4 emails |
| management and nutrition. | | | | with the next part of the program. These follow the |
| Back pain sufferers are usually very keen to improve | | | | same format as the guide and cover dealing with |
| their quality of life and could be seen as an 'easy | | | | stress, using an exercise ball to improve coordination, |
| target' for unscrupulous internet entrepreneurs, so it's | | | | how to break habits and safely getting back to fitness. |
| important for potential buyers of ebooks to be wary | | | | I felt the ebook on stress was useful but perhaps |
| before trying out the latest 'cure'. | | | | could have contained more advice on diet and lifestyle. |
| As an independent health and fitness advisor I often | | | | The ebook on breaking habits was quite a revelation |
| get asked by my clients about these products so I | | | | and contains a very easy and practical technique to |
| decided to download a few and put them to the test. | | | | become aware of what can trigger a bad habit. This |
| The first I was tempted to review was '7 Seconds To | | | | one is only a few pages long but very effective in my |
| Pain Relief' partly because of the unbelievable sounding | | | | view at explaining the nature of habits and how they |
| title and partly due to the follow-up program promising | | | | can cause muscle pain. Likewise the exercise ball |
| to get sufferers back to fitness, my own area of | | | | ebook contains some very easy to follow procedures |
| expertise. | | | | without being an exercise program in its self. |
| This guide is available on Clickbank and therefore | | | | The most useful part of this part of the program, in my |
| covered by a sixty day money-back guarantee and | | | | view, is 'Getting Back To Fitness'. This starts with a |
| easy to order and download. My first impression is that | | | | walking program with advice on how to walk without |
| it's well laid-out and has good quality photographs and | | | | putting your joints under stress, and how to safely |
| diagrams plus links to a number of short videos. It looks | | | | start a running program. The videos are useful but the |
| good - what about the content? | | | | most benefit comes from the mp3 downloads that talk |
| The method used is described as movement | | | | you through walking and running technique. My |
| re-education and based on The Alexander Technique; | | | | volunteer found this extremely useful and motivated |
| in brief the theory is that by changing the way you | | | | him to get active. More and more research is proving |
| move you'll remove the poor habits that can cause | | | | that being active is the best way to prevent and |
| back pain. The first thing that impresses is the simplicity | | | | recover from back pain so this section is very useful |
| of the techniques that explains the '7 seconds' | | | | indeed. My only grumble about this ebook is the advice |
| mentioned in the title. However, a note of caution with | | | | on starting a gym program is a little short and could |
| regard the title. Yes in a few seconds my volunteer | | | | benefit from more instruction on using gym equipment. |
| found it possible to quickly apply the techniques and | | | | On the whole my initial scepticism about such a |
| feel an instant improvement, but as the guide states, it | | | | program was proved wrong, in fact, if you read this |
| does take some practice to be able to maintain these | | | | guide you'll wonder why no one has shown you these |
| changes. But once you've learnt how to release your | | | | excellent techniques before. My back pain volunteer |
| tight muscles it does get easier to repeat after time. | | | | found most of the techniques easy to follow and |
| The guide contains practical advice on daily activities | | | | delivered quick relief as promised, although as |
| such as sitting at a PC and standing. It's broken down | | | | mentioned earlier, they do take some practice. The |
| into seven chapters starting at the head and neck and | | | | main advantage of this course is that it can be applied |
| working its way down to the back, shoulders, legs and | | | | whilst doing your daily activities or sport and doesn't |
| pelvis, standing, using your eyes (I've found that this | | | | require setting time aside for doing exercises. The cost |
| can lead to neck pain!) and how to use less effort. | | | | is quite reasonable and my volunteer felt it was money |
| Most of the techniques have a short video to | | | | well spent and is continuing to feel the benefit and has |
| demonstrate how it's done which makes it easy to | | | | actually just started to run! |