myotherapy: Bonnie Prudden's Guide to Pain-Free Living

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	• Myotherapy: Bonnie Prudden's Complete Guide to Pain-Free Living Bonnie Prudden Ballantine Books, 1985 - 115 pages average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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myotherapy: Bonnie Prudden's Guide to Pain-Free Living

Bonnie Prudden was a person light years ahead of her time.What she had to say about fitness and injuries is still applicable today. Her techniques to reduce pain have helped me to get rid of my chronic back pain. This book is a must for reference and techniques that really work.

Surprisingly thorough!

I am very impressed with this book and have been recommending it to all my friends. Although the techniques described will not be learned in an instant, or on the first read, it should not be too hard for most people to figure them out from the detailed, thoughtful explanations in this book. Recently, I read a couple of books in the same vein that got me interested in the idea that chronic pain is largely created by muscle tension, so I was open to hearing her experiences ... and the conclusions she has come up with make a lot of sense. I especially found the corrective exercises to be *excellent*. I wish, though, that the exercises were presented together in one section .. it's a little hard to jump from page 20 to page 43 to page 67. However, this way of presenting it forces you to read the in-between text, which has much valuable information. I can't say much about the efficacy yet because I have only begun to apply it, but I expect it to be very helpful for my chronic "computer-neck" problems. Check it out!

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Needed in every household!

Everyone has aches and pains. Some more serious than others. This book helped me take control of my body instead of waiting for doctors and physical therapists to fix my pains. I would NOT be without this book. I've bought one for my parents, too.

just fine

vendor did great! unfortunate that the actual book I was looking for is out of print. Looks like this is as close as I'm going to get.

Myotherapy just works!

I discovered Bonnie Prudden's books "Myotherapy" and "Pain Erasure" after spending a year being passed from one doctor to another like a baton in a relay race. I think I saw a total of 24 doctors that year. (About 1985) I had fallen, but not broken any bones, and one muscle spasm turned into another until I was one big Charley Horse of chronic pain. I even filed for social security disability.

I saw "Myotherapy" in a book store and laughed at the sub-title, "complete guide to pain relief." I thought, "Old woman, you don't know what pain is!" Still, I opened the book, and discovered she knew what those strange knots in my muscles were, what they were doing, and how to get rid of them. (One doctor had thought maybe the aching stiff spots were blood clots, and sent me for xrays.) Prudden called them "Myofacial trigger points." (So did an arthritis specialist I later saw, but he was not as aware of their power and multiple location sites as Prudden.)

I was so locked up from pain I needed every technique and trigger point in the book. They worked! I felt like a robot having to turn on a zillion switches to get my body moving again, but the time invested in learning those techniques has repaid itself over and over again.

No migraines now. Carpel tunnel, cubital tunnel, calf cramps, shin splints, and TMJ are vanquished. Even my dizzy spells and ringing in the ears responded. If I listed everything, you would not believe it. Did I mention Myotherapy stops hiccups?

Her basic premise is that muscles learn from experience. Else, activities like signing your name, catching a ball, or playing an instrument could never become automatic. A muscle strained to the point of soreness learns to protect itself by refusing to strech quite so far next time. Release that tension, and THEN gently stretch the muscle, and normal range of motion will be restablished.

If you buy Myotherapy, get a good anatomy book too. One with lots of pictures of muscles and the bones they attach to.

I was hit by a train a few years after my first "release" by Myotherapy. I now have to "fix" my back every few days or weeks, but I shudder to think what sort of condition I'd be in now without Myotherapy. Lots of physical therapists, massage therapists, chiropractors and doctors know more about their particular piece of the chronic pain puzzle, but Prudden has fit the pieces together in a system that works.

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America's #1 fitness expert will help you get rid of pain forever!
Myotherapy -- muscle therapy -- is a safe, drug-free way to eliminate pain caused by stress, accidents, sports, disease, and job hazards. It is the cornerstone of Bonnie Prudden's total program for lifelong fitness, health, and freedom from pain.
First, you'll learn the "Quick Fix" -- how to find and press your "trigger points" for immediate pain relief.
Then, you'll be ready to begin a complete, head-to-toe, day-to-day program -- the "Permanent Fix" -- designed to re-educate your muscles, toning and stretching them to prevent the recurrence of pain. Prudden has developed exercises you can do at home, at work, while gardening, even while waiting for a bus. By making these exercises an integral part of your life, you can enjoy pain-free living andslow down the aging process.
Profusely illustrated with step-by-step exercises as well as detailed photographs and diagrams, Bonnie Prudden's Myotherapy is a state-of-the-art fitness program that anyone of any age can follow and enjoy.
"The amazing thing is that it works!" -- Prevention Magazine

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