Spinal Stabilization - The New Science of Back Pain - is a book for all ‘back owners’. This easy to read manual, written for the non-medical professional, describes cutting-edge advances in the field of back injury rehabilitation and athletic conditioning. Complete with over one hundred illustrations and photos, this new approach allows people with back pain to gain control of their symptoms, often more effectively than with more traditional methods including sit-ups, back extensions, pain medications or spinal manipulation/adjustment. 
For readers interested in using the popular ‘SwissBall’ as part of their fitness or sport conditioning programs, Spinal Stabilization includes a chapter on stability training for athletes. Regardless of your sport or whether you consider yourself a recreational or a competitive athlete, increased trunk stability will lead to improved sport performance. Runners, swimmers and other endurance athletes will notice improvements in their aerobic efficiency while football, baseball, hockey and other power-sport athletes will be able to generate more power in their legs, shoulders and arms as a result of improved energy transfer through the trunk. Athletes who require a high degree of balance skill (gymnasts, figure skaters, rowers) will benefit dramatically from stability ball training as they develop stability-based strength and improved body-position sense. Many of the more advanced exercises demonstrated in the book will challenge even elite level athletes! 
Whether you are a person recovering from spinal surgery, a person with chronic ‘non-specific low back pain’ or an athlete looking for improved sport performance, this unique book will help you achieve your goals! 
Background ... 
Over the past decade researchers from around the world have redefined how the human spine works in healthy people and how back injury affects normal spinal function. The result of this work has been a dramatic change in the way rehabilitation professionals use exercise to treat people with low back pain. 
While textbooks, videos and courses on the topic of spinal stabilization training are now widely available for health care professionals, there is little in the way of comprehensive, accurate information designed for the lay person with back pain. Spinal Stabilization - The New Science of Back Pain, addresses this problem. For people with either acute or chronic low back problems, the book is best used in conjunction with direct treatment by a health care professional. For people with a healthy back but who want a stronger, more functional and injury resistant spine, the techniques in the book may be used with or without the guidance of a rehabilitation professional. 
Concise, understandable chapters on spinal anatomy and biomechanics as well as common spinal conditions and diagnoses provide readers with an appreciation for the unique benefits of the spinal stabilization approach and why it is more scientifically sound than any traditional form of rehabilitative exercise. The techniques of spinal stabilization training are then described, both in words and pictures, leaving the reader with a more complete understanding of ‘how to do it right’. 
Ultimately the book will serve as an excellent home exercise guide for people who want to own a high-functioning, injury-resistant spine. All information presented in the book is supported by high-quality research studies; a complete reference list of over 100 scientific articles and texts is included.

Spinal Stabilization: The New Science of Back Pain

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Jemmett, Rick

Exercise & Fitness

Rjm Fitness & Rehabilitation

Spinal Stabilization - The New Science of Back Pain, 2nd Edition is the most comprehensive and scientifically accurate resource for the general public on the subject of low back pain. Updated and expanded to include the most current research on low back pain and its treatment, this easy-to-read guide provides readers with 'need to know' information about the spine, effectively taking the mystery out of back pain and its treatment.Based upon sound and current research, 'Spinal Stabilization' describes how the spine and its muscles are intended to work, and how this changes once back pain sets in.New to the second edition is a clear discussion of the critical differences between stabilization exercises used by people with back pain and those who want a more “high-performance”, athletic spine. This is a key area author Rick Jemmett felt compelled to address. "There is still a significant amount of confusion in the rehabilitation, fitness and sports conditioning professions as to what truly constitiutes therapeutic stabilization exercises. The better quality research is actually quite clear on this yet many people remain stuck on the idea that exercising on a ball will correct low back pain. Some low back pain patients might feel better temporarily with such programs, but we now have the ability to do so much more than this. Instead of simply reducing the symptoms for a short while, we have the ability to achieve a true correction of the problem."Spinal Stabilization, 2nd Edition is divided into two sections. The first describes in detail the scientifically proven Australian approach of therapeutic segmental stabilization exercise. Clear descriptions along with illustrations and photos give readers the tools they need to correctly perform these important exercises. The second section discusses the use of 'Integrated Training' in sport-specific conditioning programs. This involves the simultaneous training of the body's stability, balance and strength systems for maximum athletic performance.

Spinal Stabilization - The New Science of Back Pain, 2nd Ed.

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Novont Health Publishing

Rick Jemmett, author of the best-selling Spinal Stabilization – The New Science of Back Pain, presents a cutting edge, research-based approach to sport-specific training for recreational, competitive and elite athletes. Integrative Training- – the simultaneous training of strength, core stability and balance – adds an exciting new dimension to sport specific training. The progressive, challenging and fun exercises in The Athlete’s Ball are designed to improve sport performance and reduce the risk of injury for all athletes, regardless of their sport! How does it work? On any playing field, an athlete’s core, shoulder and hip muscles work in concert to stabilize the torso while generating the power to run, throw, swing, kick and block. Integrative Training exercises performed in the gym closely mimic the athlete’s real-world sport performance demands. The 'dry-land’ training program becomes far more competition specific resulting in a body that responds more quickly, generates greater power and is more efficient, and fatigue-resistant! The Athlete’s Ball includes over 300 photos and illustrations detailing the correct performance of 122 exercises. Concise, easy-to-understand exercise descriptions along with photographs of athletes performing the exercises make for a smooth transition to Integrative Training. A variety of sample programs guides the athlete in customizing a program unique to their sport, their body and their current fitness level. Knee Injury &amp; The Female Athlete … Research has shown that female athletes experience significant knee injuries more easily and more frequently than male athletes. The Athlete’s Ball meets this problem head-on with a unique chapter devoted to female athletes at risk for major ligament &amp; joint injury, kneecap dislocations and patellofemoral pain syndrome. Evidence regarding the causes of these injuries forms the basis for a novel and effective core &amp; lower body conditioning program intended to dramatically lower a woman’s risk of knee pain and injury.

The Athlete's Ball: Developing the Athlete's Power Core

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Spinal Stabilization: The New Science of Back Pain

Spinal Stabilization - The New Science of Back Pain, 2nd Ed.

The Athlete's Ball: Developing the Athlete's Power Core