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Title: Pain Free for Women : The Revolutionary Program for Ending Chronic Pain by Roger Gittines, Pete Egoscue ISBN: 0-553-80105-8 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 08 January, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Saweeeeet book about painfree living.
Comment: After the war, I lost my manhood, and became a woman, due to the torpedo accident. I developed chronic pain as a result of being a woman, and the torpedo accident. My back was killing me, and because my legs are gone now, I was experiencing ghost pain in my now missing lower body. (Thanks Mr. Hussain) This wonderful book helped me embrace my newfound womanhood, and it learned me how to ignore my pain through meditation and excersize. If I put this book in my pants, it helps relieve the pain in my backside when I sit on cold steel at my job at the slaughterhouse. (Sidenote~ when you work at a slaughterhouse, you get all the backbacon you want, and also, you get a lot of job satisfaction.) This book taught me all about satisfaction. Thanks Amazon.com!
Rating: 5
Summary: Are you Kidding? Egoscue is a Genius!!!
Comment: Over 3 years ago I had constant shoulder, back, and hip pain. I had already invested in over a dozen books and had come to the conclusion that nothing was ever going to help me - chronic pain was a part of growing older. I also had a difficult time doing the Taijiquan (a martial art) form I was working on because my back was overly curved. On the advice of a friend, I got Egoscue's first book, Pain Free.
After doing the exercises (30 minutes each day) for a few months, wonder of wonder, my curved back relaxed and I was able to sink into the Taijiquan postures I'd been trying to achieve for ten years. But best of all - the pain disappeared. For the first time in years, I didn't wake up to daily pain in my joints!!!
Unfortunately, almost a year ago, I got into a car accident that is still causing me a great deal of pain in my neck and back. I had been doing those same Pain Free exercises from before, but they didn't seem to be doing much.
I decided to purchase this newer book anyway - since it was written specifically for women. I actually didn't think it would help much and prepared myself for disappointment.
Oh MY!! After just a few weeks, once again, I was amazed at the difference. The exercises in this book (and yes, they do take much longer than the simple Pain Free book) were so helpful that I was able to change from a narcotic pain reliever to a non-narcotic pain reliever. Believe me, for someone trying to function- that is a BIG difference.
Egoscue is a genius. I have seen many doctors, including so-called pain specialists, and the only thing that has significantly helped me so far is Egoscue exercises. I now do them every day, and can feel the difference in my neck, back, shoulders, hips, knees, ankles, and feet.
Even better - this book explains in much more detail than the Pain Free book exactly what's going on in my muscles and body - so that I can really tell why the exercises are working (or not). Now that I can feel the difference, I can tell when to stop doing one phase and move on to the next.
I felt compelled to write this review because I noticed a few negative reviews. The only thing that I can postulate is that
1. The people writing were not committed to the exercises for long enough for them to work, or...
2. The people did not really have chronic pain to begin with and therefore no motivation, or....
3. The people have something personal against Peter Egoscue (I have never met him, so I wouldn't know).
All I can say is -- this book changed my life. I only wish I had read it BEFORE my accident - I suspect that I wouldn't have gotten so hurt had I been in better "functional" shape prior to getting rear-ended.
This book is about prevention, about taking control of your body and making it work the way it was designed to work. If you are a women in chronic pain - believe me - if you do these exercises, you will change your life for the better. Don't let others disuade you from doing the most that you can for yourself.
Rating: 2
Summary: Can you spare about 3 hours every day?
Comment: You are suposed to do a minimum of 12 exercises every day. The Egoscue method is totally spoiled by two these exercises because they are very time consuming. One called the "supine groin stretch" requires one and a half hours(45 minutes for each leg); the "static back" requires 30 minutes. The others take about 5 minutes each with the exception of the "air bench" which takes 3 minutes but is so hard to perform. Total: 3 hours every morning. What time do you have to get up for work?
(I bought the Egoscue video cassette fron their website but I was totally disappointed: only 3 of the exercises are demonstrated
and the quality is very poor).
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Title: Pain Free : A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain by PETE EGOSCUE ISBN: 0553379887 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 29 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion : Revolutionary Program That Lets You Rediscover the Body's Power to Rejuvenate It by Pete Egoscue ISBN: 0060924306 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 04 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Pain Free at Your PC by Pete Egoscue, Wendy Wray ISBN: 0553380524 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Slow Burn : Burn Fat Faster By Exercising Slower by Stu Mittleman, Katherine Callan ISBN: 0062736744 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief by Clair Davies ISBN: 1572242507 Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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