Hosted by Dr. Alexander Melleby, director of the YMCA Healthy Back Program, this extensive exercise program is based on the research of noted back care expert Dr. Hans Kraus. The program kicks off with an overview of back pain problems, noting that 6.5 million people suffer from back pain each day. In testing, researchers found that 83% of back pain problems had their origin in weak back muscles. The tape offers viewers six simple tests, which are design ed to evaluate the nature and severity of the back problem, and then gets down to business with a six-week exercise course, split into a trio of two-week sections: basic, moderate, and advanced. Production values are excellent, the exercises are designed to aid rather than exhaust (out of some 12,000 subjects who entered the program, over 80% reported significant relief from back discomfort), and Dr. Melleby's quiet, authoritative voice exudes both confidence and concern. Highly recommended.
Say Goodbye To Back Pain
(1985)/How-to/96 min./$39.95/Continental Video. Vol. 1, Issue 5
Say Goodbye To Back Pain
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