The Younger Next Year Back Book - by Chris Crowley & Jeremy James (Paperback)

About the Book

A revolutionary behavioral/whole-body approach to back pain and fitness, from the coauthor of the perennially bestselling Younger Next Year series and back expert Dr. Jeremy James. The Younger Next Year Back Book method, which identifies behaviors that trigger pain and teaches new movements to heal the pain, is proven to reduce pain dramatically so that back pain sufferers can get on with their lives.

Book Synopsis

"A great book for back-pain sufferers and their caregivers alike."--Todd J. Albert MD, Surgeon-in-Chief and Medical Director, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

If there's one lesson to learn from the national bestselling Younger Next Year series, it's that we can dramatically change our quality of life by taking the right kind of care of ourselves. This is just as true for back pain. Formulated by Dr. Jeremy James--whose practice has cured an astonishing 80% of patients--and #1 bestselling Younger Next Year coauthor Chris Crowley, here is a step-by-step program of simple exercises and behavioral changes that will help readers find a neutral spine, realign their core, learn healthy new ways to move in the world--and virtually eliminate back pain. So follow Jeremy's rules--like #1. Stop Doing Dumb Stuff, #2. Be Still So You Can Heal, #7. Stand Tall for the Long Hail--and find a lifetime of relief.

Review Quotes

"In the latest installment of the Younger Next Year books, series coauthor Crowley and chiropractor James empower people with often-agonizing back pain. So instructive and descriptive are Crowley and James that everyone curious about the mechanics of the back and everyone with back pain will benefit from their easy-to-understand guide to preventing and treating that common ailment." --Booklist

"This is a great book for back pain sufferers and their caregivers alike. The guidance offered will allow the afflicted to get on a path to recovery and wellness--to get back to what they love to do."
--Todd J. Albert, MD, Surgeon in Chief and Medical Director, Hospital for Special Surgery

About the Author

Chris Crowley, a former litigator (Davis Polk & Wardwell), is the coauthor, with Henry S. Lodge, of the Younger Next Year books, and the coauthor, with Jen Sacheck, PhD, of Thinner This Year. Though in his eighties, he fully lives the life, skiing black diamonds and routinely doing fifty-mile bike rides. He and his wife live in New York City. Jeremy James, DC, CSCS, is Director of the Aspen Club Back Institute. He became a Doctor of Chiropractic (instead of going into traditional medicine like almost everyone else in his family) because of his own struggles with sports-induced back pain as a young athlete, and developed his behavioral/whole body method while working with serious athletes for over a decade. He lives with his wife and son in Aspen, Colorado.