Includes index.

Relief is in sight -- These people can help you -- Medical doctors : the best are the least known -- Non-MD practitioners : which ones can help your problems? -- The most widely used treatments for back pain -- Less common (and more controversial) treatments for back pain -- New, unusual, and seldom-used treatments for back pain -- Diagnosing your diagnosis -- How you can be your own low back doctor for acute severe pain -- How to be your own low back doctor for chronic pain -- How to recover from a ruptured disc -- How to get rid of pain in the neck -- How to relieve osteoarthritis-based back pain -- Advice from survey participants about sciatica, scoliosis, and spondylolisthesis -- The twenty-five most often-mentioned, proven-effective ways to free yourself of back pain -- Helping your back : tips for performing twenty-five common activities.

Discusses the results of a nation-wide survey of backache sufferers, showing which treatments are most effective.

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