Jolie Bookspan, MEd, PhD, FAWM
Director, Neck and Back Pain Sports Medicine
Named "The St. Jude of the Joints" by Harvard Medical School

www.DrBookspan.com

 

In this fast-paced, jam-packed, sometimes humorous workshop, Dr. Bookspan explodes myths and shows why the most common treatments don't work. See the principles in action where you least expect them. Learn more solutions than you can shake a stick at. Come prepared to excite your brain.

We cover why you get pain, what to do about it, and how to keep it from coming back:


Participant Comments

The workshop gave me a vastly improved understanding of mechanics and rarely presented ways of utilizing them for health and problem elimination/control. The overall learning/insight is excellent; the information of immediate clinical therapeutic use. I very highly recommend this course.
- Dr. Linder Wingo, M.D., Ocala Florida


The workshop is very practical. Concepts easy to understand.
I already have felt pain relief.
- Dana Chandler, North Carolina


I personally benefited and reduced my own back pain.
Also, the shoulder information you taught us helped my shoulder pain
(had it for years --PT exercises did not help). My shoulder pain has actually gone away. I am amazed.
- Major Kelly Fripps, BSN, RN, USAir Force,
NC Flight Commander, Primary Care Teams Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona


I learned exercises that have already given me relief of my own pain. The workshop gave ways to easily recognize and correct problems. I recommend everything about this workshop.
- Dr. Thomas Brown, M.D., Emergency Room Physician,
St. Agnes Medical Center


I will be able to help my patients with all I learned.
What do I say about this workshop? Go for it!
- Dr. Mack C. Poole, M.D., Spartanburg, SC


My mother literally stopped the surgeons on her way into surgery, and left the hospital to try your techniques instead. She is much better now. I truly am grateful for your willingness to help, your compassion, your generosity. I consider you an angel of mercy, for you have also rid me of the pains that were making me old before my time.
- Kat Gibson, Colorado - "One of America's top singers and songwriters." acc to Savanna Times Journal



Free Readings How to Fix Neck Pain and Back Pain

Fix Upper Back and Neck Pain
Neck and upper back pain, herniated and degenerating cervical (neck) discs, upper shoulder.rotator cuff pain, numb arm/fingers, and forward head.
http://www.DrBookspan.com/NeckPainArticle.html
Fix Your Own Back Pain
Iin-depth look at how fix your own back pain, intro to discs, and some effective exercises
http://www.DrBookspan.com/BackPainArticle.html

Bad Discs and Sciatica
Disc degeneration, herniation, and sciatica, and what to do to fix them yourself
http://www.DrBookspan.com/DiscArticle.html

Lower Back Pain With Standing, Walking, Running
How (exactly) abs fix back pain (It's not by strengthening) - You may be surprised. Includes, lordosis, hyperlordosis, spondys, swayback, SI joint, more.
http://www.DrBookspan.com/AbsArticle.html

Complete list of all readings on this web site.

 

Inspiring Patient Stories

In Inspiring Patient Stories people tell, in their own words, how they used the information in the classes and books to stop their pain and injuries
http://www.drbookspan.com/PatientStories.html

 

The Fitness Fixer On-Line Health Column

Free health blog (column) on fun innovative ways to make exercise and daily life healthier. The Fitness Fixer at Healthline.com. Hundreds of short articles on all topics. Several new articles each week.

 

Books

This course is too comprehensive to fit in a few short summary readings. Class textbooks will be available in class for students at discount.

Fix Your Own Pain Without Drugs or Surgery Everything we cover in class to fix your neck, upper back, and lower back pain and disc pain, fully illustrated, step-by-step. Plus how to fix pain everywhere else - chapters on exactly what to do to fix and prevent pain in your hip, shoulder, wrist, knee, feet and ankles, leg cramps, more.

Health & Fitness in Plain English- How to be Healthy Happy and Fit for the Rest of Your Life New THIRD Edition.
For people with back or neck pain who also want to be active and learn healthier nutrition and lifestyle.
31 chapters of step-by-step instructions for better health.
The Ab Revolution™
No More Crunches No More Back Pain New revised third edition expanded.
Revolutionary core training method - no forward bending that stresses disc and trains rounded painful posture. Combination of sports medicine and fun exercise to straighten posture, learn neutral spine, and get a healthier stronger workout than with conventional abdominal exercises. Change your understanding of what abdominal muscles do (and don't do) during daily activity and what they have to do with your back. Used by military, law enforcement, and the nation's top spine doctors. Fully illustrated.131 pages.
Stretching Smarter Stretching Healthier

Learn which traditional stretches add to pain and dysfunction. Learn healthier and more fun stretches to do instead.

 

Don't listen to anyone who tells you you can't do this or that. That's nonsense.
Make up your mind, you'll never use crutches or a stick,
then have a go at everything.

-- Sir Douglas Bader (1910-1982), British fighter pilot who lost both legs
in a flying accident, but still fought in World War Two


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