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Summary: First real improvement in years
Review: A couple of the exercises in this book were recommended to me by a chiropractor. It took a few days to feel any improvement, but I then found myself going for days without any headaches. That may not sound like much, but I'd been having chiropractic adjustments every single week like clockwork for years. It's been three months since I bought this book, and I'm now able to go three weeks or more between adjustments. That's the first real improvement I've ever gotten. Even more important to me, I only have headaches about once a week, whereas they had become to seem a permanent fixture in my life before I started doing McKenzie's stretching exercises a couple of times a day. That's a lot of benefit from a book that costs 1/3 the cost of a single adjustment.
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Summary: First real improvement in years
Review: After several years of increasingly frequent bouts with neck and upper back pain, I finally went to a physical therapist to find some relief. During the few weeks she treated me, she loaned me a copy of this book and told me to practice the exercises in it. The exercises were *so* successful in relieving my pain that I bought my own copy of the book and have made them a regular part of my daily routine. They have proven themselves time and time again to be a preventative measure against recurring pain. I can't tell you how thankful I am to have found this book!
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Summary: This book has been instrumental in relieving my neck pain!
Review: After several years of increasingly frequent bouts with neck and upper back pain, I finally went to a physical therapist to find some relief. During the few weeks she treated me, she loaned me a copy of this book and told me to practice the exercises in it. The exercises were *so* successful in relieving my pain that I bought my own copy of the book and have made them a regular part of my daily routine. They have proven themselves time and time again to be a preventative measure against recurring pain. I can't tell you how thankful I am to have found this book!
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Summary: No more pain!!!
Review: After suffering about two weeks with severe disorienting neck pain a friend lent me this book and that same evening I began to experience relief and since then I have been able to ward off headaches and other neck pain just by doing the simple exercises in this book. It is time to return my friends book, so now I am buying my own copy!
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Summary: This book changed my life (really!)
Review: I completely agree with the findings of the other 2 people who tried the exercises in this book. I had a chronic shoulder pain caused by a trapped nerve in my neck. My physical therapist correctly diagnosed it and leant me a copy of this book. After 3 months of seeing 3 different doctors (and getting advice ranging from 'it's a muscle spasm, don't worry it will be gone in a week' to 'it's a repetitive motion injury. Get used to it, it will be around for months') I tried the exercises in this book and was completely recovered in 7 days. If this book were a pill it would be hailed as the greatest break through in neck pain ever made. But it's just a book and most people prefer pills...
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Summary: An Excellent Book
Review: I completely agree with the findings of the other 2 people who tried the exercises in this book. I had a chronic shoulder pain caused by a trapped nerve in my neck. My physical therapist correctly diagnosed it and leant me a copy of this book. After 3 months of seeing 3 different doctors (and getting advice ranging from 'it's a muscle spasm, don't worry it will be gone in a week' to 'it's a repetitive motion injury. Get used to it, it will be around for months') I tried the exercises in this book and was completely recovered in 7 days. If this book were a pill it would be hailed as the greatest break through in neck pain ever made. But it's just a book and most people prefer pills...
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Summary: Cured!!!!!!!!
Review: I have suffered from neck pain since elementary school, cracking of joints led to pain, led to mobility problems, led to sever pain, led to extreme pain in shoulder blades, lower back etc - it has interfered with training - even led to a rib dislocation. I have done physio, chiro, for over a year at a high cost in time and money - then I found this book. It is not about strengthening but about doing stretches in the right way to increase flexibility and automatically realign yourself when you feel the need. I am now grappling and training with none of the previous pain, UFC here I comeSimple yet effective Buy this book
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Summary: Works. A few pages and a few excercises but it helped.
Review: I went to a chiropractor that manipulated my neck. That gave me problems like pins and needles in my right hand and spasms in eyelid. Doing McKenzies stuff for 3 days reduced this and a few days later it popped in my neck and I'm almost entirely free from the problem.
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Summary: This book changed my life (really!)
Review: I'm a software developer and sit in front of a computer at least 8-10 hours per day. Literally for the last decade I have not had a day without some kind of pain, discomfort, or stiffness in my neck. I've just grown accustomed to the pain. After reading this short but sweet book (in less than 1/2 hour) and performing the simple excercises at least a few times per day, my neck feels 500% better. It's almost a miracle. If you have neck troubles, buy this book!
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Summary: I wish I had read this book 20 years ago!
Review: This book is an easy read, with easy to follow pictures of how to do the exercises, some of which are so simple that I can do them in my car while sitting at a stoplight. The book shows how to do about 5 exercises that not only relieve neck pain - they ward off future occurences of it. Also helpful was the photos of postures to avoid while sitting, driving, and sleeping - I didn't know how important that was. I also recommend "Treat Your Own Back", also by Robin A. McKenzie.
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