Pain Free - Pete Egoscue (also about general physical awesomeness)

[Frugal Philosopher]

I have been reading his books recently and I highly recommend them as a very Mustachian way of dealing with chronic pain/general posture/overall health/etc

I originally started reading them because of a slow to heal rotator-cuff injury - after doing the exercises for the past 4 months I notice a lot of unanticipated improvements as well.

I only read them after Tim Ferris mentioned him in the 4 hour body. I don't think Tim gives this guy enough credit - actually after reading Pete's books I would recommend Pain Free over the injury proofing chapter in the 4 hour body.

http://www.amazon.com/Pain-Free-Revolutionary-Stopping-Chronic/dp/0553379887/

(its actually a little cheaper at WalMart - thanks invisible hand! - but I have a Prime membership so I like amazon.)

I have also read his other books and they are very informative and cover a few minor points that Pain Free doesn't address - but if you are only interested in one go with Pain Free. It is most straightforward with: "Pain here? - do this to fix it."

If you don't have pain it is still a great book on how interconnect our whole body is - and how to make sure it runs "perfectly" until you die.

[Deano]

Thanks for the tip, the book looks interesting for sure.

Just to add though, I'm not sure what Walmart has to do with the "invisible hand". Seriously.

[Daley]

A good companion book to this is The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Clair Davies, NCTMB. It's good for more immediate relief of certain muscular-skeletal aches and pains, but both are basically taking two compatible approaches to the same problems.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1572243759/

[Frugal Philosopher]

Thanks for the tip, the book looks interesting for sure.

Just to add though, I'm not sure what Walmart has to do with the "invisible hand". Seriously.

Invisiblehand is (also) an extension for Chrome - http://www.getinvisiblehand.com/ - it shows you cheaper prices before you buy.

A good companion book to this is The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Clair Davies, NCTMB. It's good for more immediate relief of certain muscular-skeletal aches and pains, but both are basically taking two compatible approaches to the same problems.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1572243759/

That looks pretty cool. I will have to check it out.

[Daley]

A good companion book to this is The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Clair Davies, NCTMB. It's good for more immediate relief of certain muscular-skeletal aches and pains, but both are basically taking two compatible approaches to the same problems.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1572243759/

That looks pretty cool. I will have to check it out.

It's certainly been useful in my house. If you'd like to learn a bit more before plunking down cash, though, Mr. Davies has a website: http://triggerpointbook.com/

[Dee18]

Began reading Egoscue's Pain Free last night.  Looks fabulous!  thanks for the recommendation.

[tuyop]

I think I'll give this a read after I'm done my current novel. I will try pretty much anything to help my chronic pain!