Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain

I have no affiliation with the author, and my approval can't be bought. That said, this book is seriously life changing. Pete essentially figured out some critical connections in the body that resulted in a huge aha moment that where you're actually hurting isn't where the pain is originating from. Like say your upper back is killing you-- turns out that's caused by misalignment of your shoulders and hips. Or your hands/wrists are burning when you game too long... that's a shoulder issue, so you can chuck the wrists braces (which apparently make things even worse), do the recommended exercises in this book and WOW, noticeable improvement within DAYS (not weeks or months). He also has YouTube exercise videos which are great. He believes repetitive motion injury is a crock, and that the body can do endless repetitive motions if it is correctly aligned. As for the exercises, they feel practical, not ridiculous. Plus the RAPID improvement totally keeps you going. Huge pros for me are as follows: he addresses UPPER back pain (find it via the index in the back). That's what hubby needed help with, and everyone just wants to focus on lower back, so this was a total score. I always run internally cold, which indicates low metabolism. Hubby was putting on some padding due to being immobilized so long from back pain. We have been doing his "total mobility" YT video maybe a month now, only every other day, and my metabolism is revving. I'm wearing shorts in winter, hubby is starting to lose weight again-- it's just a winner all around. Of course no one's perfect. While Pete marvels at the body's ingenious design, he fails to see a DESIGNER behind it, and instead credits the whole thing too dumb luck (aka evolution). Another minor beef is his promotion of Yoga's "cats and dogs" pose, which is a horrific exercise that will give you severe lower back pain after a short while. But every field has its politics, and you can't be pro-God or anti-yoga if you want to get popular, so there it is. Yoga wasn't designed to help the body, its designed to move magical fluids around your body so a specific supernatural entity will slowly slither from the base of your spine into your brain (sounds creepy, I know, but some people feel this is a great goal). Yoga is a religion that puts spiritual goals over physical health. So I'd recommend skipping the few yoga poses that he throws in (easy to do, bc they are rare). But the majority of his stuff is bang on and you'll be shocked at how much it can ease your misery. I highly recommend this book before you go see another doctor or buy another brace. Definitely a rare gem.

Used this wisely and it was helpful for my aches and pains

An interesting book , not got everything in concerning joints of the body and how to help yourself, but appears to have the basics. Many of the exercises are duplicated in the book , but worth a read.

After getting on for two decades, this book is still the best help any sufferer from the pain of a misaligned body can get without registering at an - expensive - Egoscue-certificated physiotherapy clinic. Most people's bodies are misaligned because of bad posture or because some muscle groups are overdeveloped and pull your body out of shape. This results in pain, and it can become very serious for some: slipped discs, RSI and a host of other bodily pains are caused by this imbalance, and whether you're an athlete or a couch potato, an office worker or a manual labourer, you're almost certain to have misalignment pain at some time of not permanently. The Egoscue Method is designed to persuade those muscles which should support the skeleton to take up this task again, and as often as not, the pain simply vanishes as your body gets back into proper alignment. People with deformities, serious arthritis or other incurable misalignments and pain won't get back a perfect body, but by following the Egoscue Method they can minimize both the pain and the problem. Egoscue-approved consultation and treatment are expensive (see www.egoscue.com for a quote), but this simple book can take you most of the way towards the pain relief you want, and maybe provide the full cure. 'Pain Free' is simple to follow. It is organized by the kind of pain you have, and the instructions prescribed are graduated and simple to follow; most of them involve little more than keeping a bodily position while your muscles relax (so they're called e-cises as you don't need to exercise!) After reading the introduction, you just follow the most appropriate chapter for you, usually using a few simple props like a chair and a clear wall, then as the pain eases, add in other sections as suggested. When the pain's gone, there's a 'maintenance chapter' at the end to help you avoid a recurrence of the trouble. I'm now buying my fifth copy - I tend to lend them out and not get them back - and I still find this the simplest way to get rid of those nagging aches and pains. Many people with more serious problems have got much more help than I need. You might ask why there's no new edition out over all these years. The answer's simple: it still works as it is; there's nothing more to say. Egoscue has published other more general and more targetted books, appliances to make using the Method easier and useful videos on the website. But this is the starting point, and for many it will be all you need. It is, in summary, the one book on physical health and pain relief you really need on your bookshelf if you have no others.

If you suffer from joint or muscle pains do not just sit there reading reviews---order this book NOW. I have suffered from what appeared to be & was diagnosed as Osteo arthritis.Having used the very simple no strain and easy to understand stretching and positional exercises I am no longer convinced that my problems with joints etc are solely due to Arthritis and are more likely to be misalignment of my load bearing joints. After only the first session of exercises I was virtually free of pain for over 12 hours and consequently enjoyed my game of golf for the first time in many months. A word of caution is not to be fooled into just doing the routines associated with the particular joint where there is pain.Do at least the load bearing joints either side of the pain. Since that first session I have spent 60 to 90 minutes every night for about 10 days repeating the exercises and now feel pain free for over 20 hours irrespective of my activities during the day.I anticipate I shall soon be on a much shorter schedule of maintenance routines and be pain free 24/7. This is definitely the best £6 I have ever spent.

With no advice whatsoever from my GP, and an appointment in 3 months at the hospital, I felt utterly despondent about the results of my MRI. This book gave me hope. It makes a lot of sense, it's what I've suspected all along -that pain in one part of my body was causing part in another part and that this rippled further to other parts. But my GP just stared at me as if I was crazy suggesting a link. This is positive book, very clearly written, divided into different sections according to where the pain is. I recommend reading all the sections even if you don't have pain in that part of the body. The exercises are mostly online on youtube but it's a good idea to find an Egoscue practitioner and go at least once. This system is definitely working for me.

A good book that had some useful tips, but as someone who suffers from chronic pain, it's not a miracle cure.

This book has changed my life. I suffer with a hip problem and after reading this book and following the exercises I am virtually pain free. I can now get into and out of a car without pain rather than be immobilised for about 1 minute in the process. I have been gardening for hours at a time when before 30mins was my max. I am so much more aware of my posture, walking, sitting and driving and I feel a different person. I have recommended this book to so many people - an absolute must for anyone in chronic muscular pain with the will to do something about it.

A great book if you want to be pain free. A whole lot of easy exercises to do as well. I do Egoscue Anywhere Exercises everyday including Arm Circles: do 40 with your palms down, then 40 with your palms up Elbow Curls: do 20-25 repetitions Overhead Extension: hold for 1 minute Greatest Abdominal Exercise Ever, the "Running Man" Use them to help if: Your body feels stiff or tight from sitting through long work hours You start having nagging pain somewhere while doing yard work or playing golf Your body is craving some movement but you are stuck in a confined space (like during travel)

I’m following it exactly with a little help from You tube so that I can make sure I’m doing the exercises correctly. My hip has definitely improved. So I’m happy with it.

A lo largo de mi vida he tenido dolor y contracciones musculares en distintas partes del cuerpo.La respuesta de los médicos casi siempre enfocó la solución hacia esa zona de malestar. Leer Pain Free me ha dado una nueva perspectiva para entender al cuerpo como un sistema que tenemos que atender en forma integral. El libro es de fácil lectura y los ejercicios no son complicados. Vale la pena intentar un cambio. Este libro puede ser muy útil para personas que sufren de dolores musculares crónicos o frecuentes que se resisten a operarse o vivir con dependencia de antiinflamatorios o analgésicos.

A week after getting this book, the arthritis pain that I have been struggling with since 2014 is virtually gone, with only some stiffness on getting out of bed and after periods of sitting. These are the kinds of exercises I thought I would be given when I went for physio after my diagnosis. Instead, I was given useless ones and advice to take Advil. Now, after doing these exercises for only a week, I feel like I have my life back. Can't thank Pete Egoscue enough for this book. It feels like a miracle.

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