Treat Your Own Shoulder

So far, this book has been a wealth of information.My husband works for a crappy company who refuses to pay for physical therapy when their guys get injured. (And we live in a state where you can be fired or let go for any reason, with no documentation required... so no complaining is really allowed in the company!) Combine that with horrible insurance that is too expensive for any real person to afford, plus a blown shoulder, and you have a recipe for disaster.My husband does physical labor on a daily basis for work. His shoulder started hurting, and then began popping, even when he was just brushing his teeth or raising his arm. He went to a physical therapist for a consultation. They use the McKenzie method, so I decided to look it up to see if I could save us $200 a week at the therapist.Thank goodness for this book! It has a lot of common sense in it, like proper posture, etc.It has a nice range of exercises/ stretches for you to do in order to re-stregthen your shoulder and get it back to working condition.My husband is only on exercise #3, which has taken him almost a month to get to where he has almost no pain, but it has already worked wonders.(You only do the exercises one at a time and only move on to the next when you can do the current one pain free.)When you do this properly, it will take some time to get through it, but this book has already more than paid for itself.I highly recommend "Heal Your Own Shoulder" for someone who needs a step in the right direction with mending their shoulder pain themselves. (Of course, you should see your Dr. before starting any new regimen to ensure you don't have something very serious going on.)**I purchased this book with my own money. I have received NO compensation whatsoever to write this review. I rely on reviews from real people when making decisions about a purchase, and therefore write reviews in the hopes of helping others decide if a product is right for them.**

Excellent read

Read entire book. Did every exercise. I really felt no pain while doing any of the exercises. I did them every day anyway. My pain still continued for a while and is now 50% better. But I am not sure I can attribute it to the book. What may not work for me may work for someone else.Very easy to read. I finished it in an hour.

The McKenzie Method has always served me well with my back so I knew I would find helpful information in this title. So far, I’m feeling good about everything I’m learning. I’m thankful that my PT suggested this series.

I really gained a lot of benefit from the method/exercise program in this book. At first I didn't think that such a simple program would work; but it did. This method reduced my shoulder pain to a level that, eventually, allowed me to do other exercises (hanging/weightlifting); which are necessary for strengthening and rehabilitating the muscles, further. With this method, my pain took about 3 weeks to subside enough, whereas I could do more things. Now, as the book suggests, I only do a few of the exercises, as needed. The program has you perform six simple & quick exercises every two hours until bedtime (6-8x per day); all together, the six exercises take about 10 minutes to perform and you can do them anywhere. You can feel how therapeutic the movements are when you're going through them. I am so grateful I stumbled upon this book; because, it also, led me to become aware of how extremely important proper posture is for the health of a person's shoulders (I got a book for that, too), and it has made me feel more empowered in taking steps to improve my situation without relying on various medical treatments that have various horror stories associated to them!

All the Robin McKenzie books on self-treating joint problems are excellent. I have used the well-written books on treating your own neck and on treating your own back with excellent results from the exercises and tips. So I recently got this book on shoulder pain. The exercises for the shoulder are similar to what I have been doing anyway after going to a physical therapist and shoulder surgeon several years ago and learning various home exercises which helped. I have a rotator cuff problem. Besides the illustrated and well explained exercises, McKenzie's books explain in easily understood layman's terms the mechanics and problems of joint problems and how to avoid stresses. The books are filled with helpful photographs and illustrations. I've been a believer in the McKenzie methods for years. Along with doctor appointments and physical therapy, his books for me have been a helpful way to do the needed exercises and to avoid surgery and cortisone injections. I do his back extension exercises daily and the shoulder and neck exercises as needed. A friend who is an orthopedic surgeon and has back problems himself gave me a copy of Robin's book on back pain and exercises to relieve it years ago. Started to work for me right away. Good physical therapists and doctors know about McKenzie's method and encourage these exercises. Some exercises I've been given by doctors and therapists have made things worse. I go with what helps. I probably could have used his knee books before I had two surgeries on my right knee for meniscus tears. Now, the products McKenzie sells such as the cervical roll haven't helped much. However, I use his original lumbar roll routinely behind my back when driving and it helps a lot.

The information and the exercises are good. And, the book is not very expensive. Yet, this is a very basic, low-budget, cut-and-paste book that was written and illustrated with minimal effort. The meat of the entire book could be boiled-down to a five or six page brochure. It’s not a a rip-off, but I was hoping for a bit more insight.

Excelente

I have lost count over how many people I have recommended this book to, or given away copies. Reports keep coming back about how effective it is.You can be suffering with a back problem for months or even years and conclude there's either no solution or only an operation will help, or you must keep going to Osteopaths acupuncturists and so on. They all either permanently damage you, or create dependency.This book takes you step by step to a better life. Do not underestimate how much of an impact it can make. Since the author is dead, I would love to just give you a copy, but this review should get the message across.

Todo muy bien y rapido.

Not a particlarly large book. Buy it if you must but this information is already out there if you know where to look.

In der Schmerzklinik in der ich war wurde mit den McKenzie Übungen gearbeitet. Die Übungen sind einfach aber sehr effizient. Mir haben sie geholfen den Schmerz stark zu reduzieren.