Preface
Pain, disability, misinformation, fear that quartet has plagued the
Western world for decades and the plague shows no sign of abating.
Back, neck and limb pain are rampant, and statistics indicate that
the epidemic is spreading. Disability in American industry from low
back pain continues to increase year by year.
Industries that employ large numbers of people working at computers
are experiencing great disability and health insurance problems
because of a new pain disorder known as
repetitive stress injury
(RSI). Millions of Americans, mostly women, suffer from a painful
malady of unknown cause called fibromyalgia. While gigantic medical
industries have arisen to diagnose and treat these conditions, the
plague continues.
This book is about that epidemic. It describes both a clinical
experience that has identified the cause of the pain disorders and a
method of treating them. Sadly, mainstre ...
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