Based entirely on research from peer-reviewed journals and randomized controlled trials, The Multifidus Back Pain Solution offers back pain sufferers a set of simple exercises that target their multifidus- a little known group of back muscles. Multifidus problems have consistently been found in people with back pain, and fortunately, exercising the multifidus has been proven to effectively treat pain in people who have acute (sudden onset) back pain, chronic back pain, herniated discs, or spondylolisthesis (unstable vertebrae). Illustrations accompany each exercise so that readers can quickly learn how to overcome their pain.

132 page paperback
ISBN-10: 1572242787
$12.95 from Amazon.com

Jim Johnson, P.T., is a physical therapist who has spent over sixteen years treating both inpatients and outpatients with a wide range of pain and mobility problems.

He has written many books based completely on published research and controlled trials, including Treat Your Own Knees, The No-Beach, No Zone, No-Nonsense Weight Loss Plan: A Pocket Guide to What Works, The Sixty-Second Motivator, and Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff. His books have been translated into other languages and thousands of copies have been sold worldwide.

Besides working full-time as a clinician in a large teaching hospital and writing books, Jim Johnson is a certified Clinical Instructor by the American Physical Therapy Association and enjoys teaching physical therapy students from all over the United States.