Achy-Breaky Back

About the Book

In the war against back pain, author Arnie Holtz has fought the fight in the trenches, hands-on. In Achy-Breaky Back, he offers an easy-to-read guide to help you understand how to prevent and care for lower back dysfunctional pain. Discover how to treat your back pain from an experienced massage therapist with twenty-nine years of working with professional athletes, ballet troupes, yoga instructors, Pilates instructors, and people from all walks of life who suffer with pain. Holtz shares this step-by-step guide on what to do and what not to do while in the different back pain stages. He explains how to choose effective medical interventions during and after back pain episodes to lessen the risk of future episodes. Achy-Breaky Back covers back pain in its multi-functional presentations from mild, occasional pain to severe, repeating pain. Holtz shares his experience and knowledge to make people’s lives easier and less painful.

About the Author

Arnie Holtz, is a retired massage therapist with twenty-nine years of experience in massage therapy, almost all in the practice of advanced bodywork. He was a nationally certified CORE Structural Integration Bodyworker. His work focused on creating a body structure more conducive to improved balance, increased function, effortless movement, and better health. He combined myofascial connective tissue structural bodywork, craniosacral, microcurrent, neuromuscular, laser, Kinesio taping, and isolated muscle stretching to reach his clients’ goals. He taught hands-on massage and structural bodywork to massage therapists. While his clients came from all walks of life, they all had one thing in common: the need to improve their health.