Pain Free by Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines (2000, Paperback, Reprint)

Pete Egoscue's exercises corrected the carpal tunnel problem I had as a journalist for 10 years. I was fixed in 3 months, just using the book.
I'm seeing an Egoscue therapist and correcting an alignment problem with my hips and knees.
He helped my Romanian-adopted son, who had gross misalignments because of injections of Vitamins A and B.
He helped my birth son with some alignment problems and now he can stand and check out groceries during his summers away from college.
The exercises are even helping my husband's Restless Legs Syndrome...it's about the only thing that has!
We started into Egoscue method on the recommendation of a registered nurse, who applied the exercises to her daughter, whose cerebral palsy had put her body out of alignment and one leg wouldn't align correctly when she walked. The E-cises fixed that for the little girl.
Pete's absolutely right -- you can be pain free without surgery! My body feels soooo good after the exercises. You can't beat the original equipment the good Lord gave you. You just need to learn to take care of it. Ellen Pulley

I had not heard of Pete Egoscue until about a month ago when I was going through severe back pain due to pinched nerves and disc herniation in my low back. The book's message of self-accountability and basis on physical / mechanical principles resonated with me.

The Pros:
empowering, I can positively affect my physical health.

Insightful discussion of how certain muscles have lost their ability to function well, and others have taken over their jobs, causing all sorts of mechanical problems--the exercises aim to reverse this misappropriation of muscle use

The Cons:
The "Egoscue Method" is similar to many PT, Feldenkrais, and some Yoga positions--some new stuff here but partially a marketing ploy...

Principle that the body is supposed to be 100% symmetric is only true to a point and cannot be fully attained in many instances, this concept of symmetry seemed to be a core principle

Bottom Line
Good Book to use for learning about the body and how repetitive motions really add up and how to correct many common ailments. Easy to read and apply the lessons. I learned a couple good lessons and finished the book in a couple hours (The author suggests reading the first three chapters and then the specific section(s) that are problems for you. This was a good approach)

I enjoyed the book and am making progress which can be partially attributed to it.

if you do the exercises in the spoke you can't help but feel better. I was very skeptical and have been going to different doctors for a number of years but I can honestly say that after I did these exercises for week I felt significantly better.

This book was recommended to me by a friend. I decided to order the book through half.com because it was so easy to find and order. The book arrived in excellent condition within a week (and at a good price). The book contains a series of excercises that target specific areas of the body and are designed to eliminate pain. For example, there are several sets of exercises for knees that hurt. Most of the exercises involve relaxation, stretching, and good posture/alignment. These are not aerobic type exercises. I have been following the recommended regimens for several weeks now and can actually feel the improvement. I have added these exercises to a more aerobic regime of cycling, skiing, and hiking. I highly recommend both the book and half.com.

I have been attending the Egoscue Clinic in Orange County and wanted more information about the program. The "e-cises" in the book are simple and easy to do without special equipment. After almost a year I can say have have nearly resolved my low back pain and cancelled plans for shoulder and knee surgery because I don't need it! If you follow this plan, you will return to a position of "function". This book is a manual for the body--follow it and you will feel good without pain--ignore it and you will have pain! Needless to say, I am a convert.

This book does what it says! I have ruptured disks in my neck and upper back. I do the "ecises" an feel instant relief. I have also thrown my back out 3 times now. After 3 days of "ecises" I can move around with just soreness. After 7 days I am Pain free. Do your self a favor. Buy the book and do the "ecises at the back of the book to keep yourself Pain Free. ( I am bad about that. stay pain free by not letting your body get out of wack!)

Pete Egoscue is a genius and the book is brilliant. EVERYONE needs this book. We can then take care of our bodies and remain pain free, keep the body in correct alignment. Thank you Pete Egoscue!

This is an excellent book. I bought this to replace one I have missplaced. The book is easily understood and helpful with back problems.

This book was written intelligently and simply. Helped me to deal with my neck pain. I bought it because the exercises taken on-line were helping me. I also referred the book to my yoga students.

Loved the book, very informative. Received it quickly and it was in very good shape. I especially enjoyed discovering how to help with back pain.
I have read other pain books but this one was written so clearly and easy to follow.

The pruchase was exactly what I needed. I was told by a Doctor to get and read the book and follow the back exercises. My first thought was to get it on ebay. Great ebay seller.

This was the book I wanted and the price was great. I would recommend this seller to anyone. He was accurate and honest and very prompt on delivery.
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If you have any body pain, anywhere, this is the book for you.I purchased this book for something to read but the E-cises for different ailments work.
I suffered from planter fascitis (sp?) in one foot a year ago and after a cortisone shot in my heel and rest, it went away. It started coming back and I performed the E-cises in this book and it was gone in three days.

Also, a sore back every time after golfing. I've been doing the program described in the book for golfers for two weeks. I played yesterday in 45 degree weather and windy, no soreness or stiffness anywhere.

I am convinced that the information in this book is extremely credible.
If you have issues where surgery is being recommended or therapy, buy this book and try the recommended regime first.

You might save many hours of pain and misery!

My husband bought this book several years ago and it helped him so much he is now off pain meds. He gave away his copy so I ordered another on e-Bay. We do the maintenance exercises every morning.

Thank you. Item as advertised. Nice to find discounts. Nice to help charitable organization.......

The information in the book is believable and useful if one has the time to commit.

Ive found that I don't have the time to do all the ecises I need to because one of them would take me 1.5 hours just to release my flexors.

The pages of, "Pain Free," have done more to alleviate my chronic lower back pain than any other remedy I've ever been prescribed. By incorporating into a daily routine only a handful of the three dozen or so total stretches illustrated in this volume, my most recent bout of back spasms was quelled in just three days. This after seven weeks of adjustments, double doses of pain killers, daily use of a TENS unit, and much time on my inversion table yielded only marginal results.

Muscle pain, bone pain - I have to do it. Excercise!! How? Buy this book, read and do it. Be active in your life and you will get power. Rule in the life : "It is better do it (doesn't matter bad way or good way), than do it nothing. Action is learning process and make you reach in your spirit, soul. Do not let sit bad cells in your body. Excercise!!!!

At the price of this book, you have little to lose by reading it before you have any skeletal surgery. It was recommended to me by a colleague after I was taken to the ER by ambulance for a bulging disk. An excerpt from the book: Q. Don't you think your back was desgined to use all of that disk? A. But it's against the nerve. Q. Why? How did it get there? A. Muscles put it there. Q. Right, and muscles can take it out of there. (pg. 119).

He makes perfect sense, and addresses issues from head to toe (literally), plus has sections for participants in various sports. If you ache, you should read this book.

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