Written by Adam Weiss, a chiropractic physician and fellow back pain sufferer, The BackSmart Fitness Plan: A Total-Body Workout to Strengthen and Heal Your Back (McGraw-Hill, May 2005) presents a revolutionary program designed to target, protect, and strengthen the back. Employing his unique BackSmart Method, Weiss lays out a complete fitness program to provide readers with a variety of exercises designed to enhance their physical strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, and appearance, all without injuring themselves. The book offers:

· A way to increase flexibility through a sequence of movements built upon each other without causing stress to the joints and ligaments, keeping the body supple and pain free

· Different methods of exercising, using a variety of movements and blending them for greater strength of choices -- including yoga, pilates, swiss ball movements, martial arts stances, drills, and free weights -- to create a stronger and more flexible back

· An order of exercises designed to heal, strengthen, and protect, while achieving peak condition by enhancing muscular endurance with the benefit of losing unwanted weight through a physician’s organized routine

· Tips on nutrition and health

· A way to improve health and increase longevity without injury

The BackSmart Fitness Plan will make a difference in managing back pain and help people get into shape, regardless of their age or their past attempts at starting an exercise routine.

Adam Weiss, D.C. (Buffalo Grove, IL), is board certified by the National Chiropractic Board of Examiners and a member of the American College of Sports Medicine. His BackSmart Method has helped thousands of patients, including professional athletes.

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