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By Deepi Brar
CONSUMER HEALTH INTERACTIVE

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References


The Back Pain Book by Mike Hage, MS, PT, and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago

Back Pain for Dummies by Michael Sinel, MD and William Deardorff, Ph.D., UCLA Medical Center

Cleveland Clinic Web site



Reviewed by Michael Potter, MD, an attending physician and associate clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco. He is board-certified in family practice. Also reviewed by Therese Brewitz, MA, a certified fitness trainer and Pilates instructor in Berkeley, California.


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First published March 27, 2003
Last updated March 28, 2007
Copyright © 2003 Consumer Health Interactive