Treat Your Own Hip™
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About the Book
- Provides education on the hip region and its functions
- Explains the difference between common causes of hip pain and myths about hip pain
- Provides a comprehensive strategy for self-treating pain, including hip strengthening exercises and self-management strategies
- Offers tips to help prevent or reduce the onset of pain
- Serves as a valuable complement to physical therapy or other treatments as it can help relieve pain and prevent symptoms from recurring between visits
Author(s)
- Robin McKenzie, CNZM, OBE, FCSP (Hon), FNZSP (Hon), Dip MDT, Dip MT
- Grant Watson, NZSP, ADP (OMT), Dip MT, Dip MDT
- Robert Lindsey, NZSP, ADP (OMT), Dip MT
Publication Details
- ISBN-13: 978-1-942798-20-0
- Publication Date: 01/01/2019
- Publisher: McKenzie Global, LTD
- Pages: 88
- Type: Softcover
- Illustrated: YES
- Dimensions: 8¼″H x 6″W x ¼″D
Treat Your Own Hip™
From the Worldwide Best-Selling Treat Your Own Series, this Book offers Education and Self-Treatment Techniques to Help You Get Better and Stay Better
Written by physiotherapist Robin McKenzie, Treat Your Own Hip™ provides a rational explanation for the causes of hip pain. You’ll gain an understanding of how the hip works and what causes hip pain. You’ll then be introduced to the McKenzie Method®, which is a series of progressive exercises that you can do to self-treat pain and help prevent recurrence. This exercise program includes details on when to perform exercises, how to determine if you’re ready to move on to the next exercise, how to perform the exercises correctly, what to do when the pain has subsided, and how to prevent recurrence of pain. You’ll also receive information about lifestyle habits for optimal hip care.
A Comprehensive Patient Handbook
Complete with photos, diagrams, and instruction throughout, the Treat Your Own series focuses on improving habits through simple exercises and exploring the causes and treatment of chronic pain. Designed to educate and promote better patient habits, Treat Your Own books are an informative and helpful resource for those who suffer from chronic pain or discomfort. This patient handbook provides an easy-to-follow self-treatment plan to quickly and effectively diagnose, alleviate, treat and manage debilitating hip and related pains, even for the long-term sufferer.
In Treat Your Own Hip™ you’ll learn:
- The problem with MRI results
- Myths about hip pain
- How to determine if your pain is coming from your hip or low back
- The basic anatomy of the hip region
- The functions of the hip
- The basics of mechanical hip pain and how tissue damage occurs
- Common causes of hip pain and how to manage it
- How the McKenzie Method works
- A simple exercise sequence that offers a systematic approach to treating hip pain
- Color photos and details showing when and how to perform the exercises
- Acute management and prevention of pain recurrence
- Lifestyle habits to help treat and prevent hip pain
About the Author
Robin McKenzie, CNZM, OBE, FCSP (Hon), FNZSP (Hon), Dip MDT, Dip MT
World-renowned Physiotherapist Robin McKenzie devoted more than 40 years to developing a system of examination and treatment for non-specific spinal mechanical pain, known as the McKenzie Method®. The McKenzie Method® offers an easy-to-follow self-treatment plan that includes education and exercises to quickly and effectively diagnose, treat and help decrease or alleviate debilitating pain, even for the long-term sufferer. This revolutionary self-treatment plan has empowered hundreds of thousands of people to treat their own pain.
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McKenzie Method® Books and Supports
Robin McKenzie created the world's first lumbar roll in 1968. The Original McKenzie® line now includes lumbar and cervical supports for people of all sizes and preferences. His series of Treat Your Own books has grown to address mechanical pain throughout the body.
From the Back Cover
This is the fifth book in the best-selling Treat Your Own series, with the first two, Treat Your Own Back™ and Treat Your Own Neck™, being translated into 18 different languages and selling over 6 million copies worldwide. Numerous international studies have confirmed that the McKenzie Method® allows sufferers to take control of their own pain and postural management, avoid surgery and a long-term costly dependence upon clinicians―thereby reflecting Robin McKenzie’s selfless determination to put the patient first and empower self-care.