Fixing You: Neck Pain & Headaches: Self-Treatment for healing Neck pain and headaches due to Bulging Disks, Degenerative Disks, and other diagnoses.

by Rick Olderman MSPT

There are two major muscles connecting the shoulder blade to the head and neck. Because the shoulder system isn't working well, continual stress is placed on the head and neck creating vulnerabilities to injury.Chronic neck pain and headaches are often a result of these types of systemic problems. Traditional treatment does not address these issues and so neck pain cannot resolve.Fixing Neck Pain & Headaches teaches you about these critical connections and how to fix them--and therefore your pain. Additionally video clips of all exercises found in the book can be found www.FixingYou.net by entering the code found in the book. This helps ensure more rapid results.

Genres: Health

94 pages, Paperback

First published September 14, 2009

Reviews

[k.wing · Rating 2 out of 5]

****UPDATE****
See my full review below. After more than 6 weeks of doing the stretches, I can say with certainty that my neckpain is not 'fixed'. The stretches help relieve the pain for maybe an hour or two, but if you're looking at a computer and sitting at a desk all day, this book isn't going to fix your problem. Especially because none of the stretches are okay to do at work. I appreciate how it does relieve the pain and I will continue to do the stretches at least once every day, but I think the author's claims of 'curing' the pain 'instantly' are just marketing hot-air. I knocked my rating down from 4 stars to 2 stars.
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I think Rick Olderman is really on to something here. I've had constant neck pain for almost 3 years now, and headaches and migraines for at least 5 years. Although my pain didn't stem from a car accident or sports injury, I am confident that this book can help fix years of habitually bad posture and neck strain. The fact that I haven't seen any of the stretches that are featured in this book is really exciting and a big sign of hope for me. I've seen chiropractors and have gotten massages, but I never felt like those practices were effecting the root cause of my pain.

Olderman says this in the conclusion, and it is a great summary of his approach to healing neck pain and headaches:

"Correcting your shoulder blade's resting and movement dynamics can be a key component of fixing stubborn neck pain, including pain caused accidents or injuries. My experience has shown that correcting function eliminates neck pain and headaches in most patients - even in the presence of structural problems, such as degenerated disks or bulging disks."

Olderman provides a series of stretch and strength training exercises to help build up the muscles that have been strained around the shoulder blade(s).

I plan on completing at least 6 weeks of said exercises, and will post an update below. As of 10-23-11, I have only rated this book 4 stars, as I have yet to do the exercises. Rating will increase/decrease after evaluation of the stretches and exercises after at least 6 weeks.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the one book that really helped fix my neck pain. With the exercises in this book, plus a twice weekly weight lifting routine, I was able to get rid of 90% of my neck pain and headaches.