Live Pain Free Without Drugs or Surgery: How to use Integrated Positional Therapy to eliminate chronic pain

Great book and tips for helping with alignment of the body. Well written .

A great book to help with alot of issues. Easy too read and understand

If you have complicated musculoskeletal issues, this may be too basic for you as it was for me. I’m donating it to the library. The Trigger Point Relief workbook by Amber Davies is much more helpful, in my opinion.

On the surface this book seemed like it was going to be like many others in its genre - "do this one simple thing I invented and all your problems will be solved!"However, it is a safe bet you have issues (or imbalances) in your hips, and that does logically move up the chain. I have massive cervical issues that start with uneven hips. So I was happy to see that acknowledged.The other stretches that have helped with my neck issues weren't new to me, but holding them for 2 minutes rather than a somewhat rushed 30 seconds made a HUGE difference for me.Adding the suggested stretches to my day has definitely helped with my neck issues, though not solved them, but to be fair, I should take more breaks during workday spent in front of a computer. I was going to the chiropractor for cervical misalignment about twice a week, now I'm down to once or twice a month. Perhaps more importantly, I feel like I have a measure of control over my pain that I haven't had before. When I am in pain now I don't get all dark about it immediately, I just start doing extra sets of the stretches, knowing that will bring some measure of relief. That's actually a big deal.Everyone promises a simple, easy way to feel better. This delivers. You just have to do it.

This book was a game changer. I saw the author on a subscription drive for PBS TV. I was hopeful that what he was saying and doing was for real. It took me awhile to convince myself that it was not a scam, and told my daughter about it and she purchased it for me. It contains the same exercises that my physical therapist uses on me with the explanation of why it helps. BUT, most importantly, it also tells you which exercises/stretches NOT to do that would aggravate the already tenuous condition of your spine. These will not be the same for everyone, so he lays out for which bodily conditions it applies. To think that I thought THE PLANK was the end-all, be-all to build a strong core so that I wouldn't have sciatica anymore - is just not true! Anyway, you have to be motivated to help yourself still, as the book can't do those stretches for you!

These exercises were so simple, but they helped my knees. It's worth trying some of the "tricks" to see if they help you. Once you have this, you can refer to it over and over, so it's handy to have on hand.

Very insightful, easy stretches to do daily to release pain that can be done anywhere you are throughout the day. I highly recommend that everybody reads this!!

I bought this for my husband, who has lived with chronic back and hip pain for years. He is not a candidate for surgery and has gotten some relief through physical therapy and chiropractic. He has started doing the exercises in this book and finds them helpful. He has discovered that he has probably been OVER-stretching his muscles. Time will tell, but we are hopeful.

Very good practical book to correct poor body biomechanics. Given as a gift to assist persons with chronic low back pain.

One criticism of this book is that the author says that many of the problems with the joints and skeleton of the body are due to muscle imbalances, where one muscle is too long and overstretched, and the opposing muscle is too short. What the author fails to discuss is how the reader can determine whether a muscle is too long or too short, which is necessary to know in terms of treatment, since short muscles are treated differently than long muscles. I was also thinking it is possible the perhaps BOTH opposing muscles could be short, or BOTH the opposing muscles could be overstretched, but the author does not discuss these cases. A second criticism on the book is that the author does not discuss any treatment for where the ligaments on the exterior side of the shin, in the lower leg, is sore and tight. Many people have this problem and I wished the author had discussed a treatment for it. A third criticism of the book is that is highly repetitious when it comes to the Wellness section in each chapter. Each chapter repeats almost identical information in the Wellness section. In each chapter on a particular ailment, only specific comments to each ailment should be discussed in the wellness section of that chapter, and then there should be a general chapter on the subject of Wellness. If the book were condensed in this way, the book would perhaps have half the number of pages that it currently has.On the positive side, the book has lots of useful information in it, and if the reader finds even one piece of information that is useful in treating his particular problem, then buying the book is worth it.

I watched Lee Albert on PBS showing a foot stretch and talk about opposite stretching. At the time I suffered (again) from metatarsalgia and needed a cortison shot. Couldn't get one due to covid. I followed his stretches, and low and behold my foot pain vanished. About 5 weeks ago I got muscle spasms and something locked up in my lower back. It was unbearable. Nothing worked. So last week I looked up his website and came across quad stretches which I do 4 times daily. I also received this book last Friday. I immediately did the half frog stretch since, and things are totally losening up. But the funny thing is, my good right hip/pelvis was so painful when I stretched. After three days I'm on the mend. The book is easy to read and understand, and repitition is good in my senior opinion. It will stick, like a tv commercial. Previous physio has never helped me. I have both hips replaced and have osteo and rheumatoid arthritis. His integrated approach is so simple, makes sense and very effective if you continue on a daily basis. Thank you Mr. Albert.

I can see why PBS didn’t bring the author back on. Very little information how to stop pain. Go see a real physiotherapist instead.

Incredible book, learned lots of helpful techniques.