Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Back talk -- Pain : it's not all the same -- Spine anatomy 101 -- Ouch! Why backs hurt -- Do-it-yourself relief -- Nonsurgical conventional medical treatments -- Complementary and alternative options -- Chronic pain management -- The last resort : surgery -- Hope on the horizon -- Creating healing partnerships -- Conventional medical doctors and common tests -- Complementary and alternative care providers -- Exercise for a happy, healthy back -- Lengthen and strengthen with pilates -- Ancient wisdom of yoga -- Health clubs and home workouts -- Ergonomics : aligned in life -- It takes two : sex and pregnancy -- A pain in the neck.