The Art of Body Maintenance: Winners' Guide to Pain Relief:

The book that provides important information--what you need to know to stop pain.

Written by Dr. Hal Blatman and Illustrated by Brad Ekvall

What will I learn from this book?

This is an easy to understand, illustrated guide to the techniques that have been proven effective by more than 8,000 patients seen at Dr. Blatman’s pain clinic since 1988. Use The Winner’s Guide to Pain Relief to better understand your body, manage your pain, and stop depending on over-the-counter medicines. This book will help:

Chronic Pain
Sports related muscle pain/injury
Carpal Tunnel
Headaches
Tennis Elbow
Repetitive strain injury
Tendonitis
Myofascial Pain
Fibromyalgia

How is this book organized?

There are several sections. The picture index allows quick reference to the pages that treat each pain pattern.

The Picture Index provides a quick way to look up the location of a pain pattern, and learn which muscles typically cause this pain. From this index, you are directed to the pages that teach how to massage the muscles and how to stretch them.

The Map Chapter teaches about pain in each area of the body, and which muscles cause pain in these areas. The basic anatomy of each muscle is also discussed and illustrated.

The Stretch Chapter teaches how to stretch the muscles. The details include the starting position, stretch motion, precautions, and recovery to return to normal posture without re-tightening the stretched muscle.

The Ball Chapter teaches how to massage the muscles with a rubber ball. These techniques help detoxify the muscles, increase blood flow and nutrition, and inactivate the trigger points.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could learn to minimize and control the part of your pain that comes from muscle? This book shows you how!

John C Lowe, MA, DC

This is a truly remarkable book that will be a boon to pain patients and practitioners alike. Dr. Blatman explains the main causes of patients' pain and describesstep-by-step how to stop pain and keep it from coming back. He does so in plain, clear, precise language that is rare for pain-relief experts. On practically every page, artist Brad Ekvall's drawings beautifully illustrate what Dr. Blatman's words clearly convey, making the book as understandable and useful as a self-help guide can possibly be. Both pain patients and pain practitioners are certain to treasure this book, as I do, and make it treat-bare from regular use.

Lynne Matallana, President and Co-founder, National Fibromyalgia Association

Dr. Blatman takes complex medeical einformation and presents it in an easy to understand format that also incorporates his compassion, humor and uniquely personal approach.

Richard Finn, Director of Pittsburgh School of Pain Management

Nowhere in my 20 plus years as a therapist and teacher have I seen a popular book so well written and illustrated that most anyone can pick it up, understand the concepts, and get pain relief right now!