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Good Morning!

Another way too cold day here in Philadelphia- I am literally counting the days until Spring. Yesterday I received a stack of movie reviews of Avatar, both from people who thought it was the best movie ever made, and those who really hated it. As I said in the last post- I really enjoyed it a lot. What I hope is that James Cameron doesn’t try to make a sequel.

Today’s video:

This weeks video update includes a thank you for your comments on my daughter’s first blog post, a note on the Time magazine cover story regarding football injuries, a comment about a study regarding manual medicine for the treatment of pregnancy related back pain, and an update on the fitness challenge. Bear with me while I try to find the best way to ‘banner’ Back Together for the other sources displaying my videos.

Best, and be well,

-Andy

This is the first part of a series on back pain during pregnancy. Last week I posted a request for topics and questions on my Facebook page. The most common inquiry I received was about back pain during pregnancy. My own sister posted the following on my page:

“My worst back pain ever was during pregnancy — my OBGYN gave me drugs because I was in so much pain (I drove over 300 miles in 2 days, my back would have been tender if I wasn’t pregnant) but then Scott used some of the techniques from Back Together to help ease my tender back and make it feel much better. You’re a great big bro and a great doctor!”

I am grateful for the complement Julie! Your story is not too different from many I hear. Depending on whose study you reference, anywhere between 50-80% of women develop back pain during pregnancy. I should mention that the techniques you used were from a pre-release manuscript (The Back Together book on bookstore shelves is definitively NOT for pregnancy related back pain.)

In this series, I will cover the causes of pregnancy related back pain, some suggestions for preventing and relieving it, and end with some hands-on techniques you and a partner can do to reduce it.

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