Copyright © 2012, 2005 by Loren Fishman, M.D., and Carol Ardman
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Originally published under the title Relief Is in the Stretch: End Back Pain Through Yoga
First published as a Norton paperback 2006 under the title Cure Back Pain with Yoga
Reissued 2012.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Fishman, Loren.
Yoga for back pain / Loren Fishman, Carol Ardman.
p. cm.
Rev. ed. of: Relief is in the stretch / Loren Fishman, Carol Ardman.
1st ed. c2005.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-393-34312-0 (pbk.)
1. Back pain—Exercise therapy. 2. Hatha yoga—Therapeutic use. I. Ardman, Carol.
II. Fishman, Loren. Relief is in the stretch. III. Title.
RD771.B217F5683 2012
617.5'64062—dc23
2012006133
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