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Overcoming Back Pain:

A Mind-Body Solution

Second Edition

Booklet, eBooklet, and Audiobooklet by Gary F. Zeolla,
the Director of Fitness for One and All

    This is the story of how I overcame years of crippling low back pain, so much so that I was able to start powerlifting again.  If you suffer from low back pain, this book could be the solution to your problem. And even if you do not, this is an interesting story, with lots of twists and turns.

Available Formats

Audiobook:

Length: 1 hour, 30 minutes. 76.2 MB. (Narrated by Brian Sears).

Order and download from Amazon. $6.08.

Order and download from Audible. $6.95.

Order and download from the iTunes app.  $5.99.
 

eBook Formats:

Kindle Reading Device eBook: 79 KB. Order and download from Amazon. $1.75.

Acrobat Reader® eBook: 1,071 KB. Purchase and download from Lulu Publishing. $1.75.

ePUB for Adobe Digital Editions Format – Order and download from Lulu Publishing. $1.75.

Paperback:

48 pages (6” x 9” pages).

Order from the publisher via their website Amazon. $4.99.

Order from the publisher via their website Lulu Publishing. $3.95.

Notes:

Different formats and publishers might have different covers, but the content is the same in all of them.

The links to Amazon are advertising links, for which I receive a commission in addition to my royalty if a product is purchased after following the link.

Please ignore the PO Box at the end of this book. I no longer have access to that address.

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Description

I was a national champion powerlifter in college. In the 123 pound weight class, I was able to squat and deadlift over 400 pounds. But I had to cease competing due to low back pain that developed in the fall of 1982. For the next thirteen years the pain or the fear of it severely limited what physical activities I could engage in, and I couldn’t lift more than twenty pounds without experiencing pain.

Then the pain worsened in the spring of 1994 to the point where I was crippled by it for the next six years. I couldn’t even lift more than two pounds due to the pain. I also had to spend the bulk of my day laying flat on my back. During those years of crippling low back pain, I tried just about every traditional and alternative treatment that is recommended for back pain. But nothing worked.

However, I finally found complete relief in the spring of 2000. And in the seven years since that time the pain has not returned in any significant degree, and I am now living my life back pain free. In fact, I started competing in powerlifting again. And once again, I am squatting and deadlifting over 400 pounds, only now competing at 114s. I am now a top-ranked master powerlifter, holding 27 records set in three different powerlifting federations.

This booklet describes the traditional and alternative back pain treatments I tried and what finally worked. Thus, if the reader is suffering from low back pain, be assured there is a solution. I am living proof of that. And even if you do not suffer from low back pain, this is an interesting story, with lots of twists and turns.

Table of Contents

Preface – 5

Part One: Beginnings of Back Pain – 7

Part Two: Various Treatments – 15

Part Three: The Solution – 23

Part Four: Steps to Recovery – 31

Part Five: Powerlifting Again – 39

Conclusion/ Bibliography – 43

Appendix One: Additional Books by the Author – 45

Appendix Two: Websites and Newsletters by the Author – 47

Page numbers are for the hardcopy formats.

The above preview was posted on this website June 1, 2001.
It was updated for the second edition March 5, 2007.
It was last updated for the audio books June 14, 2024.

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