Sunday Post
Katie 
Book Review: Mad Back
As you probably know from reading some of my other book reviews, I suffer from back problems on and off. Most recently is the back problems I ended up with as a result from a car accident and I have been trying all sorts of things to find relief. Some work for a little while, some don’t work at all but nothing has been a permanent solution. So once again I turn to a book in hopes that it will give me some new information that will help me out!
MadBack teaches you how to stop the hurting and reclaim your life. This is definitely what I have been trying to do! The book starts with a “how to use the book” section which is interesting. It is then followed by 5 chapters and 5 easy ways to make the book work for you. It has a sort of “key” to the chapters and which one you should jump to depending on your back pain. I of course checked out the whole book for review purposes 🙂
Each chapter starts with a “you should read this chapter, if” so if you are just looking for help with your specific ailment you will know which chapter to look at!
There is one section with questions to ask your doctor to help diagnose your problem and your treatment.
There is also a section of exercises, which I will definitely be trying out since the next step in my recovery is physical therapy.
If you have any sort of back pain and are looking for relief, be sure to check out this book for some new advice and ways to change your habits to ease the pain. (She types as she is trying to sit up straight with good posture at her PC…)
I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.
About the Book
Is your back mad or frustrated because of any discomfort, fatigue or pain it experiences?
Countless books and articles have been written on spinal health and back pain. And countless medical progresses have been made in spinal health and back pain treatment. Why, then, do back pain and spinal issues remain pervasive and is even on the rise in North America? Why is the back and spinal health of an average American declining?
This book aims to help break through this dilemma and help sufferers reduce, relieve and prevent back and spinal problems easily and effectively.
Unlike most books written from the perspective of a single healthcare discipline, such as conventional medicine, chiropractic, osteopath, physiotherapy, or massage therapy, this book has been written from a third-party and holistic perspective and is discipline neutral.
Back pain is a complex issue. No one healthcare discipline has all the answers. It deserves and demands a multidisciplinary view and approach.
This book is the result of an exhaustive comprehensive holistic research. It aims to break down the silo views and approaches. It helps you better understand the landscape of the back and spinal health care options. It is not written to please or promote any particular discipline of healthcare. It doesn’t recycle standard text information. Being politically correct or academically perfect isn’t amongst the intentions of this book. Feelings may be hurt. Disagreements may arise.
This book has one objective only – help you, the sufferer of back issues, stop the hurting and reclaim your life! It has been written to provide you with the information and insight that matters, to you.
In this book, you will discover …
– why you may be continuing injuring your back unknowingly
– why your current approach to your back problems may be hurting you more
– critical back mechanisms you can learn to regain [enjoy] a pain free back
– right care for your back condition
– 6 secret habits you can build for a healthy pain free back
– 35 back misconceptions you can overcome for your future wellbeing, and
– many more secret insights that you must know to keep your back and spine strong.
Read this book only if you want to broaden your horizon, only if you want to know things that you can’t find in other books, only if you want to become a true partner of your own back and spine, and only if you want to actively take your own responsibilities and initiatives to control the destiny of your back and spine.
To a large extent, turning your back health around requires a paradigm shift. You must be ready for this shift. Your effort is required because it may need you to adapt to new understanding, new views, new approaches, new habits, and new life styles. Simply popping pills, presenting yourself in a clinic, or putting yourself on an operation table aren’t parts of the new paradigm.
This book tells you the truth that matters. This book is a tool that you can use. It provides you with effective secrets that you can zero in upon and apply it immediately for your particular concern or purpose.
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Throwback Thursday – Disney!
With Beast (though you can’t actually see me and I’m willing to bet I was nowhere near him) and with Belle!
Carbonite
After having a couple of hard drives crash on me and a couple of external hard drives crash on me, I decided it was time to do some sort of online backup to the cloud. For my birthday, I bought myself a subscription to Carbonite.
The Carbonite cloud – explained.
Just install and let us do the rest! Your files are backed up automatically and continually, as long as you’re connected to the Internet.
Encrypted copies of your files are transmitted to one of our state-of-the-art data centers, safe from computer glitches, hurricanes and everything in between.
With the cloud, your files go where you go, so you can access them anytime, anywhere. Airports, libraries, coffee shops – you name it.
Make the most of your subscription by downloading our Sync & Share app, exclusively for our customers.
If disaster (or spilled coffee) strikes, you can recover files from the cloud, in just a few clicks.
Carbonite’s designed to be easy, but if you ever get stuck our U.S.-based customer support team is ready to help.
I installed the Carbonite software and had to let my computer send all the files to backup to the cloud. Carbonite says it could take 2-3 days for everything to be backed up – in my case it took a WEEK. (In my defense, this was before we upgraded our router to get a better internet connection so things were a bit s-l-o-w.) It could not have been easier. It went in the background while I did whatever it is I do all day on this computer 😉 Now, it automatically updates things as the files on my computer change.
I’m hoping I’ll never need the backup, but it certainly gives me piece of mind knowing that my stuff is safe even in the event of a hard drive and external drive crash.
(I purchased a Carbonite subscription for myself after researching various companies. I was not asked to write this post but I thought that it had information that could be valuable to my readers. And I needed a Whatever Wednesday topic.)ca
Tiny To Do Lists
A lot of people have asked me how I can stay organized when blogging with what posts are to be posted when, etc. The truth is, I probably would be better off if I was even more organized, but this is what I do…
On my desk in my bedroom I map out all of my blog posts – Music Monday, Try It Tuesday, Whatever Wednesday, Throwback Thursday, Book Nook Friday, Scrapbook Saturday, Sunday Post on one of those desk sized calendars. There I can easily see if I have a book review that needs to be posted in December how many days have 4 books already how many don’t, etc so I don’t go over my self imposed quota. Yes, a lot of times things are scribbled out and moved around, but once it is finally written I cross a single line through it. (If it has been moved, then it’s a swirly line so I don’t get them confused.)
Then, I have a notebook where I write, usually in date order, what book reviews I have in column 1. Column 2 is all other blog related posts to be written (product reviews, book reviews, etc) and then the third column is “everything else” – craft to work on, things in my room to clean, fix, etc.
Now – this list sometimes takes up an entire page of paper and can sometimes be overwhelming. So I’ve decided to break it down each weekend in to a “tiny to do list”. This is written on a smaller piece of paper and I break down what I theoretically thing I can get done over the weekend. (Typically I put 3 books though usually I don’t end up reading that many) and other time sensitive posts that may need to be read. Then, I am not completely overwhelmed by the huge list in the notebook.
So far, this has been working pretty well with only 1 or 2 items being left. I do try to get to those during the week to start fresh with a new to do list the next weekend, but that doesn’t always happen and sometimes things get carried over!
But there’s my “trick”. Tiny to do lists!
Try It Tuesday: Frames By Mail
Last year I won a signed photo of David Wright and Jose Reyes. I knew I wanted to frame it, but I wasn’t sure how to go about it or how to go about it in an affordable way because I know that photo mats can get pretty pricey. A few years ago I was introduced to the website, FramesByMail.com, you let them know the dimensions of your picture and can mat it if you so choose. I had never used them for matting before, but for this special autograph I knew that I wanted to mat it in Mets Blue and Orange and do a black frame. I was able to get the frame, mats cut to the right size, and anti glare plexi glass all for just over $100 with their Christmas in July sale. I am quite pleased with the result and am looking forward to finishing off the framing (the picture was rolled and has been taking some time to flatten out so we can properly place it in the mats) and hanging it on the wall!
I was not asked to write this review. This is a website that I used and had a great experience with and was something I wanted to share with my readers.
