Chapter One  3
CARE OF THE HUMAN FRAME  3     Biomechanics  9     Results of Good Biomechanics  12

 Chapter Two  13
THE STANDING POSTURE  13     Standing On Our Own Two Feet  13     Daily Check on-the-Run  16
Posture and injuries (T’ai chi remedy)  17     Alexander Technique  18     Self Test: Is your Body Equally balanced?  20     Knee-ded Advice  22

 Chapter Three  23
‘BED’ MEANS MORE THAN SEX  23     Pillow Talk  24     Sleeping Postures  26     So then, the Correct Postures?  25     Specific Sleeping Tips for Spinal Health  28     In and Out of Beds  29     Buying a Mattress  30
Waterbeds  34

 Chapter Four  35
ERGONOMICS  35     Human Factors Engineering  35     Lifting  37     Tips for Lifting  38     Squatting  39
Working with Standing Tools  39     Standing for your Job  40     Standing Tips  40     Baggage Handling  42
Telephone Use  42     Eyes and Ears  43     Driving  46     Saturn Corporation  47     Working Conditions  49
Muscle Overload  50     Walking  50     Quiet air purifiers  50

 Chapter Five  51
SITTING ON THE JOB  51     Good Sitting  51     Computers, typewriters, word processors and other desk work  53     VDT (Video display Terminal)  53     Other Desk Work  54     Tips for Sitting on the Job and Not getting caught –– by pain  56     Chairs  56

 Chapter Six  59
REPEATING THE INSULT  59     CTDs (Cumulative Trauma Disorders)  59     Specialty Tips for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome  61     Other Carpal Tunnel Syndrome tips:  62     Brace Yourself for This  63     Treatment of CTS  65

 Chapter Seven  69
FEET and SHOES  69     Da Agony of de Feet  69     Tips for Foot Care  70     Loving Foot Care  72
Shoes  72     High Hells  72     Buying the Right Shoe  74     More on the Parts  75     The 3-D Foot  77
The Dress Shoe  78     “The Wet Test” -- Foot Impressions  79     Matching the Shoe to the Activity  80
Orthotics  80     Caution about Heel Lifts  82     All tied up in Knots  82     Tied to be Fit  84     Other Shoe Tips  84     The Old Gray Shoe just ain’t what she used to be  86

 Chapter Eight  87
SPINAL HYGIENE  87     The Back Bone of Health  88     On their Backs  89     Mix and Match Care  92
I. Fit Housing  93     II. Ergonomic Errors Corrected  95     III. Stress Reduction  98     IV. Remedial Exercise  101
V. Pain Management  106     What Should You Do if Your Back - Attacks  108     Bed Rest  109     VI. Passive Treatment  110     When to Get Passive Treatment?  111     What Professional Do I Choose for Treatment?  112     Why do so many people choose the Doctor of Chiropractic?  116     VII. Passive Aggressive  120     Calling in the Big Guns (The Professional Diagnosis)  122     Passive-Aggressive Tools  124

 KEY ACTIONS  127

 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND READING REFERENCES  131

 INDEX  134