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I took the image scans from the product below and OCR’d, bookmarked the chapters, indexed, and optimized the whole thing along with reducing the size of the file from 120megs to 30 megs. It was annoying going back and forth with the images. Shout out to mememe for the original scans.Please keep it only on here. ReviewPete Egoscue learned a lot about pain when, as a Marine officer, he was wounded in Vietnam. He segued from patient to physical therapist, and now runs a famous clinic in San Diego, where he claims he’s helped 95 percent of his patients cure chronic pain–including Jack Nicklaus and Charles Barkley, whose athletic careers he helped prolong. At the heart of his program are stretches and motion exercises to restore proper function to muscles and joints. His methods are often surprising and counterintuitive. For example, for foot pain, he suggests a series of hip exercises. In fact, this is one of the most startling books you’ll read about the human organism. Egoscue has strong opinions about how modern life is changing the way our bodies function, reducing the tasks we must perform and thus reducing the functional range of motion of our muscles and joints. Fortunately, he offers movement exercises to restore what nature meant us to have. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.From Library JournalA celebrity physiologist shares his pain-relief method.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.Product Details   * Paperback: 320 pages   * Publisher: Bantam (February 29, 2000)   * Language: English   * ISBN-10: 0553379887   * ISBN-13: 978-05533798845.0 out of 5 stars Pain Freedom, June 8, 2010Written by an author who has suffered with chronic pain himself, Pain Free: A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain takes a specific stand on why you’re hurting and what you should do about it. In a nutshell, the idea is that chronic pain is due to imbalances in the body- mainly those of posture and alignment, which can be corrected through proper motions the book calls “E-cises”. Here’s a few highlights…-the book starts you out with three chapters that go over its main ideas-from there, you go to specific chapters for specific problems (like the foot, the back, the shoulder, etc.)-you’ll find lots of good pictures that do a good job of showing you how to do the exercises-you don’t really need a lot of equipment to do the exercises- mainly some pillows or something to rest your arms and legs on-there are routines for maintenance, as well as specific sports (like soccer, football, etc.)Mostly good stuff here, as you can see, and an all around sensible approach I thought. I did find the exercises simple enough, and will probably help relax a lot of pain sufferers to boot.The negatives? Not many. The only thing I think that might turn off some people, is the time involved- sometimes its recommended you do them for 45 minutes to an hour. But, you get out of it what you put into it.Worth a good look, I recommend any chronic pain sufferer give them a try. Those with back pain might also be interested in Treat Your Own Spinal Stenosis.