Chicken Soup for the Soul was launched by motivational speakers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen in 1993 and they haven’t looked back since publishing their first book.   Even the first book was an amazing success by selling 100 million copies.  To date there have been over 200 titles included in this series.

Canfield and Hansen came up with the name for their literary series because they wanted their readers to think of their books as being just as healthy for our souls as Grandma’s chicken soup was for our bodies.  Over 100 million of these books have been printed in 54 languages worldwide.

The book I received for my review was Chicken Soup for the Soul, Say Goodbye to Back Pain!  The author is Dr. Julie Silver of Harvard Medical School.  This book includes valuable information about “how to handle flare-ups, injuries, and everyday back health.”

Because my Mom has had problems with her back for years including a spinal fusion as well as other procedures, I asked her to give me her opinion of this book.   These are her words:

Wow, I could have written half of these stories myself because I totally understand the pain and suffering that the writer was experiencing.  Since having my surgical procedures 15 years ago, I am in such a better place than I was but I still have flare-ups and these flare-ups are when I least expect it.  This book gave me suggestions on ways to not only manage the pain but to lessen it and the affect that it has on my every-day life.

This book contained diagrams with easy to follow instructions describing exercises that will help various types of back pain depending on which part of the back/neck is affected.  There was advice on what to expect if you elect surgery or decide to treat your pain thru physical therapy or other procedures.

I know I am much like other back/neck pain patients in that I do not want my pain to define me, who I am or what I do.  I will NOT let it decide how I am going to live my life.  This book has given me so many wonderful ways to take CONTROL of my pain rather than letting my pain take control over me.

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Three lucky winners are going to receive the Chicken Soup for the Soul, Say Goodbye to Back Pain!  book. This giveaway is open to the US & Canada, it will end on 09/01/12.

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Laurie

Hello, my name is Laurie. My family and I live near the Oregon coast. When we aren’t at work, in school, or on the volleyball court, we enjoy traveling, cheering for our favorite sports teams, playing outdoors, and checking off items on our bucket list. We are lucky in that both sets of our parents, as well as our siblings and their families, live within an hour of us. We get together often to help one another out, celebrate milestones, and go on adventures together.

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