Forever Painless: End Chronic Pain and Reclaim Your Life in 30 Minutes a Day [Hardcover]

End chronic pain—for good—with this practical guide from the PBS personality behindClassical Stretchand author of theNew York TimesbestsellerAging Backwards.

Chronic pain is the most common cause of long-term disability in the United States. Twenty percent of American adults accept back spasms, throbbing joints, arthritis aches, and other physical pain as an inevitable consequence of aging, illness, or injury. But the human body is not meant to endure chronic pain. Miranda Esmonde-White has spent decades helping professional athletes, ballet dancers, and Olympians overcome potentially career-ending injuries and guiding MS patients and cancer survivors toward pain-free mobility. Now, inForever Painless, she shows everyone how to heal their aching bodies and live pain free.

The root of nearly all pain is movement—or lack thereof. We need to move our bodies to refresh, nourish, and revitalize our cells. Without physical activity, our cells become stagnant and decay, accelerating the aging process and causing pain. People who suffer chronic pain often become sedentary, afraid that movement and activity will make things worse, when just the opposite is true: movement is essential to healing. InForever Painless, Miranda provides detailed instructions for gentle exercise designed to ease discomfort in the feet and ankles, knees, hips, back, and neck—allowing anyone to live happier, healthier, and pain-free no matter their age.

The leading cause of premature aging and long-term disability in the United States is chronic pain, an affliction suffered by one in five adults. Health-care expenses associated with chronic pain are skyrocketing, and along with the pain comes an increased risk of other serious health issues, including depression, loss of mobility, and opioid addiction.

The sad fact is that most of us have come to accept some form of chronic pain—whether it’s tl‡