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INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTIONHOW THIS "WEBBOOK" CAN BE USEDHOW THIS "WEBBOOK" CAME INTO BEING

THE OCONNOR TECHNIQUE (TM)IS BASEDUPON THE NOVEL UNDERSTANDING THATTHE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF BACK

AND NECK PAIN ORIGINATES FROMMECHANICAL SPINAL PROBLEMS IN WHICHDISC MATERIAL HAS BEEN PHYSICALLYDISPLACED. THE BOOK AND THISWEBSITE OF THE SAME NAME, MAKINGYOUR BAD BACK BETTER with The O'Connor

Technique (tm), Hw Y! C# B$%&$ Y!'Ow# Chi'('%t', )* Wi++i& T. OC##', J'.,M.D ., DESCRIBES METHODS BY WHICHBACK PAIN SUFFERERS, THEMSELVES,CAN IDENTIFY THE NATURE OF THEIRPROBLEM, PHYSICALLY RELOCATE THEDISPLACED DISC MATERIAL, AND PREVENT

IT FROM DISLOCATING AGAIN. INESSENCE, THE READER-USERS CANBECOME THEIR OWN "CHIROPRACTORS"BY PERFORMING VARIOUS "MANEUVERS,"WHICH CONSIST OF SIMPLETO
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PERFORM, GENTLE, BODY MOVEMENTS INSPECIFIC POSTURES AND SE/UENCES. BYSO DOING, THE DISPLACED DISC MATERIAL

CAN BE RETURNED TO ITS NORMAL,ANATOMICAL POSITION, THEREBYRELIEVING THE ATTENDANT PAIN. INESSENCE, COUNTLESS SPINAL PAINSUFFERERS WHO RECOGNI0E THAT THEIRBACK IS PAINFULLY "OUT" CAN BE TAUGHTTO PUT IT RAPIDLY BACK "IN" WITHSURPRI0INGLY LITTLE EFFORT.

THIS INTERNET WEBSITE CONSISTS OF AMODIFIED DERIVATIVE PRESENTATION OFTHE ORIGINAL BOOK, MAKING YOUR A!ACK ETTER, SO AS TO MAKE THEMETHOD AVAILABLE TO LARGER NUMBERSOF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE TIMEOR INCLINATION TO AC/UIRE OR STUDY ABOOK. NEVERTHELESS, THE AUTHORRECOMMENDS THAT VIEWERSOBTAINTHEIR OWN COPY OF THE BOOKBECAUSEIT CONTAINS A GREAT DEAL OF

INFORMATION IN A FORMAT THAT ISBETTER STUDIED AND RETAINED FORFUTURE REFERENCE.
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THIS SEMANTIC WEBSITE PRESENTATION,"WEBBOOK," WAS DESIGNED TO GIVE THEVIEWERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO

DETERMINE, WITHOUT COST, IF THEIRBACK PAIN APPEARS TO BE DISCRELATEDBEFORE PURCHASING SPECIFICDIRECTIONS ON HOW TO ALLEVIATE THEPAIN. ALSO, FREELY PRESENTED IS ATREATISE ON BACK PAIN WHICH PROVIDESAN OVERVIEWOF THE TOPIC, THECURRENT STATE OF BACK PAINMANAGEMENTIN MEDICAL PRACTICETODAY, ANANATOMICAL DISCUSSIONOFTHE NATURE OF SPINAL PAIN, AND A MOREELABORATE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THEO'CONNOR TECHNIQUE (tm)OFFERS

RELATIVE TO OTHER BACK PAINPROGRAMSOR AVAILABLE THERAPIES.

THE READER OR USER OF THIS WEBSITE ISGIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AGREAT DEAL ABOUT BACK PAIN WITHOUTCHARGE. THERE IS A WEALTH OF

INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN1HOWEVER, THOSE SECTIONS THATCONTAIN PROPRIETARY INFORMATION,CONSISTING OF WHAT THE AUTHORUNDERSTANDS TO BE INFORMATION
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AVAILABLE NO WHERE ELSE IN THEMEDICAL LITERATURE, CAN ONLY BEOBTAINED AT A COST. WHEN AN

ATTEMPT IS MADE TO ACCESS THATINFORMATION, THE READER WILL BEASKED TO REGISTERWITH A CREDIT CARDPAYMENT PRIOR TO GAINING ACCESS TOTHOSE SECTIONS. ALTERNATIVELY, THEORIGINAL BOOKIN ITS ENTIRETY CAN BEPURCHASED BY CREDIT CARD OR MAIL.

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