With so many people desperate for relief from back or neck pain, it’s no wonder that millions turn to doctors for help. Many doctors then suggest treatments such as narcotic painkillers to be taken long term, chiropractic manipulations, back-specific exercises, and surgery.

Spine specialist Mark D. Brown, M.D., Ph.D., who has helped nearly 30,000 people with back and neck pain, will tell your audience that in 90 percent of cases a person can safely “walk it off.” They can avoid expensive, and often ineffective, treatments that their doctors recommend to them, which in some cases can actually harm them.

Dr. Brown reveals:

• Why so many people (and their dogs, but not their cats!) suffer from back pain.

• How to avoid horrible, life-long back problems like those of late President John F. Kennedy.

• His unique questionnaire to determine what kind of back pain a person has.

• How he came up with the phrase “walk it off” and what it means.

CREDENTIALS: Mark D. Brown, M.D., Ph.D., is a spine specialist with 35+ years experience treating patients and conducting research on the cause, prevention, and cure of back and neck pain. He is professor and Chair Emeritus of the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Brown is a reviewer and consultant for several prestigious medical journals. His new book is CONQUER BACK AND NECK PAIN: Walk It Off! (Sunrise River Press, 2008).

AVAILABILITY: South Florida, nationwide by arrangement and via telephone

CONTACT: Marie Norton, 1-800-895-4585 toll-free (MN); marien@sunriseriverpress.com; www.sunriseriverpress.com