8 Steps chosen by Book-of-the-Month Club for December

October, 2008 -- 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back has been chosen by the Book-of-the-Month Club as a selection for December.

8 Steps Named A Finalist in 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards

May 14, 2008, Chelsea, Michigan -- 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back was named a Finalist in the Health/Wellness category of the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. It is available wherever books are sold.

8 Steps Makes Kepler's and SF Chronicle's Bestseller Lists

April 14, 2008, Palo Alto -- Only 13 days after publication, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back ranks #2 on Kepler's and San Francisco Chronicle's Bestseller Lists, just below Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth. Esther Gokhale gave a well-received talk at Kepler's on last Tuesday evening that benefited both bookstore customers and staff. "As an intermittent back and neck pain sufferer myself, her experience and technique bring me hope that I, too, can be healed," said Pam Grange, Kepler's Author Events Manager, "It's all about posture."

$10,000 Grant Towards Back Pain Study

March 27, 2008, Palo Alto -- Palo Alto Medical Foundation received $10,000 from a local donor to aid in an upcoming research study on the effectiveness of the Gokhale Method for back pain. Dr. Halle Agdassi, a physiatrist at PAMF, is the Principal Investigator. Clinical trials are expected to begin in September.

Supporting Bay Area Teachers-One Back at A Time

March 1, 2008, San Jose -- RAFT (Resource Area for Teaching), a non-profit organization of 6,800 member teachers, presented 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back as a valuable resource for the health of pre-K thru 12 teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area. RAFT provides its teachers with supplies donated by over 1,000 local businesses to encourage and enrich fun, creative, hands-on learning. Through a generous donation of 2,500 books by the author, teachers can now purchase 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back from RAFT at the highly subsidized rate of $1 per copy. Mary Simon, Executive Director of RAFT, says "RAFT is excited to offer this incredible book, 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back by Esther Gokhale, to our teachers. Teachers are at risk for back injuries because of the constant bending, lifting and stretching that is required in the classroom. This book will be a welcome tool to help our teachers stay healthy, and they can share this good advice with their students."

Art Inspires A Positive Stance

January 11, 2008, Palo Alto -- A Positive Stance - Healing Through Art draws on the healthy posture of tribal Africans, rural Brazilians and village Indians to educate and uplift viewers at the Hot Mango Pickle Gallery in downtown Palo Alto. Featured are artists William Carter, Sandra Starkey Simon and Mark Tuschman, who have been inspired by Esther Gokhale's studies of posture and movement in populations with low incidence of musculoskeletal pain...

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A New Shape to Your New Year's Resolution

January 1, 2008 -- Slimmer, taller, younger, stronger - the latest approach to these popular New Year's resolutions is surprisingly simple. A posture makeover is a new way of getting into shape, requiring no equipment, no extra workouts and no time out from a busy schedule. According to Dr. Deirdre Stegman at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, "This approach is stunningly simple and confers immediate results."...


Pendo Press presents 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back (Request an ARC)

December 1, 2007 -- "The greatest contribution ever made to non-surgical back pain treatment," says Helen Barkan, MD, PhD from Mayo Clinic Neurology. Americans are ten times more likely to have back pain than people from traditional societies around the world. In Chad, the incidence of back pain is only five percent, while in the United States, 85 percent of the population will suffer from back pain in their lifetime...