title: Take Back Control: A Surgeon's Guide to Healing Your Spine Without Medications or Surgery
author: Kamshad Raiszadeh
description: Knowing what I know now, I wish I had taken Dr. Raiszadeh s advice and exhausted all options with rehab rather than going through with back surgery. There s too much that can go wrong when you expose your spinal canal to surgery. Rehab may take time, but n the long run it s a much better choice. <br /> --<b> Steve Kerr, Head Coach, Golden State Warriors of the NBA</b><br /><br />We are in the midst of a devastating opioid addiction crisis, an epidemic fueled by our collective societal delusion that our lifestyle choices don t matter, that there s a quick surgical or pharmaceutical fix for everything, and that our minds have nothing to do with our physical bodies or overall health. I would have thought that the last person to help light the way out would be a spine surgeon, a specialist who is expert at doing things <i>to</i> people but not always <i>for</i> people. Which is why Dr. Raiszadeh s book is so amazing. With a deep humility, Dr. Raiszadeh uses personal stories drawn from his career and life to show us that we can heal when we focus on the root causes of our suffering, with compassion, patience, and wisdom. A must-read for anyone suffering with or treating chronic pain. <br /> --<b> Zubin Damania, MD, Founder, Turntable Health, ZDoggMD</b><br /><br />In surgery they say that a chance to cut is a chance to cure. For Dr. Raiszadeh, however, the chance to intervene is the moment to step back and offer a holistic set of physical therapy, counseling, and lifestyle services, leaving surgery only as the last resort. <i>Take Back Control</i> offers sensible advice backed by scientific literature and examples from Dr. Raiszadeh s clinical experience to patients suffering from severe back pain who might be rushing toward a surgical solution even though safer and cheaper options are available.<br /> <br />
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  **Spine health restoration program** **Over 100 exercises to help you get rid
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