The Elaine Petrone Method: Stop the Back Pain

It Works
I love this method! I have used it on and off for several years. The concept is simple, gravity does the work and using the breath to release excess tension allows the body to relax. This is explained throughout the DVD. Elaine explaines that, "feeling the body is the fist step to changing the way the body aligns."

I have had only a positive experience with the balls. Her method is almost like accupressure in the joints. Also, it is explained to go at your own pace. People who are very tight in the joints may feel alot of excess pain that they are use to ignoring and it may seem as if injury has been caused by doing the method.

I have had various injuries before I tried this method. I purchased this in an attempt to HELP MYSELF HEAL, and it does help.
The most important aspect I have learned through using this method is to allow healing to happen.

Finally, if you are ready to get in touch with your body, I highly recommend giving it a try.

Infuriatingly incomplete
On the plus side, this has about 5-10 minutes of useful advice and the balls feel pretty good--I prefer them for some areas to harder massage tools. However, the video is about 45 minutes long, so that's a high haystack/needle ratio. She also never gets around to explaining some things, like why she has her sample woman put two balls under her back while the sample man only uses one (she says she'll explain in a minute, but she never does). She doesn't explain how the balls work or give any cautions about using them, and reviews of her other products show that people have injured themselves on them. So, I'd check with someone with good knowledge of anatomy about how to place the balls and where to avoid using them. If you want the balls, I'd order the book instead since it's cheaper and presumably has more information. I've watched the DVD once (parts twice to try and find her explanation of ball placement, which never happened). I'll probably never watch it again as all the...

RELIEF for BACK PAIN!!!!
I bought the DVD with 2 balls included around 5 or 6 years ago. I was experiencing pain or tension in the back and it seemed that everything I did just worsened the pain for me. I could not find any relief until I happened to see this on Amazon. I could not imagine 2 little balls helping but thought I would have to try it to understand. I watched the video and frankly thought a lot of it was unnecessary so after watching the whole thing I decided to try it. I stopped the video to the point where the 2 balls were actually being used (the beginning is simply relaxation exercises) then got on the floor on my back with knees to my chest and the video on. I placed the balls one at a time under each cheek of my rear-end and held the knees to the chest as suggested then as I felt relief to the back tension, I slowly opened the knees outward and held that position. This does not sound relaxing but I am here to tell you that it is extremely relaxing. I would slowly bring the knees in...

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