If not, there’s still time.

The giveaway closes at midnight 25th July 2008.

And don’t forget, you can enter over at Alzheimer’s Notes as well.

Winners will be announced on Sunday’s Healthbolt’s Weekly Roundup of Contests and Giveaways.

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- three times more likely than men to suffer from some types of back pain
- more susceptible to a whiplash injury
- prone to low back pain

And that bra straps, high heels, and hormonal swings add to the chances of women suffering from an aching back.

Christine Lasich MD knows all this and more. Having suffered from chronic low back pain herself and acutely aware of the lack of gender-specific information on preventing and dealing with back pain, Christine has written the highly informative and entertaining High Heels to Hormones: A Woman’s Guide to Spinal Care.

Featuring short easy to read chapters illustrated with pencil stick cartoons, High Heels to Hormones is an effective self help guide for woman. The contents include information on how everything from bras, hormones, and high heeled shoes to convenience foods, smoking, exercise, high-achieving, and multitasking lifestyles will affect your back.

And while it is all evidence based information, there is a distinct lack of med-speak in this book. Instead, the tone is fun and light. For example, here’s Christine’s take on the importance of good posture: “Did I threaten your sense of decency by telling you to stick your chest out with the shoulders back? Don’t be shy, because shyness creates an unhealthy, slouched posture.”

Women of all shapes, sizes, and ages will benefit from the advice that Dr Lasich dispenses. It could easily be the best resource yet to help women say goodbye to sore necks and aching backs and instead be able to enjoy strong, healthy spines.

High Heels to Hormones has the Healthbolt Seal of Approval and therefore, we are happy to be able to offer a copy to one lucky reader.

Simply leave a comment by end of day Friday 25th July and we will do pick a winner using the trusty random number selector.

By the way, you can increase your chances of winning by heading over to Alzheimer’s Notes where another High Heels to Hormones Giveaway is being run.

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