Pete Egoscue

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Pete Egoscue ([i: 'goskju:]) (* 1945 ) is an American book author and provider of health services. Its franchising system, which is managed from its headquarters in San Diego , currently has 25 institutes in the USA, Mexico and Japan connected. The egoscue method is posture therapy that aims to improve and restore the function of the musculoskeletal system through movement exercises . This is supposed to improve posture . The exercises come from different areas such as B. yoga , popular sports or were specially developed.

Egoscue has no medical training. According to his own report, he suffered an injury in the early 1970s. In rehabilitation he dealt intensively with "the human body and its anatomical, physiological, kinesiological and biomechanical principles". With exercises that he selected himself, he accelerated his healing considerably. In the following years Egoscue first applied his knowledge to friends and family. Due to his success "he has been working full-time since 1978" with his method.

The method has become known in the USA, although there are no scientific studies or even proof of effectiveness. In various journals such as For example, Sports Illustrated has articles on the method.

Works

  • Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines; Ina Schicker, Claudia Magiera, Heino Nimritz (translator): Living pain-free with the egoscue method. The revolutionary system against chronic pain. ÄÄ Kopp Verlag, Rottenburg 2017, ISBN 3-86445-487-5
  • Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines: The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion. A Revolutionary Program That Lets You Rediscover the Body's Power to Protect and Rejuvenate Itself. HarperCollins, New York 1992 ISBN 0-06-016881-1
  • Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines: Pain Free. A Revolutionary Method for Stopping Chronic Pain. Bantam Books, New York 1998 ISBN 0-553-37988-7
  • Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines: Pain Free at Your PC. Bantam Books, New York 1999, ISBN 0-553-38052-4
  • Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines: Pain Free for Women: The Revolutionary Program for Ending Chronic Pain. Bantam Books, New York 2003, ISBN 0-553-38049-4
  • Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines: Pain Free Living. The Egoscue Method for Strength, Harmony and Happiness. Sterling Publishing, New York 2011, ISBN 1-4027-8643-3

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines; Ina Schicker, Claudia Magiera, Heino Nimritz (translator): Pain-free living with the Egoscue method , book cover of the first edition ISBN 3-89530-030-6
  2. ↑ Pete Egoscue, Roger Gittines: Pain Free at Your PC: Book Cover.
  3. ↑ Junior Seau Balances Out - His first major injury behind him, a perennial All-Pro muscles up for a comeback Lisa Altobelli, Sports Illustrated January 24, 2005. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Egoscue, Pete
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH 1945