"Say Goodbye To Back Pain"
introducing the original specialized back exercises developed specifically for the YMCA's "Healthy Back Program" by Hans Kraus, M.D. and Alexander Melleby, M.S.

In most civilized countries today, lower back problems have jumped from No.2 position to become the No.1 leading cause of absenteeism in the workplace.

CORPORATIONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BOOK THE ONE HOUR SEMINAR AS A BENEFIT TO THEIR EMPLOYEES AND TO ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE.

* This website is dedicated to the memory of Hans Kraus, M.D., recognized as the father of sports medicine in the United States, and personal physician to President John F. Kennedy. Our goal, in perpetuity, is to maintain the integrity of his original works and to make available to the public at large his unique back exercise program that has been proven to reduce and/or eliminate back pain for four out of five of program participants.

* Since 1974 over 300,000 people have taken this exercise program. A controlled computer study of 11,809 people who fully completed questionnaires revealed that 80% of those who completed the program, including post-operative surgical cases, achieved either a total elimination of back pain or considerably reduced their back pain to the extent that they were able to perform many physical activities they were previously unable to execute.

* Much available medical evidence clearly shows that more than 80% of all cases of low back pain are caused by weak and/or tense muscles, and not by organic lesions such as vertebral disc disease, rheumatoid arthritis, benign or malignant tumor, infection, or fracture.

* The "Say Goodbye to Back Pain" exercises appear deceptively easy. They are so easy that you might doubt that they will be of help to you in preventing, reducing or eliminating back pain. Cast any such doubt from your mind. Statistical records show that 4 out of 5 people who complete the program attain relief, if not outright elimination of pain.