How I Got My Wiggle Back

"Today I am almost pain free, and certainly happier, healthier and fitter than I have ever been."

- Anthony Field

How I Got My Wiggle Back is a Wiggles book written by Anthony Field and his cousin, Greg Truman.

Plot
The dramatic personal story of Anthony Field, founder and co-star of the world’s most popular children’s musical group, The Wiggles. Now, for the first time, Anthony tells his inspiring, behind-the-scenes story of how he overcame his depressing, life-threatening illness, chronic, painful adversity to get his life back.

Part memoir, part fitness and health manual, in How I Got My Wiggle Back Anthony candidly reveals his personal struggles as well as outlining the unique health and fitness regimen that has been his savior. The exercises in the book are all supported by photographs of Anthony demonstrating the routines, and the treatment options, dietary advice and strengthening programs have been developed in conjunction with acclaimed chiropractors. Offering fresh hope for people suffering with chronic pain, How I Got My Wiggle Back contains practical steps that will help relieve pain and achieve peak fitness, no matter what your age.

Book Description
Anthony Field was on top of the world. As a founder and co-star of The Wiggles, the most popular children's music group in history, he sang and danced his way into the hearts of countless families around the world. Wiggles CDs and DVDs sell in the millions, the group's TV show is immensely popular anomg preschoolers, and the band performs to sold-out crowds around the world for hundreds of shows every year. But all was not well.

In How I Got My Wiggles Back, Anthony, the "blue Wiggle," reveals for the first time that as he and his group soard to fame and fortune, he was locked in a downward spiral that nearly ended his career. Anthony tells the story of the years he spent suffering from joint pain, multiple allergies, chronic headaches, and clinical depression. In this book, he also talks about his remarkable recovery and the simple teachniques that can help anyone suffering with similar problems to regain their health.

Anthony Field has always been dedicated to The Wiggles and their mission to engage and inspire young children with music and entertainment. In How I Got My Wiggle Back, Anthony reminisces about the band's early years and his life from childhood to adulthood. He introduces his fellow Wiggles and recounts their leap from Australia to becoming world-class superstars. For fans, he describes in deltail how the group develops its shows, the different roles each of its members plays, and the excitement of making children and their parents an integral part of every show.

Anthony's story of how he beat the mysterious illnesses that threatened to end his career is both inspiring and instructive. He tells the riveting story of how two wonderful doctors isolated the root cause of many of Anthony's physical problems and set him on the road to recovery; he also provides a prescriptive self-care health program of exercise advice and nutritional information with practical action steps to relieve pain and prevent and heal disease.

Filled with more than seventy-five photographs of Anthony and his fellow Wiggles from their early days through the present, and including photos of the fitness regime that now keeps Anthony at the peak of health, How I Got My Wiggle Back takes you backstage and beyond to experience the joy, pain, and ultimate triumph of a global superstar at the top of his game.

Credits
ANTHONY FIELD is the founder and one of the stars of The Wiggles, the top children's entertainment group of the last twenty years. Based in Sydney, Australia, he tours globally for most of the year.

GREG TRUMAN is an award-winning New York-based journalist and cousin of Anthony Field.

Jacket Design: José Almaguer

Jacket Photographs: Gary Johnston