Treat Your Own Knees: Simple Exercises to Build Strength, Flexibility, Responsiveness and Endurance
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Treat Your Own Knees: Simple Exercises to Build Strength, Flexibility, Responsiveness and Endurance
Treat Your Own Knees shows how to reduce or end knee pain by improving knee function. In easy-to-grasp language, author Jim Johnson covers the physiology of the knee and the kinds of pain that affect it, along with the psychological aspects. He offers a series of straightforward exercises based on current medical data and tested in his practice. Black-and-white drawings show exactly how to do the exercises and pinpoint the precise muscles responsible for the problem. This concise, simple guide provides an effective do-it-yourself program.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
I loved the book:
This is a very good book to help take care of your knees. The doctor is from Emory University in Atlanta so I trust the author and the Doctor too.
If I don't take care of my knees I have a lot of pain. I really needed this book.
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I bought this book for my husband. He has had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee twice. And has arthritis in both knees. He has a lot of pain and stiffness. After 2 weeks of doing the strengthening exercises in this book, he has more flexibility and less pain. He can get in and out of the tub with less difficulty. He says it is a really great book and reccomends
it to anyone with knee problems. He also says the book is very easy to understand. It explains the way a knee works in terms a non-medical... more info
Help Your Knees Heal!!:
I read this book cover to cover and found it most helpful. I don't believe in surgery unless absolutely necessary. This book guides you through all the things to do to improve your own knee health without the surgery. Fantastic!
98 pages too many yet left me wanting more:
After reading the reviews and suffering from knee pain, I decided to buy this book. My expectations were pretty high since all of the reviews were glowing. Perhaps that's where I went wrong. I was expecting a series of ailments and exercises to help alleviate them. Instead you get one strengthening exercise, a few stretches, one prioperception exercise and a recommendation for some endurance exercise. All of this could have fit onto a single sheet of paper. Sure the discussion of the studies is... more info
