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Name: Arthritis: What Exercises Work: Breakthrough Relief for the Rest of Your Life, Even After Drugs and Surgery Have Failed - Kindle edition by Sobel, Dava, Klein, Arthur C.. Health, Fitness & Dieting Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
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Arthritis: What Exercises Work: Breakthrough Relief for the Rest of Your Life, Even After Drugs and Surgery Have Failed Kindle Edition

by Dava Sobel (Author), Arthur C. Klein (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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What is the most powerful arthritis treatment ever developed to help restore you to a healthy, pain-free, and vigorous life--for the rest of your life?

It's the very same breakthrough that has:
--Helped more arthritis sufferers than drugs, surgery, or any other treatment--without dangerous side effects.
--Been widely prescribed by medical doctors and other health practitioners.

The answer? Exercise.

Here are the right exercised for your kind of arthritis, pain-level, age, occupation, and hobbies.
And they're the most effective exercises for arthritis available anywhere--rated "best" by arthritis sufferers themselves in an unprecedented nationwide survey...supported by medical doctors...and backed by the latest research.

Let Dava Sobel and Arthur C. Klein's Arthritis: What Exercises Work work wonders in ending your arthritis pain--forever!

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Doctors often prescribe exercise for their arthritic patients but without explicit instructions. While there are numerous books on this condition, few current ones deal specifically with exercises. Sobel and Klein ( Arthritis: What Works , LJ 8/89) based this guide on their nationwide survey of arthritics, which showed that 95 percent of those surveyed found pain was relieved or ended with the right kind of exercise. Exercises for each part of the body are described, explained, and diagrammed so that the reader can initiate an individualized program. They are rated at different levels of activity from one to four, i.e., from low-key (done in bed) to high-key (walking). Also included are self-evaluation checklists and advice on what to do during arthritis flare-ups. This book will be of help to doctors, physical therapists, and exercise instructors as well as patients. Recommended for all popular medical collections.
- Loraine F. Sweetland, Rebok Memorial Lib., Silver Spring, Md.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Dava Sobel is an award-winning former science reporter for the New York Times and writes frequently about science for several magazines, including Audubon, Discover, Life, and Omni. She lives in East Hampton, New York.

Arthur C. Klein is a survey designer and market research specialist. He is the best-selling co-author of Backache Relief, Arthritis: What Works, and Arthritis: What Exercises Work. He lives in East Hampton, New York.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CGFCEF6
Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition (April 26, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 26, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3761 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 221 pages

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Dava Sobel (born June 15, 1947, The Bronx, New York) is an American writer of popular expositions of scientific topics. Her books include Longitude, about English clockmaker John Harrison, and Galileo's Daughter, about Galileo's daughterMaria Celeste.

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Richard E. Beebee

But you need to Practice

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2021

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I purchased this book for the hand and wrist exercises. In my 80's and I am taking guitar lessons. The Exercises are so far effective and have easy to follow instructions.
The book itself first explains why exercises work, helps you set up a plan to follow, gives fairly easy to follow instructions and is full of illustrations where needed, i.e., non in the chapters on walking, swimming, bicycling, etc. It even includes a chapter on Meditation and three chapters on Exercising under Special Circumstances.
While I am "new" to Arthritis, I feel this book gives me a way forward if my Arthrithis "expands".

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M. D. Williams

Excellent info for arthritis sufferers

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2017

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A somewhat older book, but the info in it is still relevant. I have had hand arthritis for 30 yrs (am in early 60's), and many of the exercises were the same as what my hand therapist did for me. I also do Pilates, and many of the stretches done in that class are also presented here. The explanations are very clear, as well as the illustrations. Am happy with my purchase!

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F.Faulkner

Really truly helpful!

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2007

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I suffered for 8 months with inflammatory arthritis in my knees. I saw doctor after doctor, had test after test. The only solution was Celebrex which gave me chest pain. I got this book at our library out of desperation; I felt too young to lose my mobility. I'm thrilled to say these exercises were outstanding and really DO help.

Best of all, the are at least half a dozen helpful exercises for every joint area in the body starting at the top and going down - even the jaw is covered.

My husband started the exercises for back & jaw (he's got TMJ) and they helped him as well.

I can't thank the authors enough for compiling such an honestly helpful book. How refreshing to actually find something that does what it says it does. THANK YOU. I have some relief in life finally.

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Michele McGlone

A mixed bag...

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2010

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Some parts of this book were good and some not so good.

Part 3, 4 and 5 are good. Part Three talks about aerobic exercise and 4 and 5 give details on exercises you can do for specific body parts and in special situations. The instructions are clear and there are good diagrams. Unfortuately, they don't give any advice on how many repetitions to start with and how many to build up to and which exercise to move on to when a particular excercise becomes too easy.

My problem is with Part 1. It has you go through some quizzes to put yourself in a "level" which they claim will help you pick or develop a program of exercises that suits your needs. But after you figure out your level, they never mention it again. There are two sample programs, one for level 4 (in bed) and one for level 2 (moderately active) and that's it. No program suggestions for the other levels and the excercises themselves are not given a label.

A bit disappointing.

But the exercises I am doing for my particular problem areas are good. I think the exercise sections make the book worth the money.

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Shirley C

The exercises work.

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2023

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The exercises are simple BUT they work. I do the shoulder and neck exercises. Big improvement overall.

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Lucy

Wonderful!

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2019

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This has been so helpful, I plan on sharing this book with my orthopedic surgeon. I wish they would share this information with their patients first before telling us to get shots. Shots have not been helpful. This book really has. If you have OA,of course see your doctor before starting any exercise program, and invest in this. Follow the stretching protocol. I have found that doing these exercises has been able to make cardio doable.

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smokey

Quality of pepper used in the book

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2023

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Good information, however the pepper is made from cheap recycling paper and I am allergic to it.

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scientist99

just exercise is fine

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2014

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Sobel and Klein present an exercise based text which is based on a survey. This book is a 200 page long paperback whose orientation is almost completely exercise. It is aimed at the person who wants to construct an exercise program for themselves and does not have an exercise coach. The beginning gives a history of the project which starts with walking then leads into how to select exercises for your individual program. There are all types of body exercises. They mention Ken Cooper and aerobics although, the orientation is not totally aerobic. Additionally, they mention Dean Ornish’ work.
I think that this book is excellent for a person who wants to work alone. It is complete and succinct.

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CathyA

This book is like a warm cuddle from a patient and understanding personal trainer.

Reviewed in Canada on September 2, 2019

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First, this book is in excellent condition. It was published in 1993 and is the size of a trade paperback. The ink drawings are clear and support the text, and the stretches and exercises are doable for those who are mobility impaired and out of shape (me).

The instructions focus on gently getting started and how to gradually improve, which is damn hard to find in a book. Most go from “how to start” to “keep it up! You’ll feel great” which does not consider the uncertainty, frustration, and the tendency to overdo things resulting in injuries (again me).

There are chapters on tracking your progress and pros and cons of different exercises (ex. swimming and biking) but I haven’t read them yet as I’ve been busy testing the stretches and saying “Hey, I can do that”! I recommend this book to everyone who are tired of hurting, tired of being stiff, tired of having no stamina, tired of having no strength, and tired of being tired. It’s September now, and next spring - gardening!

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