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The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement: Through an Anthropological Lens
ISBN: 9780415288866 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do the Paralympic Games empower the disability sport community? Like many other contemporary sporting institutions, the Paralympic Games have made the transition from pastime to spectacle, and the profile of athletes with disabilities has been increased as a result. This book reviews the current status of the Paralympics and challenges the mainstream assumption that the Games are a vehicle for empowerment of the disabled community. Using ethnographic methods unique in this area of study, P. David Howe has undertaken an innovative and critical examination of the social,... Do the Paralympic Games empower the disability sport community? Like many other contemporary sporting institutions, the Paralympic Games ha... |
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756,45 zł |
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Rewire Your Brain, Rewire Your Life: A Handbook for Stroke Survivors & Their Caregivers
ISBN: 9781595942623 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Breakthroughs in brain-imaging technology (CT scans, fMRIs, etc.) and pioneering brain research show the brain is still capable of learning and changing despite stroke or aging. Such findings give new hope for stroke survivors. Thats why this handbook was written. Rewire Your Brain, Rewire Your Life builds the case for hope, tells the stories of Strong Stroke Survivors and provides sound, practical counsel from Powerful Caregivers. Moreover, it outlines a program- RAISE (Reflect, Analyze, Identify, Start, and Evaluate) that can improve a survivors specific capability up to 40% or even higher....
Breakthroughs in brain-imaging technology (CT scans, fMRIs, etc.) and pioneering brain research show the brain is still capable of learning and changi...
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77,47 zł |
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The Illustrated Guide to Assistive Technology & Devices: Tools and Gadgets for Living Independently
ISBN: 9781932603804 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Doody's Core Title 2012
This new illustrated guide to assistive technologies and devices chronicles the use of AT/AD - technology used by individuals with disabilities to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. This book empowers people to use assistive technologies to overcome some of their physical or mental limitations and have a more equal playing field. It includes real-life examples about how people with disabilities are using assistive technology (AT) to assist them in daily tasks, and discusses emotional issues related to AT/AD.
A Doody's Core Title 2012
This new illustrated guide to assistive technologies and devices chronicles the use of AT/AD - technology used by i... |
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86,51 zł |
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Fixing You: Neck Pain and Headaches: Self-treatment for Healing Neck Pain and Headaches Due to Bulging Disks, Degenerative Disks, and Other Diagnoses
ISBN: 9780982193716 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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115,58 zł |
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Broken Wings
ISBN: 9781883911935 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Broken Wings is the inspirational story of Christina Fortune, who was born with and died from complications of cerebral palsy. In her brief twenty-four years, she lived as the gentle angel her devoted mother believed her to be. Bound to a wheelchair and with no ability to speak, Christina may have been fully dependent on the assistance of others, yet she lived as a brilliant example of goodness. Her lesson to us is in the gift of her ability to inspire compassion and her demonstrated courage against illness and pain. Broken Wings not only celebrates Christina's journey, but provides tips,...
Broken Wings is the inspirational story of Christina Fortune, who was born with and died from complications of cerebral palsy. In her brief twenty-fou...
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65,05 zł |
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There Is No Place Like Home II: Caring For Someone You Love When They Are Physically Challenged
ISBN: 9781442130920 / Angielski / Miękka / 438 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This hands on guide is the only step by step program to teach a care giver how to care for the elderly or disabled at home. This detailed and illustrated program includes chapters on how the body works. medication management, home safety, nutrition, equipment, and even legal issues. Care givers can finally have the piece of mind knowing the safe way to care for the people they love.
This hands on guide is the only step by step program to teach a care giver how to care for the elderly or disabled at home. This detailed and illustra...
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204,90 zł |
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Strokes Are Not for Sissies
ISBN: 9781934956328 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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60,49 zł |
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Exercises for Therapeutic Riding
ISBN: 9780982258576 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exercises for therapeutic riding, including pictures and instructions.
Exercises for therapeutic riding, including pictures and instructions.
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54,64 zł |
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Fixing You: Back Pain During Pregnancy
ISBN: 9780982193747 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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115,58 zł |
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The Book of Exercise and Yoga for Those with Parkinson's Disease: Using Movement and Meditation to Manage Symptoms
ISBN: 9781453641774 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This first-of-a-kind book based on the author's experience outlines a comprehensive program specifically geared to those with Parkinson's disease. This book covers a wide range of movement therapies such as range of motion exercises, low to no-impact aerobics, strength training, yoga, and T'ai Chi. The Book of Exercise and Yoga for Those with Parkinson's Disease is unique in that it covers a wide range of techniques, which are specifically geared to, and have been proven helpful for, those with Parkinson's disease. The exercises are all explained in detail utilizing safe body mechanics and...
This first-of-a-kind book based on the author's experience outlines a comprehensive program specifically geared to those with Parkinson's disease. Thi...
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90,84 zł |
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War, Disability and Rehabilitation in Britain: 'soul of a Nation'
ISBN: 9780719082504 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through a series of thematic chapters, Julie Anderson explores the nature of injured and disabled bodies before, during and after the Second World War.
Beginning at the end of the First World War and finishing with the publication of the Piercy Committee's report in 1956, the book examines medical practice, State support, societal attitudes and cultural meanings surrounding disabled war veterans and civilians. The book focuses on the embodied nature of the rehabilitative process, its gendered nature and the concentration on bodily fitness during the war. Through a series of case studies,... Through a series of thematic chapters, Julie Anderson explores the nature of injured and disabled bodies before, during and after the Second World War...
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466,78 zł |
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It Could Happen...a baseball fantasy
ISBN: 9781456569044 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Baseball fiction and fantasy at it's most unusual. Imagine finding out that you have an incurable disease. Then imagine that the medicine you are given takes you way beyond "normal." To you a speeding object can appear slowed down. A 100 mph baseball looks like a 5 mph basketball You become better at things requiring hand-eye coordination than anyone has ever been What would you do upon discovering this incredible ability? Cole Anderson decides to try out for Major League Baseball. How does he handle the incredible riches and fame that comes to him? Who doesn't like a story where the little...
Baseball fiction and fantasy at it's most unusual. Imagine finding out that you have an incurable disease. Then imagine that the medicine you are give...
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40,75 zł |
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Peripheral Neuropathy Causes and Treatments: Conditions of Nerve Pain and Dysfunction
ISBN: 9781456566388 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NOTE: This addition to the description is being added due to the possibility of bogus reviews implying that only one type of peripheral neuropathy is addressed within this book. While the far-most major cause is addressed, being that of diabetes and pre-diabetic conditions (metabolic syndromes), causes addressed also include: neuropathies affecting sensory, motor and autonomic nerves, polyneuropathy and mono-neuropathy, thyroid disease neuropathies, peripheral neuropathies of autoimmune and systemic diseases (e.g. Lupus, Celiac Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Sjogren's Syndrome, Peripheral...
NOTE: This addition to the description is being added due to the possibility of bogus reviews implying that only one type of peripheral neuropathy is ...
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28,64 zł |
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Fixing You: Hip & Knee Pain
ISBN: 9780982193723 / Angielski / Miękka / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hip and knee pain often result from poor movement habits, which then create excessive stress to tissues such as bone, ligament, and tendons. Fixing You: Hip & Knee Pain is an easy-to-read guide, teaching the reader how their hips and knees should work and why problems occur when they don't. Fixing You: Hip & Knee Pain uses plenty of illustrations and photos as well as real client stories to show the reader how the body is supposed to work. This book addresses diagnoses such as arthritis, bursitis, ITB Friction Syndrome, anterior knee pain SI joint dysfunction and more. Video clips of all...
Hip and knee pain often result from poor movement habits, which then create excessive stress to tissues such as bone, ligament, and tendons. Fixing Yo...
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115,58 zł |
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What Your Doctor Never Told You About...: Aches, Strains, and Back Pains
ISBN: 9781453829981 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you have aches, pains, strains, back trouble? If you didn't get a good explanation of your problem by your doctor, this book tells all. Easy, simple language description of the most common muscle, bone, and joint problems, and simple, non drug solutions to solve them. Arm yourself with knowledge before you see your doctor or select your treatments. All the secrets are revealed inside
Do you have aches, pains, strains, back trouble? If you didn't get a good explanation of your problem by your doctor, this book tells all. Easy, simpl...
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50,04 zł |
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Diversity and Visual Impairment: The Individual's Experience of Race, Gender, Religion, and Ethnicity
ISBN: 9780891283836 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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334,89 zł |
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Headlights . . .: How I Turned the Lights Back On After My Stroke and Aphasia
ISBN: 9781466357846 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This uplifting book of the author's healing journey from Stroke and Aphasia helps victims' families and friends reach compassion and understanding for what Aphasia victims may experience. This book also guides Aphasia victims to understand their own experiences as part of their healing journey. Includes a great list of resources designed to assist the healing process, and great encouragement to go the distance to truly heal.
This uplifting book of the author's healing journey from Stroke and Aphasia helps victims' families and friends reach compassion and understanding for...
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68,07 zł |
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Do You Really Need Back Surgery?: A Surgeon's Guide to Neck and Back Pain and How to Choose Your Treatment
ISBN: 9780199895519 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the half million people who undergo back surgery each year, and the additional million who are seriously contemplating it, Do You Really Need Back Surgery? is a godsend--an informed, reliable guide to when you should consider surgery and when you should not. Written by an internationally recognized expert in nerve and spinal surgery, this highly readable guide covers everything back patients need to know to make informed decisions about their treatment. Featuring 115 illustrations, the book discusses the details of spinal anatomy; the difference between acute, chronic, and...
For the half million people who undergo back surgery each year, and the additional million who are seriously contemplating it, Do You Really Need ...
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194,06 zł |
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Wheelchair Yoga
ISBN: 9781938322020 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book demonstrates yoga poses easily accomplished from a wheelchair. Photographs and detailed instructions make it easy for you to enjoy the soft stretches and relaxing movements of yoga. Practice these simple yoga poses to make your muscles stronger and your body relaxed and more flexible.
This book demonstrates yoga poses easily accomplished from a wheelchair. Photographs and detailed instructions make it easy for you to enjoy the soft ...
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54,64 zł |
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Speechless my recovery from stroke
ISBN: 9780646556826 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the age of 43, Jennifer Gordon suffered a debilitating stroke that robbed her of the power of speech. What was it like for an intelligent, articulate, imaginative woman to find herself in a world where she could no longer communicate? Speechless tells this story. It describes the often puzzling symptoms leading to the stroke; the shock, then denial, then acceptance of the stroke itself; the periods of hostitalisation and rehabilitation and the long journey back to a 'normal' life. The author experiences despair at being dependent on others; resentment at being judged because she is...
At the age of 43, Jennifer Gordon suffered a debilitating stroke that robbed her of the power of speech. What was it like for an intelligent, articula...
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40,98 zł |
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