Kategoria BISAC: Health & Fitness >> Reference

Millions of people suffer from debilitating shoulder problems every year. With Healthy Shoulder Handbook, you can take yourself off that list. This friendly manual outlines the causes for common shoulder conditions, including shoulder impingement, rotator cuff, tendinitis, dislocation and repetitive motion injuries.

Illustrated with over 300 step-by-step photographs, Healthy Shoulder Handbook offers easy-to-follow exercises to:

- Build strength
- Improve flexibility
- Speed up recovery
-...

The SAGE Handbook of Healthcare provides an authoritative analysis of the current (and anticipated) developments in the global healthcare industries. Providing a unique perspective that interfaces between the science and business aspects, it combines information on the latest...

Anaccessible, jargon-free guide for athletes committing to improving their running at either distance

Providing valuable advice for marathonrunners, this guide focuses on both increasing competition experience and structuring more advanced training programs. Itcovers training plans and principles; evolving training programs as a runner's experience increases; methods for cross-training in other disciplines; and principles for athletes to examine the biomechanics of their running to improve performance. It also discusses the benefits of coaching, offers training case histories of...

A country's food culture and eating habits directly impact the health and well-being of its citizens. Economic factors contribute to problems such as obesity and malnourishment. This book examines how diet affects health in countries around the world, discussing how the availability of food and the types of foods eaten influence numerous health factors and are tied to the prevalence of "lifestyle" diseases. Readers will discover the importance of diet and food culture in determining human health as well as make connections and notice larger trends within multicultural, international...