Kategoria BISAC: Health & Fitness >> Diseases & Conditions - Musculoskeletal

Taping can be effective and simple -- all with a 2-inch wide piece of self-adhesive cotton tape. 70 proven tape applications for 160 conditions.

Athletes are wearing brightly colored tapes at sporting events like the London Olympics, Wimbledon, gymnastics meets or even out jogging.

The reason they're taping is because it's an effective way to treat a myriad of conditions like muscle pain, bruising, sore muscles, bad posture, swelling, strains, sprains, support during training, arthritic conditions, menstrual complaints, headaches and even sinusitis.

Tapes,...

The work of a sports therapist is highly technical and requires a confident, responsible and professional approach. The" Routledge Handbook of Sports Therapy, Injury Assessment and Rehabilitation" is a comprehensive and authoritative reference for those studying or working in this field and is the first book to comprehensively cover all of the following areas:

• Sports Injury Aetiology
• Soft Tissue Injury Healing
• Clinical Assessment in Sports Therapy
• Clinical Interventions in Sports Therapy
• Spinal and Peripheral Anatomy, Injury Assessment and...

2010 had been a very good year for Bruce H. Kramer. But what began as a floppy foot and leg weakness led to a shattering diagnosis: he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS is a cruel, unrelenting neurodegenerative disease where the body's muscles slowly weaken, including those used to move, swallow, talk, and ultimately breathe. There is no cure; ALS is a death sentence.

When death is a constant companion, sitting too closely beside you at the dinner table, coloring your thoughts and feelings and words, your outlook on life is utterly transformed. The perspective and insights...

75% of pain is caused by trigger points (areas of contracted cells in muscle tissue), but they are drastically under-diagnosed as the source of pain. Trigger points may refer pain and other symptoms both in the local area and/or to other areas of the body, but since over 74% of trigger points are not located in the area where you feel pain, treating the local area does not resolve the problem most of the time. The most common "referral patterns" have been well documented and diagrammed over decades of research.

The introductory chapter of this book includes general...

As you get older, osteoporosis is a big concern. Luckily, there are things you can do to keep it from adversely affecting your life. Featuring more than 100 step-by-step exercises divided into detailed fitness plans, Beat Osteoporosis with Exercise guarantees that, regardless of your current fitness level, you can radically improve all aspects of your health, including:

- Preventing bone loss
- Increasing mobility
- Avoiding fractures
- Building...

A Medicine Through Food(TM) Guide

Drugs that claim to prevent or redress bone loss can actually cause bones to crumble and break. Calcium supplements, fortified processed food, and pasteurized dairy don't work because the calcium in them doesn't reach our bones. It's a grim picture, but The Healthy Bones Nutrition Plan and Cookbook can help. Coauthors Dr. Laura Kelly and Helen Bryman Kelly, daughter and mother, have a firm grasp on the disciplines concerned with bone health, including nutrient absorption and bone metabolism. They offer readers a natural,...

Stop Back Pain. Healthier Exercise, Healthier Daily Life. The Ab Revolution is an important sports medicine method to quickly stop one major source of lower back pain, and build healthier movement into all you do.

Part I teaches how to stop hyperlordosis, a slouch that causes one of the most common kinds of back pain.

Part II uses this technique for healthy core and whole body exercise, stretch, and strength from simple to challenging, with no forward bending that hurts discs or practices bent-forward posture. Healthy core training uses neutral spine and avoids both...

Fight chronic inflammation associated with lupus and build supportive lifestyle habits. With the meal plans, recipes, and guidance in The Lupus Diet Plan you can live a healthier and happier life free of debilitating lupus flares.

More than 1.5 million Americans live with lupus, and while prescription medications offer many benefits, they also carry with them a number of side effects that can be just as painful and stressful as lupus itself. Most people are unfamiliar with the critical role that nutrition can play in soothing and healing their lupus symptoms...

Would you love to solve your back pain problems once and for all? There is hope for pain-free living

Whether you want to (1) find real and permanent relief for your back pain, (2) strengthen your back to avoid injuries and pain, or (3) move comfortably and painlessly, this book will teach you everything you need to know.

Get to the root of your pain.

Learn where the pain comes from. Identify biological, physiological, neurological, and psychological sources that can cause or aggravate...

Would you love to solve your back pain problems once and for all? There is hope for pain-free living

Whether you want to (1) find real and permanent relief for your back pain, (2) strengthen your back to avoid injuries and pain, or (3) move comfortably and painlessly, this book will teach you everything you need to know.

Get to the root of your pain.

Learn where the pain comes from. Identify biological, physiological, neurological, and psychological sources that can cause or aggravate...

Would you love to solve your back pain problems once and for all? There is hope for pain-free living

Whether you want to (1) find real and permanent relief for your back pain, (2) strengthen your back to avoid injuries and pain, or (3) move comfortably and painlessly, this book will teach you everything you need to know.

Get to the root of your pain.

Learn where the pain comes from. Identify biological, physiological, neurological, and psychological sources that can cause or aggravate...