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Yoga for Arthritis: The Complete Guide | 
 enlarge | Authors: Loren Fishman, Ellen Saltonstall
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 9444
Media: Paperback
Pages: 480
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0393330583
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.7220642
EAN: 9780393330588
ASIN: 0393330583
Publication Date: March 17, 2008
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Product Description
A comprehensive, user-friendly medical yoga program designed for management and prevention of arthritis, with over 400 illustrations.
Arthritis restricts movement; yoga increases range of motion: these two were made for each other. Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in this country, limiting everyday activities for more than seven million Americans. Drugs, surgeries, and steroids can alleviate some of the discomforts, but study after study has shown that exercise is most beneficial to most forms of arthritis, specifically low-impact, flexibility-enhancing exercises—hence, yoga. In this comprehensive and thoroughly illustrated guide, Loren Fishman and Ellen Saltonstall, who between them have seven decades of clinical experience, help readers understand arthritis and give a spectrum of exercises for beginners and experts. Broken down into chapters focusing on each major joint, there are 100 classical yoga poses and numerous imaginative and physiologically sound adapted poses, all with step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow photo demonstrations. The authors welcome readers into the philosophy and principles of yoga and show how to use yoga to find lasting relief from arthritis. Over 400 illustrations.
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Yoga With a Focus August 10, 2008
Marylyn Burridge (Albuquerque, NM United States)
I was looking for a yoga class for arthritis and getting nowhere fast when I discovered Yoga for Arthritis: The Complete Guide. The physiology of arthritis is explained in layman's terms, with the most common forms of the disease addressed succinctly. A similar approach is given to yoga in its chapter. If you already know or don't care to know this background information, you can go to the chapter featuring the poses that address the joints you want to free up. (The authors are careful to list contraindications to performing each pose.) As my reactive arthritis is most troublesome in my fingers and wrists, I have bookmarked Chapter 12, "The Wrists and Hands". I do some or all of the 11 poses daily, and find them very beneficial. The written instructions are clearly worded and the illustrations are excellent. I highly recommend this book.
Arthritis and yoga fit well: arthritis restricts movement, yoga increases range of motion. July 14, 2008
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Arthritis and yoga fit well: arthritis restricts movement, yoga increases range of motion. Here science and theory combine into a usable program to offer arthritis sufferers an opportunity to use yoga poses linked to flexibility. From the physiology of arthritis and how yoga makes a difference to exercises for all levels accompanied by black and white photos for step-by-step following, YOGA FOR ARTHRITIS is an indispensable pick for any general-interest or new age health collection.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
 Its ok but Dosen't Flow for me July 1, 2008
C. Walker (Indianapolis,IN USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
The book is choppy..yoga is suppose to flow and this book just does not do that..the cover is much more attactive than the book..all pics in black and white.pages not glossy..and some are not that good to see....too many props to do Excersises also..The book is just ok..B.W.
Profusely Illustrated - If it Aches, There is an Exercise! May 15, 2008
A. Bouck (Berne, New York United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is wonderful. It shows how to relieve pain or stiffness in your hands, your feet, your upper back, lower back, knees, neck .... with easy to understand illustrations. Forget the text (yes that is clear, written in an easy to understand and DO style) but I have to SEE what they are telling me to do. This book is a Must for anyone who has aches and pains -- or for that matter, for anyone who is thinking of getting some :)It's the best book of this type I have ever seen. In fact, I am going to buy one for my daughter just because it is great for people who need to stretch and bend and who think they are too busy.
wonderful resource for those who have physical issues March 13, 2008
Kenneth Wasserman
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
I am 64 and love yoga but i have some chronic conditions, an arthritic knee, flare-ups of trochanteric bursitis, and spinal stenosis. I was trying by trial and error to figure what yoga postures helped and what didn't, but it really helps to have a source book that tells you what you can do and what not to do. This book does that.
I have been waiting for a book like this for a long time, and as soon as it was available turned to it for help. The blessing is that you can quickly turn to an area of the body that you need to deal with, like knees or lumbar spine, and find out what to do, and every time you go back you can deepen your understanding, the book is that rich.
The pictures and explanations are clear. It's really cheap at the price. Many thanks to the authors.
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