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Plan your way to healthier, stronger knees at home, without special equipment.
Treat Your Own Knees offers an effective and complete do-it yourself program for anyone who suffers from knee pain: athletes, sports enthusiasts, elderly overweight people, those who have arthritis or damaged knee jointsor just regular people.
The simple exercises described in this book are clearly illustrated and guidelines are included for massages, relaxation techniques and heat therapy for managing pain. This book also comes with handy charts that will help you progress as you try to enhance knee mobility.
Born out of the author's physical therapy practice and research, Treat Your Own Knees is the ultimate guide to improving and maintaining:
Muscular strength
Flexibility
Responsiveness
Endurance
If you have ever felt your knees hurt while stretching rising from a chair, running, exercising or even walking- this is the book for you.
Jim Johnson is a physical therapist at Emory University Hospital, recently ranked among the nation's best hospitals by U.S. News and World Report. He is a clinical instructor who has specialized in treating musculoskeletal problems.
About the author
Jim Johnson, P.T. is a physical therapist who has spent over 28 years treating both inpatients and outpatients with a wide range of pain and mobility problems. He has written many books based completely on published research and controlled trials. His books have been translated into other languages, and thousands of copies have been sold worldwide. Besides working full-time as a clinician in a major teaching hospital and writing books, Jim is a certified Clinical Instructor by the American Physical Therapy Association and enjoys teaching physical therapy students from all over the United States.
