Heal Your Knees - How to Prevent Knee Surgery and What to Do If You Need It

Informationen zum Autor Robert Klapper, M.D., is clinical chief of orthopedics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He takes pride in being a surgeon, an inventor with six patients for surgical tools, and award-winning sculptor, and a surfer. He lives in Encino, California, with his wife.Lynda Huey, a former athlete and UCLA track coach is the founder of CompletePT Pool & Land Physical Therapy in Los Angeles and the author of The Complete Waterpower Workout Book. She lives in Santa Monica, California. Klappentext Put an end to knee pain!An esteemed orthopedic surgeon and a water-therapy expert team up to tell you the essentials about your knees, get them back into shape, and prevent future pain and injury. Through careful explanation, they examine each part of the healing process--from basic function to long-term exercises--guiding you to a pain-free life.With detailed information on a variety of healing options, you will learn how to make the right decisions for your knees, understand when and why surgery is appropriate, and how simple exercise in your living room and in the pool can speed the postsurgical healing process. Inhaltsverzeichnis Ten Minutes in Water! Ten Minutes on Land; Fit Knees; Unfit Knees; Stop Hurting Your Knees; Reaching a Diagnosis: Doing Your Part; X-rays! MRIs and CT Scans; The Right Treatment: Doing Your Part; Designing Your Own Program; Before You Return to the Pool; A Pool Exercises Program for Knees; A Land Exercise Program for Knee Patients; Knee Surgery; In and Out of the Hospital; After Surgery; Glossary; Index.

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• Autori: Lynda Huey, Huey Lynda, Robert Klapper, Robert Huey Klapper, Robert L. Klapper, Klapper Robert L.
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.02.2007
• EAN: 9781590771242
• ISBN: 978-1-59077-124-2
• Pagine: 304
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Salute; Healing, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, Exercise, Popular medicine & health, prevention, Pain, INJURY, Popular medicine and health, healing process, Knee Surgery, land exercise, Robert L. Klapper, updated edition, after surgery, X rays, getting in shape, heal your knees, pain-free life, orthopedic surgeon, basic function, water-therapy expert, CT scans, pool exercise, MRIs, Lynda Huey, long-term exercises