All About Joints
How to Prevent and Recover from Common Injuries
From the acclaimed author of All About Bone and All About Muscle, All About Joints tells you everything you might want to know about your joints, how they work, how they can be injured, illnesses to which they are prone, and how to keep them healthy. The book is written for the intelligent reader who wants to better understand normal functioning of the musculoskeletal system and the injuries and ailments to which it is subject. It covers practical matters such as proper exercise and sports, the prevention and treatment of injury, arthritis and other ailments that affect our joints, and much more. Tables of instructional materials, illustrations, and numerous diagrams help readers understand the text. A list of books for suggested further reading and a handy glossary are included.
All About Joints: How to Prevent and Recover from Common Injuries will teach readers how to keep their joints healthy and strong. Between its covers, readers will find everything they need to know in order to to understand their joints, how they work, and how to keep them in top form.
"Arthritis
Exercise
The Hip
The Knee
The Ankle
The Foot
The Neck
The Spine
The Shoulder
The Elbow
The Wrist and Hand
What About the Future
Summary
A 12-Question Quiz to See If You Know All About Joints
Glossary
Suggestions for Further Reading
- Release Date: March 1, 2002
- Paperback / softback
- 248 Pages
- Trim Size: 5.75in x 8.75in
- ISBN: 9781888799569
- eBook ISBN: 9781934559024