Product Description

TREAT YOUR OWN KNEES is a handy easy-to-use book written by a physical therapist who reviewed hundreds of scientific journal articles and studied their practical applications to find the most simple and effective do-it-yourself treatments for knee pain. Using drawings and illustrations that clearly depict the correct way to perform the exercises and the exact muscles responsible for knee pain. The reader will also gain knowledge of how to improve and maintain knee function by enhancing the four crucial abilities every knee must have: · Muscular · Flexibility · Responsiveness · Endurance A chapter is devoted to each of these four abilities showing what it's role is in maintaining movement and knee health and why it is essential. The last chapter is a 'master plan' that pulls together all the concepts and exercises into a time-efficient exercise programme.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #100703 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 116 pages

About the Author
Jim Johnson, P.T., is a physical therapist who has spent over fifteen 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 including The Multifidus Back Pain Solution, The No-Beach, No-Zone, No-Nonsense Weight Loss Plan: A Pocket Guide to What Works, The Sixty-Second Motivator, Treat Your Own Rotator
Cuff, and The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution.
Cuff. 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 large teaching hospital and writing books, Jim Johnson is a certified Clinical Instructor by the American Physical Therapy
Association and enjoys teaching physical therapy students from all over the United States.

Customer Reviews

Excellent
Great little book and more than worth the small price.

The book emphasises that this is good for by far, most knee problems (including arthritis - which I dont have as far as I know). My left knee, the bane of my hiking life, is much stronger and healthier feeling than it has for a long while and I still only am 4 weeks through the 8 week program.

The exercises are simple to do, take little time and need no specialist equipment (unless you call a pillow, specialist?).

I would suggest that you do the pillow-based exercise, before
you go to sleep, in bed, as Ive found it leaves my knee slightly sore for a few hours afterwards (by being in bed you omit this issue)! Plus the sleeping rests your leg thoroughly - which in itself is part of the fixing process.

I can now concentrate on walking several miles every weekend, without worrying about hobbling back.

Also a quick thanks to Amazon, as I wouldnt have purchased this book if I hadnt done a search on 'knees' and read the reviews. I would, therefore, still be suffering!

Prehabilitation and rehabilitation.
The title really says it all. Indeed the book does tell you exactly how to treat your own knee and spends time telling you why you need to do these exact five exercises based on much current research. You can use the book to treat knee pain, but as I see it, the exercises which are aimed at improving the function of the knee, will also help PREVENT knee pain- something I'm very interested in as a competative soccer player. Also worth mentioning is the fact that the treatments are adaptable to different levels of fitness so both your grandmother with arthritis or your friend that just ran a marathon can benefit equally from the book.

in the words of victor meldrew...........
'I dont b...... believe it!' Why didnt i find this book years ago?????!!!!. It is a small easy to read book which i skim read within an hour and the one simple exercise (non painful - you need a cushion to do it) and stretches immediately...yes immediately gave me some much needed respite from pain i have had in both knees for years. The author hit the nail on the head straight away by saying most people dont have the time to visit a therapist or just stop doing those things which tend to niggle an old injury. I have just started on a fitness regime and man do my knees give me some jip. But again the simple exercise and stretches helped relieve the pain within the hour.

What the hell, for a few pounds what can you lose, just buy it and try it. Hope it helps you as much as it helped me. Good luck