The American Physical Therapy Association Book of Body Maintenance and Repair

I am a retired healthcare professional and needed exercises to strengthen and stretch my back and neck muscles to alleviate cervical tingling and pain caused by poor posture. I also wanted safe and effective exercises based on sound science and research to improve my posture, flexibility and endurance as I am aging. Marilyn Moffat, PT, Ph.D, FAPTA is a physical therapist and the book's editorial review board consisted of physical therapists from across the country. It is an official publication of the American Physical Therapy Association.The book has excellent illustrations by Terry Boles of the correct way to do each exercise, tells you how the exercise will help you and covers exercises for the entire body. Topics covered in this 288 page book are:Part I:Chapter One: the backChapter Two: the neckChapter Three: the jawChapter Four: the shoulderChapter Five: the elbowChapter Six: the wrist and handChapter Seven: the hipChapter Eight: the kneeChapter Nine: the ankle and footPart II:Chapter Ten: postureChapter Eleven: gaitChapter Twelve: body mechanicsChapter Thirteen: body weightChapter Fourteen: footwearChapter Fifteen: strength, endurance, and FlexibilityChapter Sixteen: sportsChapter Seventeen: workPart III:Chapter Eighteen: strength and endurance exercisesChapter Nineteen: flexibility exercisesIt is well written and the instructions are explicit and easy to understand. This book along with Age-Defying Fitness written by Moffat and Lewis, also physical therapists with doctorates, are excellent and both are bargains available on amazon.com. I am very pleased with each of these books and highly recommend them for persons who need exercises to increase flexibility, range-of-motion, balance, endurance and to correct common problems involved in maintaining independence and freedom from discomfort and pain as our bodies age.

My husband bought this to use after his PT class. Very informative. The printing is rather small, may need glasses. I wish they would make a larger print for us older folks.

lots of stuff is available on the web for home exercising, but I wanted an authoritative, science-supported, expert-approved set of home stretches to help with arthritis-affected joints. The physical therapist, when a joint gets bad, always has the right exercise to help me get more mobility and feeling better. Now, for the joints that aren't so bad that I'm ready to ask for that kind of help, I can identify exercises and stretches to help improve my mobility and to strengthen the joint to relieve pain. When getting doc-prescribed PT for a shoulder, I asked the therapist if he had a recommendation for a self-help book, and he suggested this. It's exactly what I wanted. The first 165 pp are discussions of how various joints and muscle groups work, with suggestions for footwear, posture, etc., etc. The last 100 pages are detailed, well-illustrated and well-explained exercises and stretches for joints and muscles. If you're trying to do some stuff at home to prolong your body, this is an excellent choice.

All good. A great gift

Lots of knowledge good book

I personally love this book, it is everything I hoped it would be. I also purchased "Age Defying Fitness" at the same time, and this is by far the better book for me. I have a complicated medical condition, I have been in physical therapy A LOT. I have tons of old, printed sheets full of exercises, and just wanted them all in one place, within a book, where they won't get as worn out or lost, and I wanted to gain access to more exercises I could add into my daily routine. This is the perfect book for that. All of the exercises I have been given were in here, and tons more. They offer program ideas for what to do before you sit down for work in the morning, and things like that. The first part of the book is very repetitive and such, but it's worth it to me just for the exercise "database." Really happy with this, I use it almost every day.

While I have not had time to read it carefully, the book seems to be thorough and to fulfill my expectations.

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