Fix My Knee (eBook)

A Guide to Preventing and Healing from Injury and Strain

George Demirakos (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
184 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-1103-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Our knees take a beating on a daily basis, even if all we ever do is sit and walk. As one of the most used and abused joints, it’s a hotspot for pain, strain, and injury. This book helps readers better understand how the knee works, how to prevent injury and strain, and how to treat it if and when the knee is in need.

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In 2015, there were roughly 10.4 million patient visits to doctors offices because of common knee injuries such as fractures, dislocations, sprains, and ligament tears. It is one of the most common problems affecting the muscles and joints of the body after back and neck pain, and is the most common site of pain and disability in the upper and lower pain and disability in the upper and lower limbs. The knee is often one of the most problematic areas of the body, whether youre focused on long distance running, sports that require plenty of cutting and sharp lateral movement, heavy lifting, or any activity thats hard on the legs. The wellbeing of your knees and the muscles around them are an essential part of your fitness goals, even if keeping them strong and supple isn't necessarily part of your program. Even people who are not involved in heavy fitness activities can develop knee pain. The truth is that if you've never felt any kind of knee pain whatsoever, the chances are good that as you grow older, you will. Our bodies tend to lose muscle and bone mass as we age, and we become more susceptible to the aches and pains that may result.When we injure the knee in some way, it naturally stops working as it should. It won't bend fully or pull quite as forcefully. That makes it hard to pick something up from the floor or pull something down from overhead. Spending hours in front of the computer becomes torture. Lifting groceries out of the car and carrying them into the house becomes an ordeal. New grandparents can't stand up comfortably to hold the baby. But neither the weakness nor the pain is inevitable. The knee can be fixed, and the pain can go away. First, there's a systematic way to cure the weakness and ends the pain. But there's also a way to prevent problems to begin with, so that you never have to lose the strength, stability, and range of motion of the knee at all. In Fix My Knee, George Demirakos shows readers how to do both. For anyone with knees, this book will show you how to keep them healthy and strong, and what to do when things go wrong.

Autor

George Demirakos is a licensed physical therapist and certified athletic therapist who has worked with the Montreal Canadiens professional hockey team, the Canadian Tennis Championships, and with athletes in the 2004 and 2012 Olympic Games. He is currently the clinic director, senior physiotherapist, and leader of the sports medicine team of the Club Sportif MAA in downtown Montreal, and has served on the Advisory Boards of the McGill Faculty of Physiotherapy, and Sports Physiotherapy Canada - the nation’s professional association for sports physiotherapists. George recently worked as a physiotherapist on the set of Mummy 3 as well as X-Men: Days of Future Past, coming out in theaters next year. He is the author of Fix My Shoulder (Rowman).

Inhalt

AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1The Knee BlueprintChapter 2Why is your knee at risk of injury?Chapter 3My knee is shot! Chapter 4The knee shopChapter 5 RunningChapter 6Getting your knee into Super Shape!This chapter will go through the prevention program of exercises. How to get your knee into the best condition of your life through strengthening, and flexibility of the knee for a lifetime. Bottom line: here’s how to avoid a rehab clinic or the surgeon’s scalpel for good as you stay strong, fit, and active.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 35 Illustrations including: - 35 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Unfallchirurgie / Orthopädie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Orthopädie
• Schlagworte: anatomy of knee • arthritis of the knee • avoiding knee surgery • increase knee strength • knee aches • knee anatomy • knee anatomy ligament • knee and leg pain • Knee arthritis • Knee arthroscopy • knee bones • knee bursa • knee bursitis • knee clicking • knee cracking • knee crunches • knee diagram • knee dislocation • knee doctor • knee examination • knee exercise • knee extension • knee extensors • knee feels loose • knee feels tight • knee feels weak • knee feels weird • knee flexion • knee fluid • knee giving out • knee giving way • knee grinding • knee growth plate • knee hurts • knee hurts when bent • knee injuries • Knee Injury • knee instability • knee issues • Knee Joint • knee joint anatomy • knee joint injection • knee joint pain • knee joint replacement • knee joint type • knee keeps cracking • knee keeps locking • Knee ligaments • knee locking • knee massage • knee meniscus • knee muscle pain • knee muscles • knee normal range of motion • knee numb and tingling • knee numbness • knee operation • knee orthopedic • Knee osteoarthritis • Knee pain • knee pain at night • knee pain from running • knee pain prevention • knee pain relief • knee pain when bending • knee popping • knee problems • Knee Replacement • knee replacement recovery • knee sprain • knee strain • knee strain and injury • knee strength • knee support • Knee Surgery • knee swelling • knee ultrasound • knee unstable • knee weakness • knee workouts • knee x ray • kne osteoarthritis • physical therapy for the knee • treatment of knee pain
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-1103-2 / 1442211032
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-1103-2 / 9781442211032