Yoga for Arthritis: The Complete Guide
Yoga for Arthritis: The Complete Guide
- ISBN13: 9780393330588
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Yoga for Arthritis: The Complete Guide
Product Description
A comprehensive, user-friendly medical yoga program designed for management and prevention of arthritis. Arthritis restricts movement; yoga increases range of motion: these two were made for each other. Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in this country, limiting everyday activities for more than seven million Americans. Drugs, surgeries, and steroids can alleviate some of the discomforts, but study after study has shown that exercise is most beneficial to most forms of arthritis, specifically low-impact, flexibility-enhancing exercises—hence, yoga. In this comprehensive and thoroughly illustrated guide, Loren Fishman and Ellen Saltonstall, who between them have seven decades of clinical experience, help readers understand arthritis and give a spectrum of exercises for beginners and experts. Broken down into chapters focusing on each major joint, there are 100 classical yoga poses and numerous imaginative and physiologically sound adapted poses, all with step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow photo demonstrations. The authors welcome readers into the philosophy and principles of yoga and show how to use yoga to find lasting relief from arthritis. 400+ illustrations.
Yoga for Arthritis: The Complete Guide
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Comments
The book is choppy..yoga is suppose to flow and this book just does not do that..the cover is much more attactive than the book..all pics in black and white.pages not glossy..and some are not that good to see….too many props to do Excersises also..The book is just ok..B.W.
Rating: 4 / 5
Very disappointing and uninpiring dvd with really nothing new to use and listen to. Of course, people with arthritis have to be careful, but then again yoga is subtle in its approach and thus books and DVDs for gentle yoga are perfectly suitable. I would recommend Rodney Yee’s beginner yoga any day.
Rating: 2 / 5
This is the best yoga book on arthritis and modifications in general. Well thought out and organized. It shows pictures of the poses at different stages of modifications with full explanations of purpose, alignment, and contraindications. I already gave my copy to a sister who needs relief from her pain and plan to replace it. Ellen saltonstall and Loren Fishman have the experience needed and articulate beautifully!
Rating: 5 / 5
This book will contains very useful sequences with clear instructions. I find that my students who have bought it and seriously practiced the parts that pertained to them (shoulder, hands and wrists, for example) got relief and increased range of motion. It is very useful for me in the classroom.
My only objection is that it claims to be a blend of Iyengar and Anusara yoga. Iyengar teachers will recognize that all that claims to be Anusara can be found in the Iyengar method–except that different language is used, like “spirals”. The bottom line is that it’s a very useful book.
Rating: 4 / 5
This book was a gift for my 81 year old mother. She has told me that she enjoys the techniques and has seen improvement.
Cathy
Rating: 5 / 5
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