Yoga for Arthritis: The Complete Guide
A very helpful tutorial book tool and wonderful resource. It's great guide for yoga teachers and students or yogis beginners. Great tutorial not limited to arthritis sufferers, spot on for arthritis and strength building, arthritis and yoga fit well: arthritis restricts movement, yoga increases range of motion.
I'm 63 and have very advanced knee arthritis. I know how powerful yoga can be as a therapy and have been struggling with Bikram yoga for a while. I can only do about half a dozen of the poses; it helps a lot but takes a heckuva lot of energy. I have wondered about its efficiency for someone with my handicap. I read "Structural Yoga" and was about to try its recommendations, untill I read "Yoga for Arthritis". Unlike the former, which is infested with woo, this book sticks to science. And verifiable results. Impressively, the authors have developed an effective treatment for scoliosis. It turns out that poses promoting spinal flexibility are contra-indicated for that condition.
I've got a ton of work ahead, but this book is so clear and so rich in detail on the poses that I can finally be confident about exactly what I'm doing.
Incidentally, Appendix III, "Alignment Principles from Anusara Yoga" explains a lot that is left unsaid in other yoga books.
Yoga book Product Details:
Author: Loren Fishman, Ellen Saltonstall
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (March 17, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393330583
ISBN-13: 978-0393330588
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 0.9 inches
Weight: 1.2 pounds
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.
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