Arthritis: What Exercises Work: Breakthrough Relief for the Rest of Your Life, Even After Drugs and Surgery Have Failed Kindle Edition

This has been so helpful, I plan on sharing this book with my orthopedic surgeon. I wish they would share this information with their patients first before telling us to get shots. Shots have not been helpful. This book really has. If you have OA,of course see your doctor before starting any exercise program, and invest in this. Follow the stretching protocol. I have found that doing these exercises has been able to make cardio doable.

A somewhat older book, but the info in it is still relevant. I have had hand arthritis for 30 yrs (am in early 60's), and many of the exercises were the same as what my hand therapist did for me. I also do Pilates, and many of the stretches done in that class are also presented here. The explanations are very clear, as well as the illustrations. Am happy with my purchase!

I bought this book when my doc misdiagnosed my knee issues as arthritis. Interestingly enough, many of the exercises are the same as I was given by my PT post surgery. I think this is a very nice kindle book with easy to understand exercises. No special equipment needed. It was short, which makes it readable. To earn five stars it would need to be more extensive, but all and all, a very readable, and useful guide.

This is a well written, easy to understand course on how to recover a good range of motion in all joints, especially including those affected by arthritis.

Why? Has both pictures and description of movements and most important for me was that these exercises were suitable for people whose arthritis was quite severe and had not exercised as much as they should have-like mum mum! So we were able to select the right exercises for her and there were a number of different exercises for hands, legs, back, hips, hands, shoulders....this is sooo much better than some of the DVDs where the people demonstrating the exercises did to have arthritis or to severe at all. This is a great book to work with loved ones or for yourself, very gentle and effective.

I suffered for 8 months with inflammatory arthritis in my knees. I saw doctor after doctor, had test after test. The only solution was Celebrex which gave me chest pain. I got this book at our library out of desperation; I felt too young to lose my mobility. I'm thrilled to say these exercises were outstanding and really DO help.Best of all, the are at least half a dozen helpful exercises for every joint area in the body starting at the top and going down - even the jaw is covered.My husband started the exercises for back & jaw (he's got TMJ) and they helped him as well.I can't thank the authors enough for compiling such an honestly helpful book. How refreshing to actually find something that does what it says it does. THANK YOU. I have some relief in life finally.

This is worth the investment. The exercises are most helpful and designed to target all the joints. Of particular interest is the Forward, which is written by Professor John H. Bland, MD. You can view it by clicking on the Kindle version. That, alone, offers a lot of hope and encouragement for arthritis sufferers. Good luck and good health!

The book has a few good points but mostly rambles.

First, this book is in excellent condition. It was published in 1993 and is the size of a trade paperback. The ink drawings are clear and support the text, and the stretches and exercises are doable for those who are mobility impaired and out of shape (me).The instructions focus on gently getting started and how to gradually improve, which is damn hard to find in a book. Most go from “how to start” to “keep it up! You’ll feel great” which does not consider the uncertainty, frustration, and the tendency to overdo things resulting in injuries (again me).There are chapters on tracking your progress and pros and cons of different exercises (ex. swimming and biking) but I haven’t read them yet as I’ve been busy testing the stretches and saying “Hey, I can do that”! I recommend this book to everyone who are tired of hurting, tired of being stiff, tired of having no stamina, tired of having no strength, and tired of being tired. It’s September now, and next spring - gardening!

Like the suggestion of exercises to do, will try them

Not bad