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General information | Arthritis | Hip | Injury prevention | Knee | Osteoporosis | Patient safety | Women's health

Easy to read articles, reviewed by physicians to ensure accuracy. Here are some links (they open a new window, just close it to return):

Total Knee Replacement Part 1: How the knee works and causes of knee pain

Total Knee Replacement Part 2: Evaluation and expectations

Total Knee Replacement Part 3: Surgery and recovery

10 common questions about playground safety

Books You May Find Useful

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Strong Women and Men Beat Arthritis: The Scientifically Proven Program That Allows People With Arthritis to Take Charge of Their Disease

Exercise, particularly strength training, can restore function and reduce the pain of arthritis, as Tufts research scientists have discovered. In Strong Women and Men Beat Arthritis, the team of researchers, headed by Miriam Nelson, Ph.D., presents a home exercise program based on a study of 46 people with severe osteoarthritis of the knee. In four months, the group--who exercised in their homes with easy-to-find equipment--reported 43 percent less pain, 44 percent improved function, and 71 percent increased muscle strength.

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Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Infection Connection {Targeting and Treating the Cause of Chronic Illness}

A research scientist and former arthritis sufferer outlines a proven treatment that could banish your arthritis pain forever. This well-documented study presents evidence that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other chronic illnesses are caused by microbial infection. When the infection triggers allergic reactions, it appears that the body's immune system has turned on itself. Once the cause of the infection and allergies are identified and removed, arthritis symptoms will decrease and likely disappear as long as the body's collective systems remain in balance.

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The New Arthritis Breakthrough

"...can be miraculous for rheumatoid arthritis sufferers."-- Health & Healing, Tomorrow's Medicine Today

Ingram
This new, updated edition of the Arthritis Breakthrough, an American College of Physicians-sponsored clinical trial, examines the Minocycline in Rheumatoid Arthritis trial and all subsequent studies in close, dramatic detail.

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Cycling Past 50 (Ageless Athlete Series)

Cycling Past 50 will show you that with proper training and the right attitude, your biking years after 50 can be your best ever. Inside you’ll find:

• key training principles;
• advanced workouts for endurance, climbing, and sprinting;
• training advice for 100-mile events and multi-day tours;
• strategies for getting into racing form;
• tips and exercises for preventing injuries;
• advice on proper body fueling; and
• ideas on how to get mentally psyched to ride.

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Staying Strong: A Senior's Guide to a More Active and Independent Life

An outstanding, "user friendly" compendium of simple, at-home exercises that will help to build muscle strength, increase bone density, improve balance, and more. Designed specifically for seniors seeking to remain active and independent, the proffered programs include general strength training, prevention of osteoporosis, exercising with osteoporosis, balance and strength training, strength training for golfers, as well as exercising while in a swimming pool, sitting on a chair, or lying in bed. Staying Strong is enthusiastically recommended for personal, professional, community library, senior citizen center, and assisted living center health and fitness reference collections.

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Recovery Yoga: A Practical Guide for Chronically Ill, Injured, and Post-Operative People

Yoga to maintain good health. The entire program, based on the author's 20 years of experience as a yoga practitioner and teacher, is a positive step that people with any degree of lessened physical ability can take to promote a sense of well-being and healing. Sam Dwokis writes a personal and educational approach to managing and possibly even eliminating chronic physical problems through the study and application of yoga techniques.

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Exercises for Osteoporosis

Over 25 million Americans suffer from osteoporosis, almost 10% of our population. The disease eventually affects 1 out of every 2 women and 1 out of every 5 men. And the incidence of osteoporosis is expected to double in the next 25 years. Most physicians are now encouraging an active lifestyle to help strengthen bones and reduce the risk of osteoporosis. Although exercise will not prevent bone loss, it will increase bone density and muscle strength, cutting down injuries and increasing flexibility. Exercises for Osteoporosis is an essential book for any and all at risk for this debilitating disease. With over 100 detailed exercises for all people, at all levels of fitness and all stages of the disease, Exercises for Osteoporosis is the best preventive medicine and the right prescription for maintaining health and well-being.

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Food and Our Bones: The Natural Way to Prevent Osteoporosis

Why take hormones and supplements to ward off osteoporosis--the bone-thinning disease that many postmenopausal women worry about--when you can get calcium and other nutrients needed for healthy bones from eating the right foods? That's the message from Annemarie Colbin, a food therapist who authored a previous book, Food and Healing.
First, Colbin describes foods that studies suggest may weaken the bones, such as caffeine and tomatoes. Then she presents evidence for bone-strengthening foods, going beyond the conventional wisdom that dairy products are the best way to get dietary calcium. In fact, she writes, the Chinese vegetable bok choy provides the most calcium per calorie of any food--more than double the amount per calorie in skim milk. The book includes more than 60 recipes to help put Colbin's philosophy into practice, although many of the recipes call for ingredients such as seaweed.

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Getting Back on Your Feet: How to Recover Mobility and Fitness After Injury or Surgery to Your Foot, Leg, Hip, or Knee

Injury? Operation? Arthritis? Unique guide (and perfect gift) picks up where doctor or therapist leaves off, showing young and old how to stay independent, work, exercise, travel, have fun and cope emotionally with lifestyle disruptions such as Knee Reconstruction, Broken Leg, Joint Replacement, Diabetic Amputation, Foot Surgery, Multiple Sclerosis, Back Problems or Cancer. How to manage home, workplace, childcare, travel, wheelchair, crutches and other mobility aids.