Arthritis Books

Yoga for Arthritis: The Complete Guide

Loren Fishman, Ellen Saltonstall

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

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A comprehensive, user-friendly medical yoga program designed for management and prevention of arthritis, with over 400 illustrations.

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. Over 400 illustrations.

How to Eat Away Arthritis: Gain Relief from the Pain and Discomfort of Arthritis Through Nature's Remedies

Laurie M. Aesoph

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Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Good contents but not well laid out 3 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

The book has excellent information on how to eat, how to fast your way to health, etc.

It's just a pity that the author didn't get assistance with the layout of the book. I really struggled my way through it and also struggle to find information that I want to refer back to. The layout needs to be a whole lot more systematic and logical.

Gout is a form of Arthritis too!! 5 out of 5 stars.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.

This book is amazing. I followed the plan and my Gout, the constant pain in my legs and tendonitus all went away within a month. I highly recommend this book no matter what form of Arthritus you have. JUST DO IT! It will not only change your life but give you your life back.

eat for arthritis 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

My wife started right away to eliminate some of the triggers that were mentioned in the book. She thought it was a quick read and gave good information.

Editorial Review:

This revised and expanded edition of the perennially popular self-help book details how arthritis sufferers can improve their conditions with the foods they eat. Using the simple dietary procedures described in this book, readers can reverse some cases of osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis without expensive drugs or equipment.

Arthritis: Fight it with the Blood Type Diet: The Individualized Plan for Defeating the Pain of Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid (Dr. Peter D'adamo's Eat Right for Your Type Health Library)

Peter J. D'Adamo, Catherine Whitney

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Excellent 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful.

This book was very helpful to me. Excellent book! This was the answer to what I was looking for, i.e. eating and drinking the right things for my blood type to not upset my stomach. I ordered 4 more books for my family and friends.

Enticing 4 out of 5 stars.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Not the depth of some of Dr. DaDamo's major books but very adequate for someone with Arthritis. From here, someone, if interested, can dig deeper if they feel their arthritis was helped.

Fibromyalgia sufferer is helped 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I have been suffering from Fibromyalgia for over 15 years. Once I went on the ER4YT diet, my over-all health improved vastly... except I still suffered occasionally from Fibromyalgia. I bought this book, followed the diet & went on the 12 week arthritis protocol that he recommended. Not only did the pain subside during the 12 weeks, but also for the past year it has been much more manageable. The most difficult thing was finding the supplements in the dosages that Dr. D'Adamo recommended. Through the help of the internet I found all of them - most of them from Vitacost.com. It still amazes me that after a year of going on this protocol I am still doing so well. I am an O non-secretor.

Editorial Review:

Four blood types, four battle plans to fight arthritis.

Bestselling author Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo delivers four unique, individualized battle plans for defeating the pain of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and other inflammatory conditions. A new approach to one of the most painful and debilitating health problems.

Fibromyalgia: Simple Relief through Movement

Stacie L. Bigelow

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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This caring and knowledgeable guide can

help you feel better--starting now

Fibromyalgia causes muscle stiffness and pain, debilitating fatigue, and numerous other symptoms. Most frustrating of all, people with fibromyalgia syndrome don't look sick; standard tests for injury or chemical imbalances often show nothing wrong. But if you suffer from fibromyalgia, you know that your disease is real, and so is your pain. It's natural to feel discouraged--but don't give up! In Fibromyalgia: Simple Relief through Movement, Stacie L. Bigelow--a motivational health counselor and FMS sufferer herself--gives hope to everyone with fibromyalgia with a simple program designed to help you benefit from the one thing that is known to help: movement.

"The most important key to managing muscles affected by fibromyalgia," writes Bigelow, "is to keep them moving." Drawing on new medical understanding of fibromyalgia as well as her patients' and her own experiences, she explains what the disease is and how to implement an effective plan. She shows you:
* Why traditional exercise programs are not for you
* Which activities will reduce your pain--and which might increase it
* How to balance your daily needs for healing rest and movement
* How (and whether) to use muscle conditioning to decrease pain
* How to stretch properly to reduce pain
* How to communicate your needs to family members, coworkers, and health care providers


Presenting clear and specific advice on how to use movement safely and effectively to ease the pain of fibromyalgia, this caring, knowledgeable guide will give you an optimistic new mind-set about your pain, your body, and your future.

Arthritis for Dummies

Barry Fox, Nadine Taylor, Jinoos Yazdany

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

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As early as Arthritis for Dummies's first page--a yellow tear card entitled "Cheat Sheet"--you know you're getting useful information. The cheat sheet gives quickie tips on seven helpful topics: "Before Agreeing to Surgery," "10 Ways to Manage Arthritis," "10 Arthritis Myths to Watch out For," "10 Super Foods to Help Combat Arthritis," "10 Crackerjack New Treatments," "Talking to Your Doctor About Alternative Therapies," and "Identifying False Claims for Alternative Therapies." Arthritis for Dummies explores all of these topics, and many more, in detail.

The authors, husband-and-wife team Barry Fox, Ph.D. (The Arthritis Cure, The 20/30 Fat & Fiber Diet Plan) and Nadine Taylor, M.S., R.D., a registered dietician, explain the different forms of arthritis and arthritis-related conditions and how to work effectively with your doctor. Most of the rest of the book is an easy-to-read guidebook to dozens of treatments and pain-management strategies. Rather than discussing arthritis treatment from a purely Western medicine approach, the authors also detail Eastern healing systems, lifestyle strategies (including illustrations of exercises), and alternative therapies. Everything from Ayurveda to Zyloprim is in here. A drawback is that the authors do not always differentiate between remedies that are backed by scientific evidence and those that have only anecdotal support. --Joan Price

Arthritis and Common Sense (Fireside Book)

Dale Alexander

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Total reviews: 8 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Medical Self-Help/Health

Arthritis and Common Sense, the best-selling one-million-copy classic on arthritis, is now available in paperback for the first time!

In these pages, the arthritis sufferer will find a simple dietary plan that may help to alleviate the pains and symptoms of this disease, without the use of drugs of any kind. The overwhelming success of Arthritis and Common Sense and the thousands of grateful letters that pour in to its author prove the effectiveness of his safe and sensible approach. Dale Alexander offers a list of menus, a day-by-day breakdown of meals, and a plan of good eating for an entire week. His simple, nontechnical explanations, large type for easy reading, plus helpful illustrations ensure that every reader will quickly and easily understand what Mr. Alexander believes to be the causes and effects of arthritis and learn how he proposes to obtain relief.

In the thirty years since it was first published, Arthritis and Common Sense has become the best-selling book on arthritis ever written. And it will continue to be read by arthritis sufferers everywhere, because readers tell us this commonsense method works.

Arthritis Relief at Your Fingertips

Michael Reed Gach

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Worked for me! 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.

I really enjoyed the way this book simply exlains exactly what is needed for the relief of aching joints. The pictures were helpful as well as the discriptions. I was able to benefit with good, lasting results right away. Thank You

Editorial Review:

From the Acupressure Institute of America comes the news 35 million arthritis sufferers have literally been aching for--relief without the unpleasant, risky side effects of therapeutic drugs. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs.

The Essential Arthritis Cookbook : Kitchen Basics for People With Arthritis, Fibromyalgia and Other Chronic Pain and Fatigue

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

I have mixed feelings about this book. 3 out of 5 stars.
33 of 34 people found this review helpful.

I perused this book carefully because I want information on diet and FMS. There are good definitions of FMS, but the info and recipes seem to be geared toward reducing the "inflamation" of arthritis. As I understand it, FMS is not a condition of inflamation. Thus, my confusion. For forms of inflamatory arthritis conditions it looks excellent. I'd like to note that I have seen other books that tag FMS on to Arthritis in their titles or covers and don't seem to have much specific to FMS. A selling technique, I suppose. This book is attractive and seems very good for arthritis, but not specific for FMS.

Editorial Review:

This book is outstanding and is receiving rave reviews across the country! It is on the recommended reading lists of the American Arthritis Foundation and the Arthritis Society of Canada. The Essential Arthritis Cookbook demonstrates how paying attention to ones diet can reduce pain, swelling and stiffness. Learn how to fight back against energy robbers, how to pamper and protect your joints, what shortcuts can ease fatigue while in the kitchen and how to prepare 125 highly nutritious recipes that require few ingredients and minimal clean-up. Information packed chapters cover topics including medications, kitchen layout, cooking techniques, locating handy tools, meal planning, and nutrition as it relates to arthritis. Recipes range from appetizers, soups, and salads to main dishes, breads, and desserts. Each of these low-fat, easy, and convenient recipes includes full nutrient analysis and diabetic food exchanges

Arthritis: What Exercises Work

Dava Sobel, Arthur C. Klein

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This Book Does Work 5 out of 5 stars.
84 of 84 people found this review helpful.

After checking ARTHRITIS: WHAT EXERCISES WORK out of the library for the third time in a year, I broke down and bought it. It's terrific. The exercises are tied to specific joints, ranging from the small, fingers and toes, on to shoulders, hips, knees, etc. Some you can even do in bed, but many are much more challenging--there is a range. Doing these for just a couple of weeks increased my flexibility tremendously--washing my back, tieing my shoes, and so forth much easier. And I'm a 53 year old professional female who is in "good shape" with aerobics and strength training--but the targeted flexibility/joint exercises here were new to me. I highly, highly recommend.

This book is th BEST! 5 out of 5 stars.
35 of 36 people found this review helpful.

I suffer with severe Rheumatoid Arthritis in my entire body! With inflammation in my entire body, mobility is very very limited! I tried these exercise every morning for a week. I couldn't believe how much my mobility had improved in that week. Now I do the exercises everyday at least twice a day. This book is definetly worth buying.

Editorial Review:

Based on a national survey conducted by the authors of Arthritis: What Works in which arthritis sufferers indicated exercises that helped them stop pain, this guide explains and diagrams these exercises, along with self-evaluation checklists and modifications for flare-ups.

The Arthritis Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to Alternative Therapies and Conventional Treatments for Arthritic Diseases

Craig Weatherby, Leonid Gordin

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The complete guide to available therapies for individuals suffering from osteoarthritis and other arthritic diseases. 

• The most up-to-date information on this disease that strikes one in six people. 

• Includes case histories, practitioners' perspectives, and a complete resource guide to the organizations, publications, and Internet sites devoted to arthritis. 

For those suffering from arthritis and other arthritic diseases such as gout and fibromyalgia, The Arthritis Bible is the most up-to-date and complete resource to available treatments--both alternative and conventional.  Forty-three million Americans--one in six of us--are afflicted with arthritis, yet the traditional medical community continues to offer only the limited number of treatments found within the narrowly proscribed boundaries of Western medicine. And while many alternative therapies do provide relief, too many have become victims of the "flavor-of-the-month" mentality, their true merits being lost amidst hype and unwarranted claims before adequate research has been done. 

The Arthritis Bible supplies the latest wisdom on conventional drugs, exercise, physical therapy, diet, vitamins and minerals, traditional herbs, nutraceuticals, homeopathy, and folk remedies. It also advises how to choose the right medical approach and practitioner, and includes a complete resource guide to the organizations, publications and internet sites devoted to arthritis. For anyone seeking relief from the painful and often debilitating consequences of arthritic diseases, The Arthritis Bible is a must for the shelf.