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.
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This thorough and practical guide offers the kind of advice on using crutches, walkers, and other mobility aids that doctors, physical therapists, or other health professionals might not but should have given patients. Covering the wide range of injuries from simple strains to severe disabilities, it provides a variety of tips on how to cope with stairs, how to manage in the kitchen, how to sit down and stand up, etc. There are also physical and mental exercises, a discussion of all forms of rehabilitation, and hints to helpful families and friends on what not to do or say. The illustrations, appendixes, and index weren't seen, but the resource list alone is valuable.This accurate and informative book will be in demand and is, therefore, a wise purchase for any library. --Edward R. Pinckney, M.D., Beverly Hills, Cal.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Comprehensive and practical approach to the problems of those in wheelchairs and on crutches. To the reader it imparts warmth, motivation, encouragement, and understanding in a fashion that is quite rare in medical literature. -- Howard A. Rusk, President of the World Rehabilitation Fund, Inc.
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This review is from: Getting Back on Your Feet: How to Recover Mobility and Fitness After Injury or Surgery to Your Foot, Leg, Hip, or Knee (Paperback)
Very very practical ... tells you tips and tricks you would never think of. It is a book you don't think you need until you read it!!Give it to anyone you know who is facing knee, hip, foot surgery ... they will be forever grateful!
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This review is from: Getting Back on Your Feet: How to Recover Mobility and Fitness After Injury or Surgery to Your Foot, Leg, Hip, or Knee (Paperback)
I've bought this and other books regarding knee rehab etc. and found this one is great if you want to find out how to maximise the use of critches after your surgery. There is very little information on what you need to do for rehab. If your looking for a book to help you get about on crutches after surgery, it covers every thing from climbing stairs to driving!, try this one.
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Helpful and well laid out,
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This review is from: Getting Back on Your Feet: How to Recover Mobility and Fitness After Injury or Surgery to Your Foot, Leg, Hip, or Knee (Paperback)
This book is very well organized; truly helpful for dealing with my daughter's broken leg (crutches for six weeks)
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Getting Back on Your Feet is a handbook of recovery and fitness for the approximately two million Americans each year who have injuries to-or surgery on-their knees, ankles, feet, hips, and legs. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
establishing crutches, crutch skills, armpit grip, armpit pads, underarm crutches, stair lip, recovering leg, crutch life, crutch arm, counter ledge, assistive aids, crutch tips, tripod position, uninjured leg, lower slowly, mobility aids, using crutches, locking tab, sitting surface, good knee, healthy leg, shoulder strength Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cooling Cabin Fever, Taking Control, Basic Crutching, Bernie Siegel, Peak Condition, Positive Imaging New!
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Getting Back on Your Feet is a handbook of recovery and fitness for the approximately two million Americans each year who have injuries to-or surgery on-their knees, ankles, feet, hips, and legs. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
establishing crutches, crutch skills, armpit grip, armpit pads, underarm crutches, stair lip, recovering leg, crutch life, crutch arm, counter ledge, assistive aids, crutch tips, tripod position, uninjured leg, lower slowly, mobility aids, using crutches, locking tab, sitting surface, good knee, healthy leg, shoulder strength Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cooling Cabin Fever, Taking Control, Basic Crutching, Bernie Siegel, Peak Condition, Positive Imaging New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Love, Medicine and Miracles: Lessons Learned about Self-Healing from a Surgeon's Experience with Exceptional Patients by Bernie S. Siegel on page 42, page 182, and page 191
- Love, Medicine and Miracles by Bernie S. Siegel M.D. on page 42, page 182, and page 191
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