No More Knee Pain: A Woman's Guide To Natural Prevention And Relief [Hardcover]

George J. Kessler (Author), Colleen J. Kapklein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 6, 2004

How women's hormones can affect their knees-and a natural, pain-free 12-week plan for relief.

Knee pain affects millions of Americans-and women make up the bulk of sufferers. But while it is a woman's anatomy, physiology, hormones, and habits that will likely determine when and how her knee will fail, many doctors still treat a woman's knee like a smaller version of a man's knee.

No More Knee Pain presents the first program designed especially for women. Written by Dr. George Kessler, who has helped hundreds of women heal their pain and reverse degenerative problems, this is the definitive book on female knee pain. Focusing on the structural and hormonal issues that bring about knee problems in women, No More Knee Pain is a groundbreaking new approach that shows women how they can at last find relief-without drugs or surgery.

Includes information on:

€ How unbalanced hormones can take a toll on the joints and what to do about it
€ The anatomy of the knee
€ What mainstream medicine offers women with knee pain-and what it doesn't
€ Nutritional supplements
€ What to eat to ease joint pain
€ Exercise dos and don'ts
€ Mind-body factors
€ Body mechanics, posture corrections, and knee exercises that really work-in just a few minutes a day

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

George J. Kessler, D.O., has a private practice in general and complementary medicine and pain management in New York City. He is an attending physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Campus, a clinical instructor in medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and a clinical assistant professor at the New York College of Osteopathic medicine.

Colleen Kapklein is a writer specializing in health. She is the co-author of The Brain Chemistry Diet, The Hormone Solution, and The pH Miracle.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Hardcover; 1 edition (April 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425194000
• ISBN-13: 978-0425194003
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #629,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #68 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Exercise & Fitness > Injury Prevention

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent basic guide, November 10, 2004

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This review is from: No More Knee Pain: A Woman's Guide To Natural Prevention And Relief (Hardcover)

In No More Knee Pain, women receive an excellent basic guide to natural prevention and relief of knee pain with a 12-week program geared to understanding the anatomy of the knee, common problems of the knee in women, and what takes a toll on the joints. From eating appropriately for knee health and using nutritional supplements to considering body mechanics, posture correction and preventative knee exercises, osteopathic physician George Kessler covers all the bases.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great, holistic book on knee for men or woman, March 27, 2009

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Beach Runner (Nothern California) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: No More Knee Pain: A Woman's Guide to Natural Prevention and Relief (Paperback)

I originally bought this for my girl friend. It was the second book from
George Kessler I have bought. What I found was that where he shows
where woman's knees are different than Men's knees, you learn about knees
for men as well.

He gets excellent reviews from such organizations as top hospital centers of joint diseases. I would recommend it to everyone. Better to understand the knee and prevent problems than recover. I'm a runner,
so I was especially interested in it from that aspect, my girl friend is a serious hiker in her 50s, and many of her friends can no longer hike
because of knee pain. I bought her a bunch of used copies to give to her friends. Then, I bought a copy for a specialist doctor I am seeing
who is very interested in getting involved in his holistic analysis and to keep on his shelf to recommend to his patients with knee problems.

It's also an easy read, he explains highly technical material clearly.

The author was voted the best professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, which he teaches part time.

Also get the Bone Density Diet which should be required reading for parents, when children's bones are being developed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars first-time-reviewer, August 28, 2009

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A. K. Silver (Atlanta, Ga.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No More Knee Pain: A Woman's Guide to Natural Prevention and Relief (Paperback)

Over the years, I have read many holistic health books. At times, I have also poured through medical texts. NO MORE KNEE PAIN Stands out wonderfully in the lot.

At Age 60, I still had exceptionally agile knees. I could still kick over my head; sit in a yoga position for hours; and do the can-can. But then I stepped into an oil slick. Oh well. Like many people over 50, my MRI revealed pre-existing arthritis, so as I hobbled along, doctors insisted I was doing quite well for my age.

I have just completed a round of physical therapy, sponsored by a local hospital. I did improve somewhat during the therapy - although I also experienced problems with the previously uninjured knee and a resurgence of an old back problem. I was still left with the decision of whether or not to undergo arthscopic surgery.

In reading NO MORE KNEE PAIN, I learned more about physical therapy than I learned during 17 or 18 sessions. I also learned how to avoid doing the exercises without injury. (I do wish at-home alternatives were presented for the exercises that require a specialized machine.) All in all, I obtained an excellent overview of traditional therapies, of holistic therapies, and of the knee as an integral part of an operational body.

I dearly love BALCH as a reference book. But after having read a couple of hundred holistic medicine books, I think NO MORE KNEE PAIN is probably the best book I've read, in combining traditional medicine and natural medicine in a concise, readable form.

Thank-you very much Dr. Kessler. I have never taken the time before to comment upon a book. But I now know how to improve my knee, and I am very grateful.