The Healthy Body Handbook; A Total Guide to

Consumer text covers the basic structure and function of the musculoskeletal system written in easy-to-understand language. Includes detailed advice regarding various exercises and the appropriate regimen of stretching and strengthening for avoiding common physical injuries. Softcover.

Stuart Apfel is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a Medical Director at Purdue Pharma.

Preface

11

(2)

The Musculoskeletal System

13

(13)

Soft and Hard Tissue Injuries

26

(5)

Fatigue and Injury

31

(5)

Pain and Inflammation

36

(8)

As We Get Older

44

(7)

Foot, Ankle, and Leg

51

(46)

Your Feet

52

(11)

Plantar Fascitis

63

(8)

Achilles Tendon Injury

71

(13)

Ankle Joint Sprain

84

(7)

Shin Splints

91

(6)

Knee

97

(54)

Meniscus Injury

98

(7)

Knee Sprain

105

(11)

Arthritis of the Kneecap

116

(7)

Unstable Kneecap

123

(8)

Jumper's Knee

131

(8)

Runner's Knee

139

(6)

Osgood-Schlatter Disease

145

(6)

Hip

151

(14)

Bursitis of the Hip

152

(4)

Muscle Strain

156

(9)

Back

165

(32)

Back Strain and Sprain

166

(7)

Postural Back Strain

173

(7)

Pinched Back Nerve

180

(17)

Hand and Wrist

197

(18)

de Quervain's Disease

198

(5)

Carpal and Cubital Tunnel Syndromes

203

(12)

Elbow

215

(20)

Tennis Elbow

216

(9)

Golfer's Elbow

225

(10)

Neck and Shoulder

235

(46)

Rotator Cuff Disorders

236

(9)

Frozen Shoulder Syndrome

245

(8)

Shoulder Separation, Disarticulation, and Dislocation

253

(7)

Cervical Spine Disease

260

(8)

Whiplash Injury

268

(5)

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

273

(8)

Whole Body Conditions

281

(46)

Arthritis

282

(15)

Osteoporosis

297

(10)

Fibromyalgia

307

(5)

Putting it All Together

Remedies for Pain Relief

312

(9)

Staying in Shape

321

(6)

Index

327

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