Yoga for Arthritis: The Complete Guide
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...
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A comprehensive, user-friendly medical yoga program designed for management and prevention of arthritis. Elaine M. Lasda Bergman Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. - School Library Journal Fishman (medicine, Columbia Univ.) and yoga instructor/massage therapist Saltonstall combine their respective expertise to good effect in this useful, instructive book providing essential information about the practice of yoga and how yoga's concepts relate to the condition of arthritis. In this way, they arm arthritis sufferers with the knowledge necessary to begin the proper practice of yoga. The authors start with an easy-to-understand explanation of the affected anatomy and a brief history of yogic philosophy. They then clearly describe various asanas, or poses, meant to enhance flexibility and range of motion. After some general-purpose "All-Star" poses, remaining poses are organized anatomically (e.g., hands and wrists, knees, spine), with some repeated in other chapters. Modifications appear for various levels of ability, and photographs and illustrations clearly depict proper alignment. The physiological details and many features of the pose instructions (e.g., purpose, contraindications) make this one of the more thorough and well-written yoga guides currently in print. Highly recommended for public and academic/medical libraries.
List of Illustrations 9List of Tables 11Acknowledgments 13Authors' Note 15Introduction 21Arthritis 23Yoga 37The Physiology of Yoga 45Prelude to the Poses 52The All-Stars 58The Shoulders 96The Hips 114The Lumbar Spine 130The Cervical Spine 170The Knees 183The Sacroiliac Joints 194The Wrists and Hands 217The Feet and Ankles 232Scoliosis 248Ankylosing Spondylitis 274Appendices 298Alphabetical Index of Poses 298Poses by Chapter 303Alignment Principles from Anusara Yoga 309Glossary 313Notes 324Resources 334
\ School Library JournalFishman (medicine, Columbia Univ.) and yoga instructor/massage therapist Saltonstall combine their respective expertise to good effect in this useful, instructive book providing essential information about the practice of yoga and how yoga's concepts relate to the condition of arthritis. In this way, they arm arthritis sufferers with the knowledge necessary to begin the proper practice of yoga. The authors start with an easy-to-understand explanation of the affected anatomy and a brief history of yogic philosophy. They then clearly describe various asanas, or poses, meant to enhance flexibility and range of motion. After some general-purpose "All-Star" poses, remaining poses are organized anatomically (e.g., hands and wrists, knees, spine), with some repeated in other chapters. Modifications appear for various levels of ability, and photographs and illustrations clearly depict proper alignment. The physiological details and many features of the pose instructions (e.g., purpose, contraindications) make this one of the more thorough and well-written yoga guides currently in print. Highly recommended for public and academic/medical libraries.\ —Elaine M. Lasda Bergman\ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.\ \ \
