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Author
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
220 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Description
More than 25 million Americans, almost 10% of our population, suffer from osteoporosis. While it is often thought of as an old woman’s disease, about 20% of osteoporosis sufferers are men and a growing number of young women, especially athletes, are being diagnosed with the disease. The good news is that we can help prevent and treat osteoporosis and its precursor, osteopenia. Exercise can increase bone density, strengthen muscles, and improve balance...
Author
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
viii, 75 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Description
An innovative step-by-step illustrated manual with over 180 color photos that offers customized exercises for every part of the body and muscle group. It features a low-impact series of exercises that can prepare you for joint surgery by strengthening muscles around that joint. A practical approach to gentle and stimulating workouts during or following physical therapy. These exercises can be performed in the comfort of your pool, spa or tub. When...
Series
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Chronic headaches, foggy brain, and even pressure behind the eyes can result from long hours at the computer and lack of mobility in the neck and shoulders. Biomechanist Katy Bowman provides a basic exercise prescription for improving circulation to the neck and head and provides tips for better typing and driving ergonomics.
Author
Pub. Date
©2011
Physical Desc
xiii, 274 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"A revolutionary fitness model developed for top athletes that promises to improve posture and transform pain into performance. A sense of fatigue dogs the fitness world. Many of the new programs that are tagged as groundbreaking are actually recycled ideas. Foundation offers something completely different for novices and athletes alike: a simple program with powerful and proven results that will remedy bad posture, alleviate back pain, and help readers...
Series
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. When you hurt all over, moving hurts, but your doctor tells you that you need to exercise. Biomechanist Katy Bowman demonstrates gentle stretching exercises that will improve the flow of blood and lymph even to the extremities, reducing internal pressures, raising immunity, and improving muscle strength.
Series
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. When your doctor recommends exercise, they are usually not referring to high-impact exercise, intense bouts, or even athletics. Biomechanist Katy Bowman demonstrates exercises for opening the key joints of the hips, shoulders and spine, to improve full-body health issues like hypertension and raising good cholesterol.
Series
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Katy Bowman, M.S., discusses how chronic ailments can be alieviated by altering one's movement habits. Includes five prescribed movements to improve circulation, waste removal, muscle and bone strength, and overall health. This installment in the Aligned and well series deals with strengthening maturing bones, "dowager's hump," osteopenia, and osteoporosis, focusing on wrists, ribs, hips, and spine.
Series
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Katy Bowman, M.S., discusses how chronic ailments can be alieviated by altering one's movement habits. Includes five prescribed movements to improve circulation, waste removal, muscle and bone strength, and overall health. This installment in the Aligned and well series deals with improving physical balance, specifically focusing on agility while aging, fear of falling, independent living, fall prevention, shuffling, and weak hips.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xvii, 133 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
If sitting is indeed the new smoking, then certainly we should quit. But is sitting really the problem, or is something else going on? Is getting better as simple as kicking over your chair and standing all day in front of the same computer, under the same fluorescent lighting or is there something more to be learned from the data about how people work best? Don't Just Sit There explains why swapping one static position for another isn't taking a...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiv, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
"Jennifer Heisz shares paradigm-shifting research on how exercise affects the brain, finding that intervals of intense workouts, or even leisurely walks, help stop depression and dementia, lessen anxiety and ADHD, and encourage better sleep, creativity, and resilience. Physical inactivity is the greatest risk factor contributing to dementia and anxiety--it's as much a factor as genetics. In addition, exercise's anti-inflammatory properties make it...
Series
Pub. Date
©2011, ©2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
DVD-R. Biomechanist Katy Bowman demonstrates exercises for stretching and strengthening the muscles that keep the pelvis aligned, allowing the pelvic floor to operate less like a "hammock" and more like a "trampoline."
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 21 cm
Description
When Natalie Shelton thinks back to how things were before the car accident, she remembers a great marriage. She and her husband, Zack, seem as strong and dependable together as the houses he builds. They live in Portland, Oregon, and Natalie is co-owner of a successful accounting firm. They're happy, she's almost sure of it. Yet as Natalie lies trapped in a coma, unable to communicate though aware of everything around her, she realizes that her husband...
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