Treat Your Own Knees: Simple Exercises to Build Strength, Flexibility, Responsiveness and Endurance
Jim Johnson has researched hundreds of scientific journal articles to find and test the simplest most effective do-it-yourself treatments for knee pain. In this compact and accessible book, he shows readers exactly how to improve and maintain the functioning of their knees by enhancing the four crucial abilities every knee must have:
- muscular strength
- flexibility
- responsiveness (proprioception)
- endurance
A chapter is devoted to each of these four functions, showing why they are essential. The reader is shown exactly how to do simple home exercises designed to restore or improve that particular ability. The last chapter is a "master plan" that pulls together all the concepts and exercises into a time-efficient exercise program. The author guides the reader effortlessly through the exercise routine.
Clear drawings illustrate the muscles responsible for knee pain and the exact way to do the exercises.
All the information is based on research trials and studies and evidence from peer-reviewed journals. The author has chosen for this book the best techniques for relieving knee pain.
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Book details
- Author
- Jim Johnson
- Imprint
- Hunter House, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Health & Fitness › Disability
Medical › Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Topics
- knee pain · strength training · proprioception · home exercises · physical rehabilitation · self-treatment
- ISBN-13
- 9780897934220 (Paperback)9781684424856 (Hardcover)
About the author
JIM JOHNSON, PT is a physical therapist who has worked full-time in a large teaching hospital treating inpatients and outpatients specializing in musculoskeletal conditions. His books include Bulletproof Your Shoulder, Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff and Treat Your Own Knees.
Johnson is certified by the American Physical Therapy Association as a clinical instructor and holds a position at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, regularly teaching physical therapy students across the United States. His books, grounded in published research and controlled trials, have been translated into other languages and sold worldwide.
When he’s not writing, Johnson works full-time as a physical therapist treating patients with a wide range of pain and mobility problems. That clinical expertise forms the foundation of all his books.
Jim lives in Snellville, Georgia.