Body in Action
Body in Action by Sarah Key, published by Penguin Books in 1995, is a practical guide designed for individuals experiencing aches, pains, and joint issues. This 184-page edition offers insights into maintaining a healthy skeleton through a series of stretches and exercises. The book delves into the mechanics of muscles, joints, and bones, explaining how they deteriorate over time and providing strategies to alleviate stiffness and discomfort.
Readers will find detailed advice on addressing common problem areas, including the lower back, neck, shoulders, and knees. The guide emphasizes recognizing warning signs of joint problems and outlines immediate actions to restore mobility. With extensive diagrams and illustrations, Body in Action encourages proactive management of pain and promotes a daily 30-minute strengthening routine to enhance movement and flexibility. This resource serves as a comprehensive reference for those looking to improve their health and fitness.
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For those who suffer from aches, pains, and creaky joints, this handy reference shows how to keep the body’s skeleton young and healthy. Including a series of stretches, this guide explores how muscles, joints, and bones work, how and why they wear and tear, and how to combat stiffness and pain. Treatments focus on the lower back, thoracic spine, neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles, and feet. Further advice teaches the warning signs of imminent joint problems, immediate action necessary for restoring mobility, and how to break the bad habits of a sedentary lifestyle. Extensive diagrams of the body and how-to illustrations of exercises encourage patients to actively manage their pain. A daily 30-minute strengthening regime is also outlined for continued movement and flexibility.
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