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Health & Fitness Musculoskeletal

Arthritis

How to Stay Active and Relieve Your Pain

by (author) Barbara Stokes & Antoine Helewa

Publisher
Bull Publishing Company
Initial publish date
Oct 2007
Category
Musculoskeletal
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781936693238
    Publish Date
    Oct 2007
    List Price
    $15.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781933503035
    Publish Date
    Oct 2007
    List Price
    $23.95

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Addressing the growing number of individuals who suffer from this often debilitating ailment, this indispensable reference explains how to manage chronic or acute arthritis in straightforward Language. Descriptions of the most common forms of arthritis and how they affect the body and its joints guide arthritis sufferers through the symptoms and show them how to manage their own treatment with the help of a health-care team. Self-management is emphasized and chapters cover topics such as pain management, working with health-care professionals, medication, exercise, surgery options, intimacy issues, emotional health, social interaction, and alternative treatments.

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