Title: The Knee Crisis Handbook: Understanding Pain, Preventing Trauma, Recovering from Injury, and Building Healthy Knees for Life
Publisher: Harmony/Rodale/Convergent
Publication Date: 2003
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1579548717
ISBN 13: 9781579548711
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Weight: 1.14 pounds

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Synopsis

Ever sustained a knee injury? Want to prevent one?

Whether you're young and actively involved in sports, an enthusiastic weekend warrior, or someone who's simply getting older and whose body is changing, The Knee Crisis Handbook by Brian Halpern, M.D. will show you how to take care of your knees. You'll learn what to do if you sustain an injury, how to prevent a repeat injury, and how to help yourself avoid injury in the first place.

Inside you'll find:

• Sport-specific knee injury prevention tips
• Advice on caring for your knees when you're young, older, or even pregnant
• What to look for when choosing a physician and physical therapist
• Treatment options, including acupuncture and other complementary medicine therapies
• Medications: what you should and shouldn't take
• What you can expect from surgery and recovery
• How to avoid surgery
• Complete exercise programs

With physical therapy strategies by Marty Jaramillo, P.T., A.T.C., C.S.C.S., and complementary medicine strategies by Robert Abramson, M.D.

About the Author

Dr. Brian Halpern is a board-certified sports medicine physician at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He is a former associate team physician for the New York Mets and the nation's first nonsurgical sports medicine fellowship-trained physician.

Laura Tucker is the coauthor of several health and medical books. She lives with her husband and daughter in Brooklyn, New York.

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