Treat Your Own Knee (838) - Softcover

Robin McKenzie

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Synopsis

Reduce knee pain, stiffness and soreness using easy self-treatment techniques that anyone can perform at home. The most recent addition to Robin McKenzie's bestselling series of self-help books.

Treat Your Own Knee™ presents a mechanical background of knee pain, together with self-management guidelines and an exercise program for pain sufferers. Featuring the same easy-to-use, understandable format as other McKenzie handbooks, this practical text enables patients to engage in beneficial postures, activities and exercises to improve present symptoms of patellofemoral syndrome and anterior knee pain and limit future problems.

Written by Robin McKenzie. Illustrated. Softcover; 96 pages.

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About the Author

Robin McKenzie, CNZM, OBE, FCSP (Hon), FNZSP (Hon), Dip MDT, Dip MT

For over 50 years, The McKenzie Method® has put the power in the patient's hands, utilizing education and self-treatment strategies to provide long-lasting relief from pain.

The late Robin McKenzie was a renowned spinal expert and an authority on the treatment of lower back and neck pain.

His method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy® (MDT) is taught by clinicians around the world. MDT, along with his heralded series of books, DVDs, rolls and supports, has helped hundreds of thousands of people achieve freedom from back, neck, shoulder and knee pain.

From the Back Cover

This is the fourth book in the best-selling Treat Your Own series, with the first two, Treat Your Own Back and Treat Your Own Neck, being translated in to 18 different languages and selling over 6 million copies worldwide. Numerous international studies have confirmed that the McKenzie Method® allows sufferers to take control of their own pain and postural management, avoid surgery and a long-term costly dependence upon clinicians―thereby reflecting Robin McKenzie’s selfless determination to put the patient first and empower self-care.

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If you have developed knee pain for the first time you must follow the instructions and guidelines over the next several pages even more carefully. If you have any doubt about your suitability for the information in this book, we recommend you consult your doctor or physical therapist for advice and treatment, and instructions on the prevention of further knee problems.

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