Breezy prose, but a sound and reasonably thorough home resource for the casual athlete. In his practice, orthopedist Feldman (director of sports medicine at New York’s St. Vincent’s Hospital) sees a lot of what he terms “the athletic equivalent of cognitive dissonance—people, who for reasons of ego or ignorance misjudge the capabilities of their bodies to perform.” The resulting overuse or extreme sudden effort leads to injury. Feldman has found that 90 percent of all sports injuries are the same in terms of damage done, injury signs, and recovery rate—and can be reliably self-diagnosed and safely treated at home. Feldman covers each of eight commonly injured body parts: shoulder, hip/thigh/groin, elbow, hand/Wrist, spine/back, knee, foot, and ankle. Initial assessment of the injury has two parts. First is determining its severity: visible deformity, limited range of motion, extensive swelling, severe weakness, or a loud “pop” at the time of injury are signs to head for a physician. Otherwise, one can go to step two, a five-question series that diagnoses the most likely musculoskeletal injuries for each given body area; then it provides the appropriate treatments and rehabilitative exercises. Feldman gives credit to medication, yoga, massage, and acupuncture as being often appropriate for both prevention and treatment. Surgery, he emphasizes, is not always an answer. Finally, Feldman offers some advice on orthotics, nutrition, special conerns of women, and new developments in treating sports injuries. A saavvy, well- organized reference. (80 b&w photos, 2 color illustrations)
Pub Date: April 19, 1999
ISBN: 0-312-19905-8
Page Count: 208
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 15, 1999
A wide-ranging, thorough reference to the disease and its management, this reflects the medical establishment line that diabetes, while a serious nuisance, is a manageable disease. Touchette, writing for the American Diabetes Association, offers an encouraging message: “Living well with diabetes simply means living well.” In short, she counsels, it’s a matter of learning to keep healthy blood glucose levels by balancing food intake and physical activity with medication. To that end, section one of this guide offers a series of flow charts designed to aid decision-making in the event of symptoms ranging from nausea and dizziness to chest pain and seizures (for the latter, all charts advise getting emergency help immediately). Touchette’s second section, “Problems of Diabetes,” offers help with a comprehensive list of difficulties in medical management and daily living, beginning with “Solving Monitoring and Testing Problems.” Throughout, the attitude is that all this can be handled—but some readers personally familiar with the disease (see Butterfield, above) will take issue both with that bright attitude and with the bottom line as presented here. “By controlling blood glucose levels, you can prevent many of the complications of diabetes down the road, and can also prevent emergency situations from arising.” Nonetheless, this section does provide an alert to the myriad problems that may arise. All in all, an accurate, comprehensive reporting of the current mainstream medical view of diabetes management.
Pub Date: Aug. 1, 1999
ISBN: 1-58040-009-4
Page Count: 520
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15, 1999
ARTHRITISAlternative Medicine Definitive GuideZampieron, Eugene & Ellen Kamhi with Burton Goldberg
Pub Date: Dec. 1, 1999
ISBN: 1-887299-15-7
Page Count: 416
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 15, 1999
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