A comprehensive, user-friendly medical yoga program designed for management and prevention of arthritis. Arthritis restricts movement; yoga increases range of motion: these two were made for each other. Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in this country, limiting everyday activities for more than seven million Americans. Drugs, surgeries, and steroids can alleviate some of the discomforts, but study after study has shown that exercise is most beneficial to most forms of arthritis, specifically low-impact, flexibility-enhancing exercises—hence, yoga. In this comprehensive and thoroughly illustrated guide, Loren Fishman and Ellen Saltonstall, who between them have seven decades of clinical experience, help readers understand arthritis and give a spectrum of exercises for beginners and experts. Broken down into chapters focusing on each major joint, there are 100 classical yoga poses and numerous imaginative and physiologically sound adapted poses, all with step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow photo demonstrations. The authors welcome readers into the philosophy and principles of yoga and show how to use yoga to find lasting relief from arthritis.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 12 reviews)

Rocks your yoga world!! But poorly-named!! by yogagirl (USA)

5 Stars
May 07, 2009
I have bought countless "huge" yoga books that have yielded very little of those special little nuggets that rock my yoga world. This book is so full of amazing little variations on traditional poses and some new poses altogether.

Even if you/your students don't have any health issues, the poses and instructions given in this book bring new life to old, worn-out boring poses (variation breads awareness!).

Not only is this book chock full of useful instructions, health info and safety tips, but the info is presented in the most straightforward, succinct way that you don't have to weed through a whole lot of text that may or may not pertain. No space is wasted.

No, I swear I'm not related to the author! I'm just grateful for a well-thought out, succinct, and incredibly useful book for yoga therapists.

My only negative is the title... this book is so NOT just for arthritis!! It is for all different health issues,... and for no health issues.

Yoga by C. Radloff-Sanderson (Seattle, WA USA)

5 Stars
March 30, 2009
This book was a gift for my 81 year old mother. She has told me that she enjoys the techniques and has seen improvement.

Cathy

Great book, especially for yoga teachers by Houston yogi (Houston, TX)

4 Stars
February 17, 2009
This book will contains very useful sequences with clear instructions. I find that my students who have bought it and seriously practiced the parts that pertained to them (shoulder, hands and wrists, for example) got relief and increased range of motion. It is very useful for me in the classroom.

My only objection is that it claims to be a blend of Iyengar and Anusara yoga. Iyengar teachers will recognize that all that claims to be Anusara can be found in the Iyengar method--except that different language is used, like "spirals". The bottom line is that it's a very useful book.

Great tutorial for beginning Yogis - not limited to arthritis sufferers by Patricia Brune (Connecticut, USA)

5 Stars
December 31, 2008
I purchased this book upon recommendation from a yoga group I post with online, and am finding it to be a good resource - and not necessarily limited to athritis sufferers. The book comprehensively covers almost every area of the musculoskeletal body with plenty of anatomical drawings. It's good to peek inside this body we walk around in before trying to stretch it out!

I recommend it for beginners or anyone dealing with the pain of arthritis most because of the pre-poses and propping options offered throughout the book. I've personally been using the hand/wrist exercises and having good results.

Tools for success by J. B. Austin

4 Stars
November 24, 2008
I have arthritis in my knees and hips. I find the layout and directions easy to follow.

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