Heal Your Knees: How to Prevent Knee Surgery & What to Do If You Need It

by Lynda Huey and Robert Klapper

Book Overview

An esteemed orthopedic surgeon and a water-therapy expert team up to tell you the essentials about your knees, get them back into shape, and prevent future pain and injury. Through careful explanation, they examine each part of the healing process--from basic function to long-term exercises--guiding you to a pain-free life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590771249
• ISBN13: 9781590771242
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: M. Evans and Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Book, wished I'd had it sooner.

I wish I would have had this book before I had a cortisone shot in my knee. I had no idea that the preservatives in the shot linger on in the joint forever. My doctor never discussed this with me or the other risks and I had to learn about it after-the-fact from reading this book. Needless to say, I will not be having any more cortisone shots. If you have knee problems, I can guarantee you will find a useful exercise or relevant medical advice from this book. The exercises in this book make it worth the cover price alone. It was exactly what I was looking for to rehabilitate my misaligned kneecaps and lessen my arthritis in my knees. These things can be done on my own without a physical therapist and this makes me happy to be saving money. I also never thought to ice down my kneecaps after any exercise. It makes sense, but I never thought to do it until I read this book. There is such a wealth of information here for anyone with knee problems that this book could easily sell at 3 or 4 times the price because it is such a valuable reference for those of us with knee problems. I cannot recommend this book enough. It is now in the top 10 list of "most referenced" books in my household.

Best surgeon there is

I don't own this book, but Dr. Klapper actually performed my 2nd knee surgery after a first doctor botched it. He saved my knee from being totally destroyed and he definately knows that he is talking about when it comes to taking care of your knees.

Knee Exercises

Bad left knee and I live in a ski town. These exercises work. So does the heat and cold pain relief recommendation.

The Best

Easty to read. Informative. Good exercises that were explained in detail for both land and water exercises. Anyone with knee problems should read this book. It also allayed some of my fears regarding knee surgery as he explained what to expect.

Confronting common knee problems which come with aging & use

With an orthopedic surgeon and a water therapy expert combining forces as in Heal Your Knees: How To Prevent Knee Surgery - And What To Do If You Need It, you can't go far wrong; particularly when the objective is avoiding surgery and confronting common knee problems which come with aging and use. Learn what the doctor looks for in a knee exam, how to uncover common causes of pain and seek non-surgical remedies, and how to handle surgery and recovery if it's needed. The authors assume no prior medical or self-help knowledge, and the water therapy pool exercises are particularly resourceful in Heal Your Knees.