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- Unbreakable : go strong, live long, a woman's guide to aging with power / by Wright, Vonda,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."Stronger muscles and bones, increased mobility, lifelong independence, and a new mentality for aging with power -- this cutting-edge guide to nutrition, training, and lifestyle will optimize a woman's body for longevity, through menopause and beyond. Strong skeletal muscle drives healthy longevity yet too often women in particular neglect this important measure of fitness. Indeed, more than 70% of women experience musculoskeletal symptoms like joint pain, muscle loss, and reduced bone density as they enter perimenopause and menopause. These symptoms -- what Dr. Vonda Wright refers to as the "musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause" -- can often set us up for osteoporosis, osteopenia, broken bones, increasingly limited mobility, and reduced independence later in life. That trend stops now. Unbreakable outlines a new and direct path to protecting ourselves against this too-common fate. Drawing on her decades of experience as a pioneering orthopedic surgeon helping women at all fitness levels to repair their bones and regain strength, Dr. Wright gives clear action steps to shield us from the timebombs of aging in four critical categories: Exercise: Pinpointing the right combination of cardio and resistance training for you to aid in tissue regeneration and improve metabolic function; Nutrition: What to eat to extinguish inflammation, repopulate your gut biome, and support strong bones and muscle growth; Lifestyle: How to manage chronic stress, get more restorative sleep, and turn down systemic inflammation in your daily life; Supplements: What to take to target the elimination of "zombie cells" and improve your cell function. Including a six-week, master exercise protocol to jumpstart skeletal and muscular strength, critical information about baseline blood and mobility tests that will help you understand your current health state, and twenty easy, anti-inflammatory recipes, Unbreakable is an invaluable guide to adding more vibrantly healthy life to your years"--
- Subjects: Recipes.; Exercise; Menopause; Middle-aged women; Middle-aged women; Physical fitness; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.; Self-care, Health; Women; Women; Women;
- Live pain-free : eliminate chronic pain without drugs or surgery / by Albert, Lee(Neuromuscular therapist),author.; revision of:Albert, Lee(Neuromuscular therapist).Live pain-free without drugs or surgery.;
- "Proven, practical, easy-to-follow program to reduce and even eliminate chronic muscular pain through simple movements and and home care. Demonstrates how Integrated Positional Therapy (IPT) effectively treats pain patterns caused by injury, stress, repetitive strain, postural distortion and chronic neuromuscular conditions. Includes specific wellness plans for: headache, neck and shoulder pain, low back pain, thoracic muscle strain, hip pain, knee pain, tennis and golfer's elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, TMJ, plantar fasciitis, thoracic outlet syndrome, sciatica, and fibromyalgia."--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects: Chronic pain; Chronic pain; Headache; Neck pain; Shoulder pain; Backache; Knee; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Fibromyalgia; Temporomandibular joint; Sciatica; Thoracic outlet syndrome; Physical therapy.; Massage therapy.; Self-care, Health.;
- American breakdown : our ailing nation, my body's revolt, and the nineteenth-century woman who brought me back to life / by Lunden, Jennifer(Jennifer L.),1967-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."A Silent Spring for the human body, this wide-ranging, genre-crossing literary mystery interweaves the author's quest to understand the source of her own condition with her telling of the story of the chronically ill 19th-century diarist Alice James--ultimately uncovering the many hidden health hazards of life in America. When Jennifer Lunden became chronically ill after moving from Canada to Maine, her case was a medical mystery. Just 21, unable to hold a book or stand for a shower, she lost her job and consigned herself to her bed. The doctor she went to for help told her she was "just depressed." After suffering from this enigmatic illness for five years, she discovered an unlikely source of hope and healing: a biography of Alice James, the bright, witty, and often bedridden sibling of brothers Henry James, the novelist, and William James, the father of psychology. Alice suffered from a life-shattering illness known as neurasthenia, now often dismissed as a "fashionable illness." In this meticulously researched and illuminating debut, Lunden interweaves her own experience with Alice's, exploring the history of medicine and the effects of the industrial revolution and late-stage capitalism to tell a riveting story of how we are a nation struggling--and failing--to be healthy. Although science--and the politics behind its funding--has in many ways let Lunden and millions like her down, in the end science offers a revelation that will change how readers think about the ecosystems of their bodies, their communities, the country, and the planet."--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Lunden, Jennifer (Jennifer L.), 1967-; James, Alice, 1848-1892; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Diagnosis; Discrimination in medical care; Women authors, American; Women; Women's health services;
- The Guinea Pig Club : Archibald McIndoe and the RAF in World War II / by Mayhew, E. R.(Emily R.),author.; Mayhew, E. R.(Emily R.).Reconstruction of warriors.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."The history of the Guinea Pig Club, the band of British, Polish, and Czech airmen who were seriously burned in aeroplane fires, is a truly inspiring, spine-tingling tale. Plastic surgery was in its infancy before the Second World War. The most rudimentary techniques were only known to a few surgeons worldwide. The Allies were tremendously fortunate in having the maverick surgeon Archibald McIndoe nicknamed "the Boss" or "the Maestro" operating at a small hospital in East Grinstead in the south of England. McIndoe constructed a medical infrastructure from scratch. After arguing with his superiors, he set up a revolutionary new treatment regime. Uniquely concerned with the social environment, or "holistic care," McIndoe also enlisted the help of the local civilian population. He rightly secured his group of patients dubbed the Guinea Pig Club--an honoured place in society as heroes of Britain's war. For the first time, official records have been used to explain fully how and why this remarkable relationship developed between the Guinea Pig Club, the RAF, and the Home Front. First-person recollections bring to life the heroism of the airmen with incredible clarity."--
- Subjects: Biographies.; McIndoe, Archibald Hector, Sir, 1900-1960.; Guinea Pig Club.; Great Britain. Royal Air Force; World War, 1939-1945; Plastic surgeons; Airmen; Disabled veterans; Surgery, Plastic; Burns and scalds;
- Taking care of ourselves / by Wilson, Jeni.; Davis, Sue(Children's author); Thomas, Bill.;
- Photographs and simple text explain how children can take care of themselves by developing good habits of eating, resting, hygiene and exercise.LSC
- Subjects: Health; Children;
- The care & keeping of you : the body book for younger girls / by Schaefer, Valorie Lee.; Masse, Josée.;
- "8+"--p. [4] of cover.LSC
- Subjects: Preteen girls; Grooming for girls; Girls;
- © c2012., American Girl Publishing,
- It's my body / by Gravel, Elise.;
- Bodies come in all difference shapes, sizes, colours, and abilities. We all have one, and we all have the right to feel good about it, the responsibility to take care of it, and the duty to set and respect boundaries. From beloved children's author Elise Gravel comes a book all about the body: how to feel good about it and how to take care of it. Endearingly illustrated with Elise's signature quirky monster characters. Gently addresses body autonomy and consent.LSC
- Subjects: Body image in children; Children;
- Floored : a woman's guide to pelvic floor health at every age and stage / by Reardon, Sara,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.Too many women put up with pelvic floor discomfort, thinking their symptoms are "just part of motherhood and aging." And for far too long, the American health care system has normalized pelvic problems, leaving women feeling hopeless, ashamed and suffering in silence. Board-certified pelvic floor physical therapist Dr. Sara Reardon helps women prevent and overcome common pelvic floor issues so they can trust and enjoy their bodies again. Floored is a rallying cry for women's health and the authoritative guide for the pelvic floor, a critical group of muscles involved in day-to-day functions from peeing and pooping and sex and childbirth to menstruation and menopause. Whether you're navigating postpartum recovery, seeking relief from urinary incontinence or aiming to enhance sexual pleasure, this comprehensive resource provides the insights and strategies every woman needs.
- Subjects: Gynecology.; Pelvic floor.; Pelvis.; Women;
- Lawless : abortion under complete decriminalization / by Paynter, Martha,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."Canada is the only country with complete decriminalization of abortion: no gestational duration limitations, no parental consent obligations, and no waiting periods. In recent years, other countries (New Zealand, Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico) have made strides toward this, while the United States has notoriously lost ground. Amidst the tumult, nurse and scholar Martha Paynter uses historical context and contemporary issues to explain why experts advocate against laws governing abortion. Despite decriminalization, Canadian federal and provincial legislation and regulations about health funding, delivery, and human rights all shape how abortion care is delivered. Barriers persist in uneven access, unclear information, and belief-based denial of care. In accessible plain language from the expansive perspective of a clinician, researcher and activist, Paynter describes abortion policy, practice and experience and discusses how to resolve challenges that continue more than three decades after Canada became the world's most legally progressive jurisdiction for abortion."--
- Subjects: Abortion; Abortion; Abortion; Abortion; Reproductive rights; Women;
- How to be well : navigating our self-care epidemic, one dubious cure at a time / by Larocca, Amy,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."A groundbreaking cultural, political, and personal exploration of the multi-billion dollar wellness industry and the ways it's shaping our thinking about health and self-care. Peleton. Pilates. Biohacking. Colonics. Ashweganda. Today, the wellness industry is a $3.7 trillion dollar behemoth that touches us all. In this urgently needed book, journalist Amy Larocca peels back the layers behind the movement and reckons with its promises and profits. How did we get here and how did the idea of wellness become integrated with women's lives? How to Be Well takes readers into the communities that swear by their activated charcoal toothpaste and green juice enemas, explaining what each of these practices really are -- and what the science says. Larocca holds a magnifying glass to alternative medicine and nouveau lifestyle prescriptions, delivering an incisive assessment of how the wellness industry embodies our (gendered, class-based, racialized) perceptions of care and self-improvement, and how it preys upon our unshakeable fear of the unknown. She traces the history of how the beauty and fashion industries has peddled snake oil to women for decades -- and why we keep coming back for more. A nuanced portrait of the weird world of wellness, How to Be Well lays bare the ways in which the simple notion of caring for oneself has become a seriously big business"--
- Subjects: Health products; Health promotion; Women; Women;
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