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The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, Second Edition
Clair Davies ,
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The first edition of this workbook is regarded as a classic in its field, and was the first book to introduce trigger point therapy to the general public as a self-care tool for alleviating chronic pain caused by a variety of conditions, including arthritis, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, headache, muscle ache, and repetitive strain injuries. As the author makes clear, all such conditions are related to lack of oxygen in exhausted or injured muscle tissue. Trigger point therapy has been used for decades by doctors, pain specialists, and massage therapists to quickly stimulate the flow of oxygen and promote rapid pain reduction. This book makes the same techniques available to the general public with instructions that are easy to follow, and abetted by an extensive collection of charts and corresponding illustrations.
The author's interest in trigger point therapy began when he used it to successfully treat his frozen shoulder. Since that time, he has dedicated himself to teaching others the same techniques. That dedication is obvious throughout his writing and the care he takes to make the therapy understandable to the lay public. Also included in this new edition is updated information that should be of great interest to pain specialists and bodyworkers, as well as useful instruction in a variety of relaxation techniques. Overall, this book is an excellent self-care resource for anyone interested in pain relief.--Larry Trivieri Jr.
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Trigger point therapy is one of the most intriguing and fastest-growing bodywork styles in the world. Medical doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, and massage therapists are all beginning to use this technique to relieve formerly undiagnosable muscle and joint pain—conditions that studies have shown to be the cause of nearly 25 percent of all doctor visits. The technique involves applying short, repeated massage strokes to trigger points, tiny contraction knots in muscle tissue where restricted circulation and lack of oxygen cause referred pain. Trigger points create pain throughout the body in predictable patterns characteristic to each muscle, producing discomfort ranging from mild to severe. Trigger point massage increases circulation and oxygenation in the area and often produces instant relief. This dynamic technique has made a huge impact among health professionals and the public alike, becoming an overnight classic in the field of pain relief. The book has sold over 145,000 copies since the release of the first edition in 2001. The second edition is a complete update and includes a new chapter specifically for massage professionals, as well as a chapter on systematic muscle relaxation techniques that can reinforce the therapeutic power of trigger point work.
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This book is a must have........2007-10-15
I have been suffering from TMJ for about 2 years now. As with everyone else with this condition, I have searched high and low for relief. While searching on Amazon for new insight I found this book and ordered it. After receiving it I immediately started reading it and concentrated on my area of pain. I have been using the techniques for about a week now and have been getting incredible results. Although I still have some pain, I am now going through times of day with none. What a miracle. Imagine spending all that money on specialists with no relief and then buying a book for $20.00 and getting better results. If you have any kind of pain, you need this book.
Helped eliminate my headaches.......2007-10-06
I knew I'd made a good purchase when I was flipping through the pages right after it came in the mail, looking at the diagrams of referred pain patterns, and saw the very pain pattern for the headaches I'd been having. It was an extremely gratifying experience to know that there was an actual cause for this weird pattern of pain on my head, and that there was something I could do about it. I also learned that my pressure points were caused by bad posture. So, with an adjustment to how I sit at my desk, and the massage techniques for my pressure points, I've pretty much eliminated my headaches.
The only mild criticism I have about the book is in its diagrams of massage techniques. They're very rudimentary and are all of an older looking man in what looks like a Speedo (and he has no eyes or mouth). As a woman, there are some of the pressure points that are more difficult to reach because of breast tissue and while the author addresses this in the text, there's not a single picture of a woman doing the techniques. I'd rather have had a androgenous figure than this man consistently through the book. On the other hand, the diagrams of the muscles and the pressure point location are very good.
Like I said - it's a minor point - the main reason to get the book is because its techniques are effective.
Trigger Point Therapy.......2007-09-23
The Trigger Point Therapy Workwork has allowed me to try to pinpoint the problem muscles in my leg and to do self-massage to relieve the pain. It has been useful and I do have to admit that I have had less pain than I did before using the workwork.
A must-have for anyone in pain!.......2007-09-20
I use this book regularly in my massage practice and recommend it to my clients often. The author uses clear and concise verbiage with graphics, describing the techniques. These therapies WORK!
I was skeptical, but it works!.......2007-09-18
I had my doubts - while reading it and especially after I started using the self-therapy method. I got tendonitis in one elbow nearly 2 years ago, and it has never completely healed to the point that I can use it like I could before the tendonitis. It's much better than in the beginning, but because I "baby" that arm, I got it in the other elbow about a month and a half ago. I've been wearing the elbow brace I got from the doctor when I got the tendonitis in the first elbow, and started the self-therapy about 3 weeks ago. In the beginning it (the therapy) hurt like h***! I just "knew" I was making it worse than it already was. But I kept at it, just like the book instructed, and low and behold suddenly it's 85% better. A week ago I still could not use a pump dispenser with my index finger on that arm without horrible pain, and today I could carry a 10 lb. object with that arm (no brace) with barely any discomfort.
When I originally got tendonitis in the first elbow nearly 2 years ago, it took 9 months to get to the point that I could use my arm without major discomfort (I wore the brace the entire 9 months), and it has just very gradually gotten better to the point it is at now. The first arm started out much worse than the second arm that I did the self-therapy on, but I was having major pain in this elbow and couldn't lift much of anything. About 3 days ago, it just felt like it was healing and now I'm not wearing the brace anymore either.
It's very important to read the first 3 chapters carefully, and then go on to read about your particular area of pain. The author explains everything very clearly and you do not need to have medical knowledge to use this book.
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This companion workbook to You Can Heal Your Life includes valuable writing exercises that teach you how to connect with your higher self.
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Louise Hay.......2007-01-07
You really should read the book and need the book for the workbook to be successful. That being said, the workbook is a great tool for a person who is dedicated to self-improvement. You really do work in this workbook.
Love Yourself, Heal Your Life Workbook.......2006-08-16
Great resource book for therapist/counselors. Good exercises to incorporate in therapy sessions.
Duplicate material.......2006-07-29
This is a very helpful book. However, it appears to be the same book as is what is now entitled "The Companion Book" which is included in the "Gift Set" by Louise Hay. The website does not clearly state this duplication, and I bought both the gift set and the workbook, a duplication. I recommend that the website make this clear.
Positive Thinking on a Wide Range of Topics.......2005-05-14
"These exercises will give you new information about yourself. You will be able to make new choices. If you are willing, then you can definitely create the kind of life you say you want." ~Louse L. Hay
Louise delves into health, fears, phobias, sex, self-esteem, money, friendship, addictions, work and intimacy issues. In her loving, caring way, she guides you through fifteen work"fun" chapters. I think this book is more fun than work. You will learn about:
1. Basic Techniques - Changing thoughts and releasing old beliefs about yourself.
2. Who Are You? What Do You Believe?
3. Health Checklist
4. Feeling Good
5. Fears and Phobias
6. Anger
7. Criticism and Judgment
8. Addictions
9. Forgiveness
10. Work
11. Money and Prosperity
12. Friends
13. Sexuality
14. Love and Intimacy
15. Your New Picture
You will find questions like: "What do you want that you are not having?" At the end of the first chapter there is a "Deservability Treatment" where you can read affirmations and perhaps extract one or two sentences for daily reflection like: "I am willing to create new thoughts about myself and about my life. My new thinking becomes new experiences."
There are many places where you can record your own thoughts about various topics like love, sex, work, money, success, failure and God. There is a place to write a story of your life and to draw a picture of your inner child.
The chapter on health might jumpstart a new healthy journey into nutrition and wellness.
If you want to pass this book along to a friend, you could also buy a small journal and make notes in the journal instead of on the pages. This book could also be used as inspiration for journal writing. This book gave me a great idea - to create an entire book just of affirmations. A lot of our self-talk can make us miserable or enlightened.
Louise L. Hay also focuses on reflection, meditation, visualization and relaxation. She presents a pathway to a more positive and fulfilling life that is filled with daily discoveries of beauty and nurturing elements. It is time to start loving ourselves more and time to heal our lives.
"Criticism breaks down the inner spirit, and never changes a thing. Praise builds up the spirit and can bring positive changes." ~Louise L. Hay
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A tapestry of Insight into Healing the Self;.......2004-09-13
As usual Louise has presented her wisdom in a easy to use insightful format. Her work over the years has gone from strength to strength and her theory of illness being a direct result of our beleifs and habits is an interesting one. While in some respects I feel this theory is only a part of the multitude of reasons for illness, it is never the less a very valid insight into how we manifest our lives. Do the exercises and I can guarantee you will learn something about yourself, and over time things will change. It takes time to restore the balance in our lives, however reading this book and doing the exercises is a part of the journey for those seeking to understand how their psychie influences their reality, and from that position it gives the reader insight through choices and awareness. Would highly recomend. TRUITY Williams from wanabelong(dot)com. Author of Book of Choices and the series Workbook of Choices,also the creator of the family board game TRUITY Choices.
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Chakras are the seven spinning energy centers of the human body that control every dimension of our physical, mental and spiritual well being. Now, Anodea Judith - one of the country¹s foremost experts on the therapeutic use of the chakra system - gives access to this subtle energy matrix, opening a powerful path for healing and spiritual growth with a complete chakra "wellness kit:" Chakra Balancing. Anodea Judith begins with a journey through each of the chakras where listeners discover their purpose, imbalances, and strengths - and learn how to balance their energies for health and awakening. This specially boxed, complete home-study course includes: a 102-page illustrated workbook providing essential information on the chakras, organized into seven lessons - one for each of the chakras, two audio CDs with seven guided audio meditations to work with each of the chakra centers, and to address their imbalances, and seven beautifully illustrated chakra cards with a visual image of each chakra, and a description of their key principles and correspondences.
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Easy to follow.......2007-08-09
This kit is wonderful and it forces you to do the work without skipping ahead, which is one of my tendencies. I have not yet finished all of the exercises, but the first exercise is incredible in helping you to get centered.
CHAKRAS - BEST overview.......2007-07-08
Chakra Balancing Kit is a follow up to Anodea Judith's "Wheels of Life" (which is a huge book but the definitive guide to chakras). This serves as an excellent introduction to learning about chakras, or serves as a refining of one's advanced understanding of chakras. Has chakra cards, photo illustrated book of balancing exercises, 2 CDs - one CD explains what chakras are, the colors and meaning attached to each chakra; the second disc explains balancing chakras. Saved it to my Ipod and computer for working out, meditating, taking a break, driving in car, etc. ONLY PROBLEM: Her pronunciation drives me crazy - "CHAKras" - not the soft "shakras" as most people say, and the Indians say (where this sciece began its evolution). Her voice is nice, her pronunciation disconcerting. Overall the kit is excellent and I am enjoying it, and giving it as gifts to persons who don't know what a chakra is.
Gloriously beautiful.......2007-03-13
This set is gorgeous from the box to the visuals it enables within the mind. I highly recommend it.
The best workbook!.......2007-02-19
I keep the workbook in my night stand and refer to it frequently. I've read other chakra books but by far this is the best. It contains a lot of good information about the chakras but what I love most are the physical exercises. I feel completely rejuvenated after performing them. Each chakra has its own chapter detailing the characteristics, suggestions for deepening your connection, psychological issues and activities for healing and balancing. It is well laid out and is spiral bound so it lays flat which makes it easy to refer to while doing the exercises.
Imaginative Exploration.......2006-06-10
Listen to the salutation to the dawn,
Look to this day for it is life, the very life of life,
In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of our existence.
The bliss of growth, the splendor of beauty,
For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well spent makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day.
Such is the salutation to the dawn.
~Sanskrit Salutation to the Dawn
With a workbook and guided visualizations, Chakra Balancing becomes a healing practice that incorporates sun salutations from Yoga and inner journeys filled with moments for imaginative exploration.
Includes:
Workbook
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The first CD guides you through the Chakras and explains the function of each charka and explores the charka system as a whole. The second CD has Morning and Evening Practices that include flowing yoga movements. Guided meditations help you fall into a deep sleep and the guided exercises help you meet the dawn.
The workbook guides you through more details like lists of excessive, deficient and balanced characteristics. You are always moving towards physical health, comfort, stability and presence and away from excess, fear, anxiety, disconnection and restlessness.
"The sixth charka opens to the archetypal realm. Archetypes are like blueprints from spirit imprinted on the psyche. They represent major categories of manifestation, the original patterns from which things are made. Archetypal energies often run our lives, consciously or unconsciously." ~ pg. 68
Chakra Balancing beautiful journey through the Chakras that is easy to understand and apply to daily life. It only took me one experience with Yoga and Chakra Balancing to become a believer. This truly does work and by wandering about in your inner world, you disconnect from stress and release into a world that seems a dream. For moments at a time you are blissful, in a space of almost illuminated peace.
~The Rebecca Review
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Good, buy expected more........2003-09-18
I thought the book was very interesting. I good start. I was expecting it to be a little more in depth on the face reading. Instead, there was more about macrobiotics than I expected. It was somewhat of an advertisement for this topic. Otherwise, I found it to be very helpful.
Recommended Introduction.......2003-02-13
This rudimentary book explicates and interprets lines and configurations of the face, hands, and body areas, as well as voice and handwriting, according to macrobiotic principles of dietary consumption which have their roots in Oriental medicine.
Your face never lies.......2000-06-24
Great book, helps in early detection of disfunctions
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For the last twenty-five years, Dr. James Gordon has pioneered an approach to healing that synthesizes the best of modern scientific medicine with the best of the alternative techniques. Here he leads us step by step through convincing and absorbing case studies of the successful use of these alternatives, presenting clearly and simply the scientific basis for them. He also shows us how each of us can incorporate alternative therapies as an integral part of our health care and our daily lives.
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Intelligent, pioneering work - highly recommended!.......2005-02-07
For those open to a broader way of looking at healthcare that combines the best of traditional modern western medicine with alternatives, this book suggests a new way. I found it to be inspiring, insightful and bold. It deserves to be widely read and contemplated - particularly by those in the medical profession and by those who would like to reclaim more control over their lives and their state of health.
Gordon provides an interesting primer on several of the more popular alternative healing modalities, along with examples of what kinds of ailments they may be most appropriate in treating. He also provides many useful and colorful examples of doctors challenging and encouraging patients to change their lives in ways that can profoundly improve health (e.g. through changes in eating, exercise, breathing, relaxation, self-awareness and expression, social-emotional support, etc). How many MDs dare to go here, and what could be more sensible and empowering??!!
And, by the way, he does not - as one reviewer suggests - blindly endorse alternative therapies. He points out that many alternatives can be used to intelligently complement what classic western medine offers. At the end of the day, it's really about being open to understanding and responding creatively and intelligently to all the factors that influence our health. Self awareness is a key piece of the puzzle. Read it and improve your health and your practice!
Useful and informative book from highly-regarded authority.......2001-10-24
Jim Gordon's book is useful for those looking for a complement or alternative to traditional western medical practice. Appointed by President Clinton to chair the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, he is considered an authoritative figure in the field.
As more and more people become disenchanted with the limitations of "western" medical practice, the need for accurate information on the myriad of non-traditional medical options will become more important. The statement of the first commentator above referring to alternative medical care as a "fad" and a Gordon as a "fraud" is typical of the unwillingness of the medical establishment to even consider non-traditional medical practices, many of which do have academic research to back them up, particularly as preventitive measures. But you can't blame the medical establishment, including the drug companies, for not wanting to rock their multi-billion dollar boat. After all, there is a lot more money to be made in expensive treatments, such as chemotherapy, surgery, and patentable drugs, than in affordable and natural preventetive methods which intergrate and emphasise lifestyle prevention such as good nutrition and stress management.
It is for those whom the established medical techniques have been a failure that Manifesto for New Medicine will be most insightful.
Absolute fraud.......2001-05-15
Gordon's book, "Manifesto for a New Medicine," finds no reason to doubt any alternative therapy. My personal favorite is his discovery that hypnosis can "cure warts, and increase breast size." (from Bob Park of American Physical Society).
Just seek proper medical attention. The complementary/alternative medicine craze will die inevitably, as the fact that it is useless becomes undeniable. There is no evidence that any of these therapies are helpful, and they may even be harmful.
Thoughs For Our Futures As Better Healthcare Consumers.......2000-07-14
Dr.Gordon's book was referred to me by a Ph.D. in genetics, the second woman to present at the Sorbonne. Mdme. Curie was first! At the time I just beginning my battle with breast cancer, and frustrated trying to acquire a competent, purposeful, ethical, and loving team, willing to accept me as an equal member! That was four books ago -I've loaned them out and somehow they seem to adsorb into the bodies and minds of those to whom I loaned them. They have not been returned; however, I have decided they should have been a gift to begin with.
Dr. Gordon's thorough and conscientious review of the different modalities available to increase, intensify, complement, and/or impact on the mind-body connection is comfortable reading. There is no question that in this book the doctor is paving the way for the the long overdue paradigm shift in medicine: the male medical model. A model that has been said will change for at lest the last forty years, and it hasn't budged, except in area where there has been strong public input, and therefore supported the initiation of the manifesto for a new medicine. This was especially apparent in from 1960-1974 when parents fought and organized for family-centered maternity and child care: human childbirth experiences with a prepared couple;husband attending the birth; family reunion post partem, including the mother's other children. The first excellent model of this was at Kaiser in California, which in the 70s had a central nursery so parents could have their babies in their room all they wanted or leave them to the safety of the nursing staff. Of course, the Mennonite hospital in Kansas had been doing this for 100 years! But, it took the public to bring this to an everyday option; not that the applied science of obstetrics has improved incrementally, (though technologically lives may be saves more easily) because parents both knew what was suppposed to happen, prepared to participate.
One must think, and feel strongly enough about the new medicine Dr. Gordon is writing about, and/or get an advocate to help them to seek and demand a partnership in their care, the health care "system" we have today can only decline further.
In the end, we are all patients. There is technology and treatments available now to cure! And, as Dr. Godon emphasizes complementary alternatives that individuals, find effective.
Dr. Gordon's book takes one to a new level of consciousness, and is a must in everyone's personal library, and reading clubs!
Just read it.......2000-04-19
Dr. Gordon speaks from a vast experience in both traditional allopathic medicine and alternative health care. He knows what he's talking about, and he makes a huge amount of information accessible to all. He writes from personal experience as well, which lends humanity and compassion to his work. If you ever get a chance to hear him speak, jump on it. The book is a great start to a new way of thinking about illness and wellness and how we can get our doctors to help us best.
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- Best of all the MANY books about lupus
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Discover Exciting New Ways to Manage Lupus
Now you can take control of lupus and begin living a healthier, better life—today! This thoughtful, cutting-edge book can help you manage the flare-ups, symptoms, and side effects of lupus and put you back on the path to a more enjoyable, active lifesyle. Inside is compassionate, practical, and immediate guidance for anyone affected by lupus, including:
·Promising alternative therapies such as DHEA, essential fatty acids, and herbs
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·And much, much more!
"A great resource for people with lupus, especially those recently diagnosed. New Hope for People with Lupus gives valuable and credible information about the many aspects of lupus which, as most of us know, can be very confusing."
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Gloria M. Spadaro, R.N., executive director, Lupus Foundation Inc. of New Jersey
"Reading New Hope for People with Lupus helps you become a central player in the colaborative diagnostic and therapeutic process that is what medical care is all about. This book gives hope because there is hope, particularly after absorbing the pearls in this new partner in your medical care."
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Stephen A. Paget, M.D.
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Great book for those newly diagnosed........2005-10-10
The "New Hope for People with Lupus" was very informative. It is an easy format to follow and helpful for those newly diagnosed or reading their first book on Lupus. The coverage of both traditional and non-traditional therapies was solid. I recommend this book for those who are new to Lupus.
Unimpressed.......2003-09-07
I am a person with a possible diagnosis of Lupus, looking for information about the disease. While I found Dr. Wallace's handbook on Lupus very helpful, "New Hope" was full of silly platitutes and assumptions about my experiences of the disease (trying to be funny and sympathetic, but not mirroring my experiences at all--I found it rather condescending). It did not cover in depth alternative therapies as I had hoped.
Informative and optimistic.......2003-04-01
This a good book for any Lupus patient. I have SLE and found this book inforamtive, but it is interlaced with optimism and cases of people who were able to reduce their symptoms. It has everything.. the basics, meds, alternative therapies, coping and relationships, tips on what to ask the doc. This is a good book.
Best Lupus Book on the Market.......2003-03-13
Being a long time Lupus sufferer, I've read and have every book known to man. This book explains everything you've ever wanted to know about Lupus, very elouquently. Applause go out to the author, Theresa DiGeronimo. If you are or know someone who suffers from Lupus, this is the best book on the market.
Best of all the MANY books about lupus.......2002-07-20
As a lupus sufferer who's read just about every book ever written on the subject, I found this to be the definitive book on a very complex subject. Digeronimo covers the realm of symptoms, treatments and complications thoroughly and with warmth and compassion. If you've just been diagnosed with lupus, or know someone who has it, this is the book for you! Congratulations to the author on a job well done.
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- Powerful information for parents!
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There's nothing more frightening than witnessing a child's asthma attack, listening to her wheeze and cough and fight for every breath--and sharing her panic. Fortunately, pharmaceutical advances have resulted in a whole new class of drugs that prevents or relieves asthma flare-ups. But do you want your child on drugs, with their potential short- and long-term side effects? Besides, asthma drugs treat the symptoms without treating the underlying condition. Are there alternatives that can lessen an asthmatic child's drug dependency? Yes, say authors Steven J. Bock, Kenneth Bock, and Nancy P. Bruning. "It is our belief that asthma rates continue to soar because of our increasingly toxic environment," they write. "Our children are assaulted from every direction with indoor and outdoor air pollution, poor food, and stress." The cumulative toxicity makes children more susceptible to diseases. In this book the authors present a natural asthma program to complement your child's conventional care and help to reduce asthma attacks and drug dependency. This includes reducing asthma triggers (including advice for "saying goodbye to Fluffy"); eating a cleaner, more nourishing diet (emphasizing plant foods); taking supplements, herbs, and homeopathic remedies; and learning to cope with emotional stress. The book ends with three case studies of children who used the program in various ways and dramatically improved their health. --Joan Price
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A groundbreaking, practical, and holistic approach to treating children with chronic asthma
From two physicians with fifteen years of experience in treating asthma comes the only book for children with asthma that supplements conventional approaches with effective and proven natural remedies. Parenting a child with asthma is often scary, unpredictable, frustrating, and expensive. Through controlling symptoms, decreasing attacks, and eventually reducing the need for prescription drugs, the Drs. Bock will help you and your child regain control of your lives. This book will show you how to:
- reduce attacks by dealing with the underlying causes
- reduce the need for conventional drugs, making them safer to use for emergencies
- help your child's body heal itself
- avoid permanent lung damage and encourage healthy new lung tissue to grow
- minimize emergency room visits, time lost from school, and time lost from work
- detoxify your environment, minimizing the effects of pollen, dust mites, and mold
- identify foods that can trigger attacks
- properly use nutritional supplements
- build a treatment and prevention program tailored to your child's needs
This medically up-to-date, practical, and supportive book focuses on stopping asthma symptoms and attacks before they start. It is a must-have reference for any parent of a child with asthma.
Customer Reviews:
Powerful information for parents!.......2000-06-11
This book helped our family put the brakes on the out-of-control rollercoaster ride of asthma. "Natural Relief for Your Child's Asthma" empowers parents with page after page of specific instructions on how to reduce your child's dependence on medication by understanding the limits of conventional medicine, finding and avoiding triggers, using food as a healer, using supplements to strengthen your child and using alternative mind-body medicine to enhance your child's well-being. While the authors have lots of great information about how to reduce dependence on medicine over time, they aren't zealots who encourage you to turn your back on conventional medicine. The real power that comes from this book is that now, when I go to see my child's asthma specialist, I can ask informed questions about my son's condition. I'm no longer a note taker jotting down what medicines my child should take when. I can encourage my doctor to challenge us to make dietary and lifestyle changes to detoxify our child's environment that he might not otherwise have mentioned assuming that we would prefer the "easy" way out of finding stronger and stronger medicines to rescue our child. I strongly encourage any parent of a child with asthma to read this book!
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- Take this book when you get away...
- It's ok to relax!
- Live in the Moment
- A thorough guide to retreat
- challenging,inspirational,resourceful
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The Woman's Retreat Book : A Guide to Restoring, Rediscovering, and Reawakening Your True Self in a Moment, an Hour, a Day, or a Weekend (Comfort Book)
Jennifer Louden
Manufacturer: HarperSanFrancisco
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ASIN: 0062514660 |
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Jennifer Louden, author of The Woman's Comfort Book, gives women a do-it-yourself guide for creating solitude. Because women tend to nurture relationships more than they nurture themselves, it is often a challenge for women to carve out the space and time they need for private renewal and reflection. Louden offers women inspiration and specific advice on how to retreat within their own homes, as well as how to create rejuvenating weekends and vacations. She even devotes a full chapter to the most pivotal stage of any retreat--the successful re-entry into home, family, and community.
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Fast becoming the way of the '90s, retreat is a simple, affordable way to `get away from it all', alone or with friends, and reconnect with yourself, whether you have ten minutes or a weekend. Now, Jennifer Louden, the modern-day pioneer of women's well-being, has created the ultimate retreat book for today's stressed-out women.Filled with practical planning ideas, easy-to-do exercises, and inspiring discussions of how ans why to retreat The Woman's Retreat Book continues Louden's successful series of guides that focus on women's particular needs. With warmth and humour, Louden offers sound advice that is appropriate for all women who need to retreat from the rush of everyday life in order to nourish, revitalize, and rediscover themselves.
Customer Reviews:
Take this book when you get away..........2005-09-23
I cherish my time alone. As a homeschooling mother, it's hard to come by much solitude, but when I do, I want it to be time well spent. This book is an excellent guide to making the most of any amount of time: an hour, a day, a week, or more. From preparation, to packing ideas, to plans for your time, this book is full of useful, inspirational, and exciting ideas for the woman (or man!) who craves a retreat from the busyness of life. I plan to refer to it as often as I get away from home.
It's ok to relax!.......2005-03-18
We are a manic 24/7 society and Louden is a goddess for telling us to relax. Relax, relax, relax! If you need a retreat, here is a way to begin brining it into your life in baby steps.
Live in the Moment.......2000-11-06
Bravo! I applaud this author's message to women everywhere. It's time for us to learn to say "no" and take the time to fill ourselves back up again without feeling guilty. So many times I have asked a fellow mother or career woman, "How are you?" and the typical response is, "I'm so tired...I have 100 things to do..." And you know the rest of the laundry list they spout. For once I would love to hear one of them say, "You know what? I feel great! I just took a nap, or I read a novel I've been meaning to finish, or I'm going home to soak in the tub." Perhaps if more women would receive Jennifer Louden's books as gift they would begin to see how they can make this time for themselves no matter what kind of life they are living. Thank you Jennifer for spreading the word. I'm going out for a walk now for no other reason except to see how many more trees have changed their color this weekend.
A thorough guide to retreat.......2000-02-08
I appreciate the thoroughness of this book, as well as its outline structure. Each chapter addresses various aspects of the retreat, breaking down the how, where, why, what, etc. in an understandable and useful way. Even more importantly, each chapter stands on its own, and you can skip around, looking for specific answers, or read the whole way through, while still gleaning the essence of the book. I am reading the book all the way thru, in order, yet have already been able to do a retreat that was useful even though I haven't gotten to the end. This aids the process of retreating, since it takes the pressure off the retreatant, and doesn't create added pressure that would dissuade one to retreat in the first place. An undaunting, very informative book.
challenging,inspirational,resourceful.......1999-08-26
Lively and personal, The Women's Retreat Book is challenging, inspirational and above all full of practical ideas for retreating with and to ourselves. The book is definitely not a glib self-help manual on "how to retreat and heal your life in five easy steps." Louden's concept of retreat is different from th historical one of separating oneself from life, going off with a guru to pursue some artistic or spiritual quest. Instead her book focuses on short, inexpensive withdrawls from daily life. What makes a mini-retreat--many she suggests are less than half a day--restorative she says is not where or for how long but rather the quality of the time out/time away. Louden's book is full of encouragement, humor, reality, perspective. The book is full of creative suggestions, nitty gritty lists("Good Supplies to Have on Hand"), many personal examples from her life as well as those of many other women. A delightful and valuable back-of-the-book bonus is a series of resource guides to recent films, books, audio, video and music tapes that could be used in retreat. Although I eventually read all of the book, I don't think it is meant to be read straight through as a text. Rather it is a framework, a transition into the reader's being in retreat. I made many annotations and personal references in the margins and the book which I go to over and over now becomes a kind of collaboration. I would think that Jennifer Louden would feel the book had achieved its purpose. I've made it mine and it becomes part of my retreats.
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Now more than ever patients are taking control of their own health care, leaving many conventional physicians unsure about their role as dispensers of medical knowledge. More waiting rooms are now filled with highly informed medical consumers seeking to partner with their doctors. They want to explore all promising treatiments, both mainstream and alternative, and connect emotionally. To physicians, these patients seem needy and demanding. They expect a lot of attention, but are all too quick to question authority and battle doctors for control of medical care. To patients, though, such physicans come off as distant and stodgy, even arrogant. Many walk away entirely from mainstream medicine seeking a better partnership or they neglect to mention the alternative tretments they're using for fear of disapproval. Less assertive patients simply clam up-put off by doctors' increasingly brusque bedside manner and shorthand use of "medicalese." The unfortunate result in each case is the same: miscommunication and missed opportunities. Patiens fail to receive the best care available to them, and doctor-patient relationships fall far short of the caring and mutually satisfying exchanges they should be. "How to Talk with Your Doctor" is a book for patients and doctors alike. It arms patients with the tools and knowledge they need to communicate better with physicians about using the best high-tech and alternative treatments while also helping doctors balance their skepticism of complementary and alternative approaches with open-mindedness.
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How To Talk With Your Doctor.......2007-09-14
The book was very informative. Some parts weren't new for me, but I did learn new facts and also some sources that are very helpful.
I also liked the way the book was divided, Part One and Part Two. Part two covered the main health problems so prevelent today and alternative ways they could be treated or more importantly prevented.
It was not a book you could read through quickly. I had to read it slowly to absorb important details.
Ida Norgaard
Giant step towards harmony in medicine.......2007-05-09
I have had the very good fortune over the years to be a patient of a doctor who practices conventional medicine but has treated me kindly and with much respect as his "most holistic patient".
Dr. Hoffman's book, HOW TO TALK WITH YOUR DOCTOR" has been a great help for both me and my doctor in bridging these troubled waters over which we, and so many other doctors and patients, must carefully navigate. I would lilke to point out that his title does not suggest talking TO your doctor, but rather with him (her). Neither doctor nor patient appreciates being talked TO>
Physicians do become exasperated as they are caught in a bind by insurance companies requiring them to treat more and more patients in the course of their day. Drug companies bombard us with advertisements telling us to "ask your doctor". They also bombard doctors selling their products. The internet helps us patients to help take control of our health issues, but our understanding as lay persons may not be the most beneficial to our health. And then there are the chilling side effects of some conventional drugs.
We patients who believe complementary and alternative options are more effective for staying healthy, or becoming well, and have the good fortune to have alternative health care professionals to turn to, but also know how important and necessary good conventional medicine is, have been given a great tool to help bring about the harmony we so sorely need in this field. I and so many of my friends to whom I have given this book sicerely thank Dr. Hoffman for helping us to strive to the balanced and good health care we so need and deserve.
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With proper diagnosis and early intervention, there is unlimited hope for children and teens diagnosed with bipolar disorder to lead fulfilling and enjoyable lives, starting today.
Inside, you’ll discover compassionate and informative methods to help manage the diagnosis and develop the natural strengths, gifts, and skills that every child has to offer. Written by a top expert in the field, this life-changing book is presented in clear, straightforward language that dispels the myths about bipolar disorder and offers real solutions. You’ll uncover keen insight and the latest options for helping your bipolar child or teen by understanding:
* The causes of bipolar disorder
* The path and outcome of bipolar disorder in children and teens
* The latest biological treatments and psychosocial therapies, and how to use them
* How to handle behavioral and academic problems, as well as assess and manage suicidal tendencies
* And much more
Customer Reviews:
Good basic information.......2005-01-27
I am not the parent of a child with bipolar disorder, so I cannot comment on how useful this book is for parents trying to help a bipolar child. However, as a general reader, I found this book to have good basic information. It was easy to read, not at all too technical for the non medically trained person. In fact, I thought that at times the author could have gone into more detail on particular topics.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking for easy to read, entry-level info on pediatric bipolar disorder.
Essential reading for parents.......2004-05-02
Dr. Birmaher has been treating kids and adolescents and doing research on pediatric bipolar disorder for many years, and speaks from both clinical experience and from research findings. Contains current info on treatment, and many tips for how parents can get the help their children need and reduce stress and increase flexibility. One of the best books available for parents on the topic.
Your ticket of entry to best possible care.......2004-04-28
Professor Birmaher's book represents the latest in scientific understanding and clinical approaches for recognizing and responding to Bipolar Disorder in children and teens. A researcher of note, Professor Birmaher has been able to translate the most up-to-date research data into a supportive, simple and effective text for concerned parents and others wanting to take the best course of action. The inclusion of clear and detailed diagnostic advice, treatment and management strategies, and test instruments makes 'New Hope for Children and Teens with Bipolar Disorder' an accessible foundation text for both new and experienced clinicians working with young people.
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