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The Knee Crisis Handbook: Understanding Pain, Preventing Trauma, Recovering from Knee Injury, and Building Healthy Knees for Life | 
| Author: Brian Halpern
Creator: Jane E. Brody
Publisher: Rodale Books
List Price: $16.95
Buy New: $15.01
You Save: $1.94 (11%)
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 766759
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6 x 0.9
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.582
ASIN: B00196UBNA
Publication Date: October 17, 2003
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Product Description
Ever sustained a knee injury? Want to prevent one? Whether you're young and actively involved in sports, an enthusiastic weekend warrior, or someone who's simply getting older and whose body is changing, The Knee Crisis Handbook will show you how to take care of your knees. You'll learn what to do if you sustain an injury, how to prevent a repeat injury, and how to help yourself avoid injury in the first place.
Inside you'll find:
* Sport-specific knee injury prevention tips
* Advice on caring for your knees when you're young, older, or even pregnant
* What to look for when choosing a physician and physical therapist
* Treatment options, including acupuncture and other complementary medicine therapies
* Medications: what you should and shouldn't take
* What you can expect from surgery and recovery
* How to avoid surgery
* Complete exercise programs
With physical therapy strategies by Marty Jaramillo, P.T., A.T.C., C.S.C.S., and complementary medicine strategies by Robert Abramson, M.D.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 I highly recommend this book December 26, 2004
k_a_od (Chicago, IL)
38 out of 39 found this review helpful
I just read this book after getting it for Christmas yesterday, and I think it's great. After getting nowhere with two doctors, a physical therapist, and conflicting information I've gathered talking to friends and acquaintances over the years, I think this book will give me the insight and exercises I need to make some progress in strengthening my knee so I can participate in activities I had to give up (dancing and biking) and can make a much more informed decision about possible surgery. All different types of knee problems are well explained. Alignment issues (including Q-angle, foot arch, femur to tibia, patella tracking, etc.) and how they can lead to certain types of injury are explained in a way I have not seen done elsewhere. Also included are what movement tests your doctor should take in diagnosing your injury (neither doctor I went to performed those simple tests!). I wish I had been able to read this book a few years ago when my overuse dance injury occurred, but I had not found a book so specific to the knee out on the market (this book was recently published in 2003). I would recommend this book to anyone starting to experience knee pain, as well as anyone active in sports that are known to lead to knee injury; there are exercises and stretching recommended in this book to help avoid knee injury and to strengthen the knee area to possibly avoid or delay surgery. I'm very glad the doctor/author decided to write this much-needed book!
You "Kneed" This Book March 26, 2006
Josephine March (New York, NY)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Corny review title, I know. But if I only knew ten years ago (five years, one year) what I know now...what I know now because of this book.
Dr. Brian Halpern of the "Hospital for Special Surgery" in New York has written a thorough and highly readable primer on caring for the knee. There is a knee crisis in the United States...and I am sadly one of the recent casualties.
With sections entitled "The Knee," "Preventing Knee Injury," "Getting Better" and "Groups with Special Concerns," you have all the information you need to prevent, diagnose, know whether it's time to go to the emergency room, prepare for surgery, find a physical therapist and participate wholeheartedly. There is also a chapter about "Complementary Medicine," discussing acupuncture, vitamins, herbal supplements and massage.
I read it in a night, but will refer to it for years to come...whether I have surgery or not. I highly recommend it.
If you have any questions about knees, this is the book . November 5, 2003
Lucy Aponte (Brooklyn, NY United States)
14 out of 25 found this review helpful
When I first heard about this book, I thought it would be another boring book written by a doctor. Most books written
by doctors are so far over your head you can't read without a
dictionary. No so with this one. I read this like a novel.
Everything was so real. The explanations were not pedantic,
like most doctor's books, but real easy to understand and follow. If you have concerns about knees, or if you have kids,
get this book and keep it near. I promise you will be using it
again and again.
 Knee Crisis Handbook September 26, 2005
Mederic W. Roberts (Los Angeles)
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I bought this book because I have a damaged miniscus in my knee. This book allowed me to understand what exactly went wrong with my knee. It enabled me to understand my surgeon when he explained my options. It is a good value and well worth the asking price.
THANKFUL I FOUND THIS GREAT BOOK March 28, 2005
W. K. (Rochester, NY, USA)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I injured my knee two weeks ago playing soccer, then bought this book and read it over the course of one weekend. The information is in simple terms, there are testimonies from actual people, there is a glossary in the back, and an index. Once I read this book, I was actually able to understand and translate my MRI report.
I am very thankful I found this book. It has informed me about my injury, and I feel more able to cope with what happened and know that I have this book as my guide!
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