Arthritis
How to Stay Active and Relieve Your Pain
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2007, paper
ISBN 978-1-933503-03-5
Longer life spans and changes in modern lifestyles mean more people than ever need to understand arthritis and its management. This book describes the most common forms of arthritis and how they affect the body and provides reliable information about arthritis care, based on the latest research and new, effective treatment programs.
Arthritis: How to Stay Active and Relieve Your Pain contains straightforward information about this ailment in everyday language, allowing anyone to manage chronic or acute arthritis with a positive approach. The book describes how the most common forms of arthritis affect the body and its joints, guides arthritis sufferers through symptom identification and shows them how to manage their own treatment with the help of a health-care team. Self-management is emphasized in chapters covering key topics such as pain management, with the role of health care professionals, medication, exercise, surgery options, intimacy issues, emotional health, social interaction, and alternative treatments. A special emphasis is placed on recent research that highlights the crucial role exercise plays in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. This is the indispensable guide to managing an active, enjoyable life with arthritis.
Table of Contents
- Part I:
Finding Out About Arthritis
1. What is Arthritis and What Can I Expect From this Book?
2. What Are Joints And How Do They Work?
3. Is Arthritis One Disease or Several?
4. Where Can I Go for Help?
5. How Can Scientific Research Help Me Make Choices?
6. How Can Arthritis Medications Help Me?
7. How Can I Manage My Arthritis Pain?
8. How Can I Stay Well and Prevent Disability?
9. Why Should I Exercise? - Part II:
Getting Healthy and Staying Well
10. Keeping Joints Mobile and Flexible
11. Building and Maintaining Muscle Strength
12. Improving Fitness and Endurance
13. Protecting Joints and Conserving Energy
14. Adjusting to the Emotional and Social Impact of Arthritis
15. Enjoying Happy and Healthy Intimate Relationships
16. Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
17. Exploring Joint Surgery Options
18. Exercising Caution About Cures and Testimonials - Epilogue
- Resources
Authors
Barbara Stokes began her work as a community-based physical therapist with The Arthritis Society in Canada. She has held an academic appointment at the University of Ottawa School of Rehabilitation and, in over thirty-five years in the field, has worked as a clinician, a director of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program, and an educator of patients and health care providers. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario.
Antoine Helewa is Professor Emeritus at the School of Physical Therapy, University of Western Ontario. His career in physical therapy and clinical epidemiology spans five decades. His primary field of research and clinical interests are in rheumatology and epidemiology. He lives in London, Ontario.