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Treat Your Own Knees shows how to reduce or end knee pain by improving knee function. In easy-to-grasp language, author Jim Johnson covers the physiology of the knee and the kinds of pain that affect it, along with the psychological aspects. He offers a series of straightforward exercises based on current medical data and tested in his practice. Black-and-white drawings show exactly how to do the exercises and pinpoint the precise muscles responsible for the problem. This concise, simple guide provides an effective do-it-yourself program. Also by this author: Treat Your Own Knee Arthritis, Treat Your Own Spinal Stenosis, and Treat Your Own Tennis Elbow
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Jim Johnson, P.T. is a physical therapist who has spent over nineteen years treating both inpatients and outpatients with a wide range of pain and mobility problems. He has written many books based completely on published research and controlled trials including The Sixty-Second Motivator, Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff, The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution, Finding Happiness in a Frustrating World, Exercise Beats Depression, Treat Your Own Tennis Elbow, Treat Your Own Spinal Stenosis and Treat Your Own Knee Arthritis . His books have been translated into other languages and thousands of copies have been sold worldwide. Besides working full-time as a clinician in a large teaching hospital and writing books, Jim Johnson is a certified Clinical Instructor by the American Physical Therapy Association and enjoys teaching physical therapy students from all over the United States.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought both of this author's knee pain books, "Treat Your Own Knees" and "Treat Your Own Knee Arthritis". They both use a very practical approach to treating knee pain: improve how your knee functions and the pain will go away. It's such a simple approach, but makes all the sense in the world- and most importantly, it works!!
To that end, this book devotes a chapter to each of the major functions that you can improve on: increase knee strength, improve knee flexibility, get knee proprioception back in working order, and increase knee endurance. Exercises are simple, can be done at home with no special equipment, and best of all, they can be done in one quick session!
Lots of reviews here are a testimony to the book's effective approach, and if you're not a big believer in anecdotal evidence, the book reviews the controlled trials that prove the exercises work.
Also know that if your problem is specifically knee arthritis, there's absolutely no need to buy both books. You'll be much better off with Treat Your Own Knee Arthritis book. It contains the EXACT same exercises as the "Treat Your Own Knees", PLUS it also has additional exercises specifically for arthritic knees. Helpful books.
To that end, this book devotes a chapter to each of the major functions that you can improve on: increase knee strength, improve knee flexibility, get knee proprioception back in working order, and increase knee endurance. Exercises are simple, can be done at home with no special equipment, and best of all, they can be done in one quick session!
Lots of reviews here are a testimony to the book's effective approach, and if you're not a big believer in anecdotal evidence, the book reviews the controlled trials that prove the exercises work.
Also know that if your problem is specifically knee arthritis, there's absolutely no need to buy both books. You'll be much better off with Treat Your Own Knee Arthritis book. It contains the EXACT same exercises as the "Treat Your Own Knees", PLUS it also has additional exercises specifically for arthritic knees. Helpful books.
87 of 94 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Great little book and more than worth the small price.
The book emphasises that this is good for by far, most knee problems (including arthritis - which I dont have as far as I know). My left knee, the bane of my hiking life, is much stronger and healthier feeling than it has for a long while and I still only am 4 weeks through the 8 week program.
The exercises are simple to do, take little time and need no specialist equipment (unless you call a pillow, specialist?).
I would suggest that you do the pillow-based exercise, before
you go to sleep, in bed, as Ive found it leaves my knee slightly sore for a few hours afterwards (by being in bed you omit this issue)! Plus the sleeping rests your leg thoroughly - which in itself is part of the fixing process.
I can now concentrate on walking several miles every weekend, without worrying about hobbling back.
Also a quick thanks to Amazon, as I wouldnt have purchased this book if I hadnt done a search on 'knees' and read the reviews. I would, therefore, still be suffering!
39 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
'I dont b...... believe it!' Why didnt i find this book years ago?????!!!!. It is a small easy to read book which i skim read within an hour and the one simple exercise (non painful - you need a cushion to do it) and stretches immediately...yes immediately gave me some much needed respite from pain i have had in both knees for years. The author hit the nail on the head straight away by saying most people dont have the time to visit a therapist or just stop doing those things which tend to niggle an old injury. I have just started on a fitness regime and man do my knees give me some jip. But again the simple exercise and stretches helped relieve the pain within the hour.
What the hell, for a few pounds what can you lose, just buy it and try it. Hope it helps you as much as it helped me. Good luck
What the hell, for a few pounds what can you lose, just buy it and try it. Hope it helps you as much as it helped me. Good luck
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Common sense prevails - and effective regimen
I've been on the exercise schedule detailed in this lovely little book for about a week now, and I can already feel all the supporting muscles around my knee getting stronger and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Paul R. Norton
Waste of time and money
If you go and see your doctor, they will tell you in about 30 seconds and for free what this silly little book rabbits on about for an hour.
Published 3 months ago by Big H
A treat for your knees indeed
According to a knee specialist I apparently have the knee of and eighty year old... quite why this is I have no idea. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Scooch
nice little book
This book is a nice, compact, small reference guide which gives a few good suggestions on how to tackle knee problems. Read more
Published 5 months ago by al
Only useful for those with hardly any knee function left
The book is cheap, but is still too expensive, as all the information in it can be found for free on the internet within five minutes. Read more
Published 6 months ago by History student
This book could have been 4 pages
This book gave me some useful suggestions for strengthening my knee after a bout of tendonitis. However all the useful information is squeezed into 4 pages and the rest of the book... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Technical
Great book full of useful information
Great book full of useful information, has helped my knees a lot.
If you got any knee problems than this is the book for you.
If you got any knee problems than this is the book for you.
Published 8 months ago by Carl Creed
An Excellent Little Book
I picked up a knee injury through running and wanted to get a book about knee pain and how to self-treat my knee. This is a fantastic little book. Read more
Published 8 months ago by J. Lock
Great tips
for the price this is absolutely a must if you have knee problems. There is lots of info about your knee and it's workings and some brilliant advice. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Preston Girl
I kneel before you!
The book is (I think) A5 sized with 116 pages. I had prepped myself for a disappointment, but, after reading, was reasonably pleasantly surprised. Read more
Published 11 months ago by A. J. Ward
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