Exercises for Series

The complete program for stronger muscles, relief from pain and renewed energy.

Defined as back or leg pain caused by irritation to the sciatic nerve, sciatica is a debilitating and painful condition that is only growing more prevalent with time. As lifestyles become more and more sedentary, cases of sciatica become more common—which is why a complete lifestyle overhaul, one which includes targeted exercise routines aimed at easing sciatica symptoms—is required to help individuals with this condition live their lives pain-free.

Exercises for Sciatica works as an integrated part of any sciatic or piriformis syndrome treatment plan, optimizing mobility, increasing strength and minimizing pain, while providing lifestyle tips to keep you motivated and moving forward.

Exercises for Sciatica also includes:

– A detailed overview of how exercise can relieve common sciatica symptoms
– Clear, informative pictures of safe, effective exercises
– Detailed instructions on how to perform each movement
– Information on sciatica life-hacks for relaxation and motivation
– A complete fitness approach to restoring health and functionality

Featuring expert-approved fitness techniques, with options ranging from resistance training to mobility movements to light strength exercises, Exercises for Sciatica is the all-in-one resource for anyone looking to take back control and live their best life!

Exercises for Parkinson’s Disease is the complete guide to achieving better health, providing everything from tips on how to structure your day to take full advantage of higher energy periods, to tailor-made workout programs designed to boost mobility and balance. Studies have shown that exercise improves fitness and energy levels in Parkinson’s patients, while also relieving pain and helping them retain control in their daily life.

Exercises for Parkinson’s Disease works as an integrated part of any Parkinson’s treatment plan, optimizing mobility, increasing strength and minimizing pain, while providing lifestyle tips to keep you motivated and moving forward.

Exercises for Parkinson’s Disease also includes:
– A detailed overview of how exercise can improve Parkinson’s disease symptoms
– Clear, informative pictures of safe, effective exercises
– Information on Parkinson’s life-hacks for relaxation and motivation
– Detailed instructions on how to perform each movement
– A complete fitness approach to restoring functionality

Featuring expert-approved fitness techniques, with options ranging from resistance training to mobility movements to light strength exercises, Exercises for Parkinson’s Disease is the all-in-one resource for anyone looking to take back control and live their best life!

The authoritative post-rehabilitation exercise guide designed to help patients regain their physical health and strength after heart attack or heart surgery.

Exercises for Cardiac Recovery presents a post-rehabilitation exercise program designed to help men and women regain their physical health and strength after heart attack or heart surgery.

   • COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW. Provides readers with a complete understanding of the effects of heart disease on the body and the need for a post heart attack or cardiac surgery treatment program that includes cardiovascular support and strengthening.

   • AUTHORITATIVE EXPERT AUTHORS. William Smith, MS, NSCA, CSCS, MEPD, founded Will Power and Fitness Associates and currently consults for fitness, healthcare, and wellness centers in New York and New Jersey. Keith Burns, MS, CSCS, has served in almost every capacity of the exercise science field at both the collegiate and professional level, working primarily as a strength and conditioning coach. Christopher Volgraf, CSCS, was one of the founding employees of the Princeton Longevity Center, where he served as the Director of Fitness and Senior Exercise Physiologist from 2002-2016.

   • ONLINE SUPPORT THROUGH GETFITNOW PLATFORM. Comprehensive online support via social media, community forums, and website featuring additional content such as exclusive exercise videos, nutritional tips, live updates from authors, and more.

   • MINIMIZE RISK. MAXIMIZE RESULTS. These workouts are designed with safety as the number one priority, all while minimizing pain and fatigue build-up for best long-term results.

   • SUITABLE FOR ALL FITNESS AND HEALTH LEVELS. Exercises are easy to follow and adaptable for the post rehab cardiac patient.

With exercises and corresponding workout plans tailored for those seeking to improve cardiovascular health, Exercises for Cardiac Recovery provides real benefits for heart disease patients, including a stronger system to make the post rehabilitation process easier, markedly less fatigue over time, and relief from emotional stress.

Exercises for Perfect Posture is the complete guide to achieving healthy posture, providing everything from fitness programs and exercises designed to realign your spine and strengthen your shoulders, neck and back as well as guidance on how to redesign your work space to be more ergonomic.
 
Good posture is foundational to good health. Poor posture can lead to shoulder discomfort, neck pain, and even chronic conditions such as carpel tunnel syndrome if left uncorrected. Yet the modern lifestyle and the modern workplace together make it very difficult to maintain healthy, natural posture throughout the day. Humans were not meant to spend all their time sitting down, and the “disease of inactivity” has reached near-epidemic proportions.
 
Exercises for Perfect Posture corrects deficiencies in your posture through resistance exercises, flexibility, and cardiovascular activities that will fit any schedule.
 
Exercises for Perfect Posture also includes:
·         A detailed overview of how exercise can improve your posture
·         Clear, informative pictures of safe, effective exercises
·         Detailed instructions on how to perform each movement
·         A complete fitness approach to restoring posture
·         A training log to track your progress
 
Featuring expert-approved fitness techniques, with options ranging from resistance training to mobility movements, Exercises for Perfect Posture is the all-in-one resource for anyone looking to stand up straight and face life head-on!

Exercise can improve your posture and health. With more and more people finding themselves working desk jobs and other largely seated, sedentary positions, the issues resulting from poor posture are only becoming more prevalent. The downsides of improper posture set the stage for health and mobility risks later on in life.
 
Exercises for Perfect Posture provides the physical and preventative education necessary to improve posture and health through a comprehensive fitness program for all ages.

Improve your balance and prevent falls with the Stand Strong workout—a resistance, flexibility, and cardio exercise program fit for any schedule and fitness level!

This guide features informative pictures and detailed instructions for each movement, plus a training log to track your progress.

Recent scientific studies point to good balance as an indicator for longevity. As we age, our balance and coordination begin to diminish, leading to a higher risk of falls—the leading cause of injury among Americans over 65. The Stand Strong workout will guide you through simple, easy to follow exercises that will improve your balance and restore your confidence—while lessening your risk of falls, improving your posture, restoring your motor control, and increasing your strength and energy. Inside this guide you’ll find:

• A detailed overview of how exercise can help improve balance
• Clear, informative pictures of safe, effective exercises
• Detailed instructions on how to perform each movement
• A complete fitness approach to recovering balance
• A training log to track your progress

Featuring expert-approved fitness techniques, with options ranging from resistance training to mobility movements, Exercises for Better Balance is the all-in-one resource for anyone looking to stand strong and walk proud!

IMPROVE YOUR ENERGY AND STRENGTH WITH EXERCISE

Exercise helps to build a stronger, healthier you, better suited to combat the symptoms and side effects associated with cancer and its treatments.

Exercises for Cancer Wellness is your guide to making positive life changes during and after cancer treatment, helping to lessen the risks of recurrence or relapse, while increasing your strength and energy.

Exercises for Cancer Wellness is fine-tuned to improve your fitness without strain, pain and stiffness. With a focus on gentle resistance exercises, flexibility, and cardiovascular activities, you will find yourself feeling better each day, as your strength increases and your fatigue decreases.

Exercises for Cancer Wellness includes:
– A detailed overview of how exercise can help reduce your risk factors
– Clear, informative pictures of safe, effective exercises
– Detailed instructions on how to perform each movement
– A complete fitness approach to reduce stress and improve health
– A training log to track your progress

Leveraging a wide spectrum of proven-effective exercise techniques, from resistance training to yoga, Exercises for Cancer Wellness provides an excellent resource for all patients.

Minimize Pain, Maximize Results, and Take Back Your Life

Fibromyalgia is a debilitating condition, yet medical opinions are divided as to its cause and how it should be treated. Is it a neurological or a physical ailment? Should you treat the muscles or the mind? The correct answer is to treat both. Improving overall fitness while reducing anxiety and stress is the key to reducing your fibromyalgia symptoms and improving your daily functioning.

Exercises for Fibromyalgia is tailored to improve your fitness and energy levels without strain or stiffness. With a focus on exercises designed to relieve pain and improve sleep for fibromyalgia sufferers, you will find yourself feeling better each day, as your strength increases and your soreness decreases.

Combined with effective techniques proven to relieve stress and improve your sleep habits, Exercises for Fibromyalgia makes sure your mind and body both benefit from a healthy lifestyle.

Exercises for Fibromyalgia also includes:
– An overview of living with fibromyalgia and the benefits of exercise
– Clear, informative pictures of safe, effective exercises
– Detailed instructions on how to perform each exercise
– A complete exercise approach to reduce stress and improve fitness
– A training log to track progress

Having fibromyalgia doesn’t mean having to give up doing the things you love, or having to live with aches and pains for the rest of your life.

Don’t Let Joint Pain Dominate Your Life

As an increasing number of people are living longer, joint pain is becoming more common. However, exercise can play an integral role in promoting joint health by strengthening cartilage and ligaments. Even low-impact exercise can help to prevent joint pain. Exercise is a natural way to keep joint pain and arthritis in check at any age, and studies suggest that implementing exercise later in life can drastically reduce one’s chance of developing joint-related pain.

Exercises for Healthy Joints shows you how to avoid joint pain through physical activity. You’ll also learn about the causes of different types of joint pain and, if exercise is not enough, which surgeries may be necessary for different joint-related issues. Loss of muscle mass, bone, and flexibility does not have to be part of your aging process, and Exercises for Healthy Joints will show you how to remain active and healthy longer.

Exercises for Healthy Joints also includes:
* Clear pictures of safe and effective exercises
* Detailed instructions on how to perform each exercise
* New research concerning long-term joint health and the benefits of exercise
* Overview of joint anatomy and types of joint pain
* A training log to track progress

Exercises for Healthy Joints features easy-to-follow sequences designed for the home or the gym with minimal equipment. It is an essential health reference guide.

According to the American Heart Association, stroke is the third leading cause of death in the nation. An integral aspect of stroke rehabilitation, physical activity can greatly enhance movement, balance and coordination while also helping to prevent a future stroke.

Exercises for Stroke provides physical, cognitive, and preventative education to reduce the risk of stroke and improve function in the daily living of stroke patients. Readers that have been cleared for home or gym-based exercises by their physician or therapist will be given clear and concise exercises that are specifically targeted to stroke rehabilitation and prevention.

Exercises for Stroke includes:
* Introductory material on the benefits of exercise to the stroke patient’s recovery and overall health
* Tips and guidance for caregivers and family members
* Daily exercise recommendations
* Training log to track your progress

Created by top exercise specialist William Smith, Exercises for Stroke provides authoritative information on strokes alongside safe and effective exercise instructions for lay persons and professionals alike.

Includes Safe and Effective Exercises for All Ages.

Your brain is your most important organ and, just like any other part of the body, you should strive to keep it healthy and active. Studies have shown that regular exercise can not only improve brain function, but also potentially prevent the onset of cognitive diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Dementia, and Parkinson’s.

William Smith’s Exercises for Brain Health features physical and mental exercises that are specially designed to strengthen both mind and body. Featuring progressively challenging programs and assessments, this book will keep you motivated along the path to a healthy and active brain.

Exercises for Brain Health features:

* Safe and effective exercises for all ages and fitness levels
* Nutrition tips and recipes to promote brain health
* Easy-to-follow fitness plans for long-term wellness
* Facts on the signs, symptoms, and risk factors for cognitive disease
* Tips and guidance for caregivers and loved ones of dementia patients

Whether you are looking to keep your brain sharp and boost memory and focus, or just want to take steps to ensure your brain is fit for the future, Exercises for Brain Health is your comprehensive guide.

Fight the statistics of heart disease with an expert’s help.

Heart disease is the #1 health problem for both women and men in the United States. Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for heart disease and is linked to heart failure. Exercise is essential for a healthy heart, especially if you are at risk for or are recovering from heart disease.

The latest book in the Hatherleigh Press "Exercises For" series, Exercises for Heart Health features an easy to follow exercise plan for both cardiac health and muscle strength. The book reviews the causes of heart disease, the affects of heart disease on your overall health and well being, and practical exercise routines for treatment.

Exercises for Heart Health also features:
* Up-to-date analyses of clinical treatments on heart disease
* Daily exercise recommendations
* A training log to track your progress

With clearly photographed exercises in easy-to-follow sequences and complete instructions, Exercises for Heart Health is a comprehensive visual resource. Written by Wiliam Smith, MS, NSCA, CSCS, MEPD, this book a useful, and possibly life-saving, reference to better health.

A convenient, cost-effective opportunity to alleviating the stiffness, lack of mobility, and decreased daily function that result from chronic back pain.

Back pain is no small issue. In the US, acute lower back pain is the fifth leading cause for doctor visits. About 9 out of 10 adults experience back pain at some point in their lives, and 5 out of 10 working adults suffer from back pain at some point every year.

Exercises for Back Pain helps you to understand the root cause of your discomfort, how back pain affects on your overall health and well being, and practical exercises you can use to treat the pain. It includes rehabilitative exercise regimes for both men and women who suffer from back pain or those who have undergone back surgery.

Exercises for Back Pain features:
* Up-to-date clinical treatments on back pain
* Specific exercises that strengthen the back
* A training log to track your progress

Easy-to-follow photograph sequences with clear instructions make the healing process a simpler one. Written by Wiliam Smith, MS, NSCA, CSCS, MEPD, Exercises for Back Pain will help you to achieve a healthier, happier, more productive life.

The definitive and easy-to-follow exercise guide for maintaining healthy, strong bones.

More than 25 million Americans, almost 10% of our population, suffer from osteoporosis. While it is often thought of as an old woman’s disease, about 20% of osteoporosis sufferers are men and a growing number of young women, especially athletes, are being diagnosed with the disease.

The good news is that we can help prevent and treat osteoporosis and its precursor, osteopenia. Exercise can increase bone density, strengthen muscles, and improve balance and flexibility, thus reducing the risk of injury and helping to maintain daily functioning.

Featuring a comprehensive approach that incorporates yoga, Pilates, and Feldenkrais techniques with traditional weight-training and aerobics exercise, the third edition of Exercises for Osteoporosis includes:

■ Targeted exercises for at-risk body parts including hips, spine, wrists, and ankles
■ All-new sections on improving balance and flexibility to help prevent falls and fractures
■ Complete beginner, intermediate, and advanced workout programs

With more than 125 detailed exercises for people at all levels of fitness and all stages of the disease, Exercises for Osteoporosis is the best preventive medicine and the right prescription for maintaining health and well-being.

A specially-designed, easy-to-follow program to feel better and improve your quality of life.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating disease that damages the central nervous system. It affects nearly 400,000 Americans with daily fatigue, loss of coordination and balance, and muscle spasms or spasticity–and it has no cure. Now, research shows that MS symptoms can be reduced through exercise, making living with MS a little easier. Exercises for Multiple Sclerosis tells you how to improve your daily symptoms, especially fatigue and mobility.

Written by a licensed postrehabilitation specialist who has worked extensively with MS patients, Exercises for Multiple Sclerosis provides a tested program. An essential reference for anyone who suffers from MS, it will show you:
• How daily exercise can help reduce your fatigue
• How to increase physical strength while decreasing spasticity
• How to compensate for loss of balance and coordination while walking
• Why medical treatments are just not enough

If you or someone you know suffers from MS, you need this book. With an easy-to-follow, simple workout designed to adapt to many energy levels, Exercises for Multiple Sclerosis will help MS sufferers to achieve a healthier, happier, more productive life.

According to the Centers for Disease Control an estimated 70 million people are affected by one of the more than 100 types of arthritis.

Arthritis is the leading cause of disability in America and as the population ages, more and more people are being struck by some form of this crippling disease. No matter what form of arthritis you have, doctors and medical experts agree, exercise can help you lead a happier, more productive and pain-free life.

The medical and fitness experts from The Healthy Living Institute have compiled 100 simple exercises designed to help arthritis sufferers build muscle, strengthen ligaments and maintain flexibility while fighting fatigue and pain.

Exercises for Arthritis includes:
•Targeted exercises for the neck and back, hands and arms, hips, knees, and feet.
•The importance of aerobic exercise and special relaxation and sleep techniques.
•Water exercises, tips for maintaining motivation, workout plans for all levels of fitness and much more.

If you or someone you know suffers from arthritis, you need this book. Exercises for Arthritis will help you alleviate pain, maintain your independence, and improve your quality of life.