Healing Moves: How To Cure, Relieve, And Prevent Common Ailments With Exercise

by Carol Krucoff

This is an indispensable, readable, science-based resource for people who wish to improve their health with exercise. Special chapters target metabolic disorders (such as diabetes and obesity); mental health conditions (stress, depression, anxiety); orthopaedic disorders (back pain, repetitive stress disorder, osteoporosis); immunological conditions (colds, cancer, HIV); cardiovascular disorders; men's health; women's health; and respiratory disorders. For each, the authors explain the condition and how it is affected by lifestyle, its risk factors, and how exercise helps. Then they give an exercise prescription with general and specific guidelines, cautions, and additional resources. Each chapter offers specific 'healing moves' that include specific aerobic, strength, relaxation, mind-body, breathing, stretching, and daily-life recommendations. The illustrations are line drawings of refreshingly real looking people, complete with paunch, neck wrinkles, and eyeglasses.

Genres: Nonfiction

298 pages, Paperback

First published April 25, 2000

About the author

Carol Krucoff, C-IAYT, E-RYT, is a yoga therapist at Duke Integrative Medicine in Durham, North Carolina, where she offers individual sessions, workshops, and group classes for people with health challenges. An award-winning journalist, Carol served as founding editor of The Washington Post’s Health Section and her articles have appeared in numerous national publications including The New York Times, Yoga Journal, and Reader’s Digest. She is author of several books including “Yoga Sparks: 108 Easy Practices for Stress Relief in a Minute or Less” and “Healing Yoga for Neck and Shoulder Pain,” and is co-author of "Relax into Yoga for Seniors" and "Relax into Yoga for Chronic Pain." For more information, please visit her website: http://www.healingmoves.com.

Carol Krucoff and Kimberly Carson are co-directors of Yoga for Seniors, a network of yoga teachers dedicated to making yoga practices safe and effective for older adults. They are co-directors of the Integrative Yoga for Seniors Teacher Trainings and co-creators of the DVD, “Relax into Yoga for Seniors.” For more information, please visit their website: http://www.yoga4seniors.com.