People who lose substantial weight may find themselves facing another body-image issue: unsightly loose skin. A trio of U.S. plastic surgeons explain bariatric body contouring procedures (e.g., tummy tuck, upper/lower body lift), benefits, and risks to correct this aesthetic problem. The guide includes color before- and-after patient photos, questions patients should ask their surgeon, a body mass index table, resources, and a glossary.
With a fresh approach to a common problem, this self-help guide to overcoming back pain advocates adopting the natural, healthy posture of athletes, young children, and people from traditional societies the world over. Arguing that most of what our culture has taught us about posture is misguided—even unhealthy—and exploring the current epidemic of back pain, many of the commonly cited reasons for the degeneration of spinal discs and the stress on muscles that leads to back pain are examined and debunked. The historical and anthropological roots of poor posture in Western cultures are studied as is the absence of back pain complaints in the cultures of Africa, Asia, South America, and rural Europe. Eight detailed chapters provide illustrated step-by-step instructions for making simple, powerful changes to seated, standing, and sleeping positions. No special equipment or exercise is required, and effects are often immediate.
Cleanse, Purify, Energize includes detailed information about how to detox one's body, mind, and spirit and provides multiple step-by-step plans to guide readers through the experience. Toxins often enter our bodies from chemicals such as pesticides, household cleaners, food additives, drugs, pollution, heavy metals such as lead, and many other sources that we either inhale or ingest. Whether readers are looking to improve their general health or tackling a specific problem, this guide offers the tools and information to help them look and feel refreshed and revitalized. Covers detox basics, food and drinks, six complete plans, body treatments, mind and spirit therapies, and clinic and spa basics.
A comprehensive guide to weight loss by one who has been there describes the author's effective ten-step system that she used to lose--and keep off--more than two hundred pounds, drawing on her own experiences to offer advice on how to select the right diet for one's needs, set realistic goals, and maintain weight loss, and includes one hundred recipes.
This cutting-edge fitness program combines tough aerobic exercise with strength- and flexibility-building yoga to create a total-body workout.
Strength training puts the body under tremendous stress. Over time the stress of hard training and normal living can lead to strength or flexibility imbalances that leave the muscles functioning at less than 100% leading to less efficient technique, more frequent aches and pains and less strength or muscle mass development. In order to maximize training, all muscles need to be functioning properly. This special book/DVD package explains how muscles develop imbalances, how specific testing can pinpoint and assess dysfunction, how to determine the risk/benefit ratio of different exercises, and how to develop a program to maximize muscle function and strength. A detailed presentation of the most efficient exercise technique for the 32 most popular free weight exercises will show how to do the exercises based on the biomechanics of the muscles and joints. The DVD presents, in greater detail, the subtleties of techniques, exercises, and testing.