Product Description

Offers a rehab, strengthening, and maintenance programme for overcoming common shoulder injuries.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14207 in Books
• Published on: 2010-02-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .39" h x 7.60" w x 9.24" l, .74 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

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About the Author
Dr Karl Knopf is the coordinator for the fitness therapist program at Foothill College of California.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
Helped improve a long standing shoulder problem
By Mrs K
I had been suffering with a damaged supraspinatus tendon for nearly 12 months following a skiing fall, and at times would struggle to get a coat on or raise my arm overhead. My chiropractor suggested I take some glucosamine and MSM and build up my shoulder muscles, and although I had some success with Sarah Keys shoulder exercises, I still had some residual pain, and couldn't sleep on one side, which was quite frustrating. I wasn't ready to accept that this was something I would have to live with, although this was looking like it was going to be the case for me.

The exercises in this book are well described and photographed and even after a month I have seen some significant improvement in strength and range of movement, and the discomfort is almost gone. This is not a complicated exercise regime either - the general conditioning exercises only take about 5 minutes a day to do. In short this is a very useful and effective self help book, which I would recommend for other people suffering with similar problems.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Helpful book
By A piano fan
I bought this book recently after the return of pain which I remembered from an occurence of impingement a few years ago, for which I had received physical therapy. Perhaps I have this book to thank for not having to go down that route again. At any rate, since I have been doing exercises from the book the pain has subsided and my bad shoulder feels much stronger and is giving me ever less trouble. Avoiding using a troubled joint and allowing it to weaken can, as this book points out, make the problem worse rather than helping and here suitable exercises can help

The book includes a introductory section on the anatomy of the shoulder and moves from there to a concise discussion of some more and less common shoulder problems with an account of their symptoms and treatment. A further section provides suggestions for stretching and trengthening routines for various kinds of sporting and other activities. Then the bulk of the text offers exercises designed to stretch, strengthen and stabilise the shoulder which one can with just one's arms and shoulder, with weights, lying down, against a wall, with a Theraband or a stick. These are illustrated with photographs and explained very clearly.

Clearly, there are things that a book will never do for you: neither can it ultimately diagnose a condition, nor can it check that you are doing the relevant exercises with good form. But all in all, I would say that this is a pretty helpful book if you want to strengthen your shoulder joint.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Shoulder That Burden
By lichram
A comprehensive guide for the layman. An excellent exposition of the exercise which will benefit the young(to avoid problems) and the old (to ease and manage stiffening and misused shoulders).