Taking Control: A New Approach to Living with Arthritis

by Margaret Gore (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $4.61

  This text treats arthritis as a challenge and should assist the reader in their goal of beating the disease. It provides insight into the causes, diagnosis and treatment of the many forms arthritis can take. The book offers practical self-help advice to help the patient to eat well, exercise more, take appropriate medication, apply complimentary therapies, reduce stress levels, overcome their pain and develop a positive attitude to their condition. Features include ways to fight fatigue and protect joints from further damage. It also offers help to the families of arthritis sufferers who may be anxious to help their loved one but don't know how. It is also a book for couples whose relationship and sex life is being affected and for parents of children with arthritis.