Reviews (1)

Reduce Repetitive Stress
Very easy to read. Written in lay terms this book explains ergonomics in the office environment. Clear and concise descriptions of the body's workings and limitations are coupled with practical instructions on how to modify your office for you to function efficiently within those parameters. The application of the recommendations will go a long way to improving performance by minimizing fatigue and preventing repetitive stress trauma. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Handbooks & Manuals    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health aspects    5. Health/Fitness    6. Human engineering    7. Offices    8. Sitting position    9. Stress management    10. Work-Related Health    11. Ergonomics    12. Occupational / industrial health & safety    13. Popular medicine    14. Work & labour   

Subjects:  1. Achievement motivation    2. Business Life - General    3. Developmental - General    4. Employees    5. Mental discipline    6. Motivational & Inspirational    7. Personal Growth - Memory Improvement    8. Personal Growth - Success    9. Psychology    10. Psychology, Industrial    11. Self-Help    12. Training of    13. Work-Related Health    14. Sale Books   

Subjects:  1. Accidents    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Prevention    5. Public Health    6. Safety    7. United States    8. Violence    9. Wounds and injuries    10. Health systems & services    11. Medical / Public Health    12. Medicine: General Issues   

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - General    2. Allied Health Services - Occupational Therapy    3. Alternative Medicine    4. Consumer Health    5. Diet / Health / Fitness    6. General    7. Health and hygiene    8. Massage & Reflexotherapy    9. Masseurs    10. Medical    11. Overuse injuries    12. Physical Fitness    13. Physical Therapy    14. Physical therapists    15. Prevention    16. Science/Mathematics    17. Family & Health    18. Health & Fitness / Alternative Therapies    19. Occupational therapy    20. Personal & public health    21. Physiotherapy   

Subjects:  1. Athletes    2. Athletic Injuries    3. Exercise    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health and hygiene    6. Health/Fitness    7. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation    8. Sports & Recreation    9. Sports Medicine    10. Sports injuries    11. Training    12. Treatment    13. Medical / Sports Medicine    14. Sports injuries & medicine   

Reviews (5)

Plan it out.
Ah, now here's a travel fitness book by a guy who thinks like I do.
Okay, but there are better books out there
I was disappointed in this book. It seems as if the author needed to pad his book out, so he added a lot of really basic filler material that didn't add to the subject at hand. Several times he'd write a couple of paragraphs on some subject, then tell you to go to some website, which is really annoying, especially as we all know that websites can disappear overnight, and quite often do.
Essential for the Married Man with Kids
For years I have struggled with trying to balance my family, my career, and my health.With this book I have finally learned how to get in an excellent workout in a short period of time without having to invest the time in going to the gym.The author provides some great discipline ideas to get into shape and STAY IN SHAPE.I would recommend this book to anyone who has all of the loads of family and work who realizes the necessity for good health and fitness.I haven't read anything that synthesizes the mental and physical path better. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diets - General    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health/Fitness    5. Reference - Tips    6. Stress Management    7. Work-Related Health    8. Coping with stress    9. Diets & dieting   

Editorial Review

Confronted consistently by malicious managers, contemptuous coworkers, inept underlings and stressful situations, today's working stiff often feels pummeled from all sides. Read more

Reviews (9)

It's a Biography....
I read the book Working Wounded in a couple of days.It is actually a quick read and rather humorous at times.There is a lot of great reference material in there. Working Wounded.As If Dilbert Came To Life...
I bought the "Working Wounded" as a gift for the members of a team I once worked on.I felt that many of the situations that Bob Rosner brought to light measured up with how we dealt with our day.It went overquite well, and was entertaining as well as enlightening.I look forwardto a second volume.

This book could have been so much more
I heard the last 5 minutes of a radio interview with the Bob Rosner and had great hopes for this book. He interviews a lot better... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business Life - General    3. Business/Economics    4. Careers - General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Human Resources & Personnel Management    7. Work-Related Health    8. Business & Economics / Careers   

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. General    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health Care Issues    5. Health Education    6. Health promotion    7. Health/Fitness    8. Work-Related Health   

Reviews (2)

An excellent compilation of documents on dental ergonomics.
Denise Murphy has done a wonderful service for those in the field of dentistry by her efforts in assembling the documents in this book.She has called on nearly all those currently recognized for their contributions tothe understanding of ergonomics in dentistry.The extensive bibliographiesare an aid for anyone researching a study of this subject.If you want toget a handle on dental ergonomics, read this book.

help me
1 week ago I had to sent my e-mail message for didn't receive the ordered book of above title. Thanks for you answer immediately. But I'm sorry I lost your message. Please re-try. I want to see this book as possible asearly. I had ordered about 15-20 days ago. thanks.. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Dental personnel    2. Dentistry - General    3. Human engineering    4. Industrial Health & Safety    5. Medical    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Occupational diseases    8. Prevention    9. Public Health    10. Wounds and injuries   

Editorial Review

So you listened to the doctors and public-health professionals and Nike commercials, and you believe it's a good thing that you're still exercising and playing sports well into your fourth or fifth or even sixth decade of life. You know all about the problems that accrue with inactivity: a weak heart, clogged arteries, and atrophied muscle tissue and bone mass, all of it adding up to a precipitous decline in physical abilities.Read more

Reviews (3)

Straightforward and helpful
"Athletic Forever" provides information on getting into shape without getting injured. It offers nutritional guidance and provides an easy-to-understand overview of the principles of scientific training -- the very guidelines used by professional coaches and athletes for attaining peak fitness. Should you get injured in the course of pursuing sports and recreation, "Athletic Forever" will get you back in the game fast: simply refer to the back of the book where you'll find a comprehensive guide to sports injuries -- how to recognize them and what to do to overcome them. This is a no-nonsense, easy-to-understand book.

Excellent
Athletic Forever is an excellent health reference book because it doesn't simplify things, as so many new "fitness plans" do. Dr. Jobe & his colleagues simply present good factual information and excellenttips to help people maintain a healthy lifestyle. I found the back sectionof exercises particularly useful and authoritative.

A great book for all athletes and health professionals!
It was a great pleasure to read and learn from "Athletic Forever. The Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Plan for Lifetime Fitness." Dr. Frank Jobe et al have taken on an interesting, contemporary subject in a mosttimely manner. The glowing forwards from Tommy Lasorda and Magic Johnsonillustrate the tremndous respect that professional sports celebrities havefor Dr. Jobe and "Athletic Forever." The text is formatted in alogical, concise manner and explores anatomy, injuries and treatmentprotocol without getting bogged down in needless detail. The KJ facts andcloseups clearly add a new dimension to the body of knowlege regardinglifetime fitness. I especially enjoyed the insights with regards todiagnosing the cause of back pain. It is very refreshing to hear fromtheexperts that high tech and costly imaging methods such as MRI's are in manycases unrelated to a patient's back pain. The section on stregthening andflexibility exercises is presented in a straight forward manner yetprovides exceedingly valuable information in a refreshingly "lowtech" appearance. Perhaps it is beyond the scope of the text, but itmay have been useful to discuss 1 or 2 of the Kerlan-Jobe innovations inthe field of sports medicine (For example, I would have been extremelyinterested in the story of Tommy John and the procedures and rehabilitationused in the "rebuilding of his pitcher's arm.") I would highlyreccomend "Athletic Forever" to all athletes and healthprofessionals! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accidents    2. Consumer Health    3. Exercise    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Healthy Living    7. Physical fitness    8. Popular works    9. Prevention    10. Sports    11. Sports injuries    12. Training    13. Exercise & workout books    14. Popular medicine   

Features

• Bargain Price

Reviews (3)

No more knee pain has food for thought
This book was recommended to me by someone who followed the suggestions for 6 weeks and voila no more knee pain!This book has opened my eyes to a lot of causes behind my knee pain.

Worthless Read
Don't bother spending your money.I also met the doctor who wrote this book and he was FAR from anything he sounded like in the book.

An excellent basic guide
In No More Knee Pain, women receive an excellent basic guide to natural prevention and relief of knee pain with a 12-week program geared to understanding the anatomy of the knee, common problems of the knee in women, and what takes a toll on the joints. From eating appropriately for knee health and using nutritional supplements to considering body mechanics, posture correction and preventative knee exercises, osteopathic physician George Kessler covers all the bases.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diseases    3. General    4. Health & Fitness    5. Health/Fitness    6. Knee    7. Pain    8. Popular works    9. Treatment    10. Wounds and injuries    11. Health & Fitness / General    12. Women's health    13. Bargain   

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Composers & Musicians - Jazz    3. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)    4. Genres & Styles - Jazz    5. History & Criticism - General    6. Instruction & Study - Appreciation    7. Interviews    8. Jazz musicians    9. Music    10. Health & Fitness / Work-Related Health    11. Jazz   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Reference - General    4. Public health & preventive medicine    5. Transport planning & policy   

Subjects:  1. Environmental Health    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Medicine, Industrial    5. Occupational & Industrial Medicine    6. Occupational Diseases    7. Preventive Medicine    8. prevention & control    9. Environmental factors    10. Medical / Occupational & Industrial Medicine    11. Occupational medicine   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business Life - Health/Stress    3. Computer Books: Operating Systems    4. Computers    5. Environmental Engineering & Technology    6. Ergonomics/Human Engineering    7. Health & Fitness    8. Health Care Issues    9. Health aspects    10. Industrial Health & Safety    11. Overuse injuries    12. Prevention    13. Reference - General    14. Video Display Terminals (Health Aspects)    15. Coping with stress    16. Occupational / industrial health & safety    17. Popular medicine   

Features

• Illustrated

Subjects:  1. Anatomy    2. Diseases    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health/Fitness    5. Knee    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Physical Impairments    8. Surgery - General    9. Wounds and injuries    10. Coping with illness    11. KNEE_DISEASES    12. KNEE_SURGERY    13. Medical / Anatomy   

Reviews (1)

Ok, but not as informative as I would have liked.
It has excellent diagrams and stuff, but it's way out-dated. This is a good book for people who don't know anything about knee injury yet. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Care and hygiene    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Knee    8. Pain Management    9. Prevention    10. Running & Jogging    11. Sports injuries    12. Wounds and injuries    13. Popular medicine    14. Sports & Recreation / Running & Jogging   

Reviews (2)

If you cannot swing your chances of an "ace" go way down
Great book!!! I use the recommendations in chaps 10 and 11 everytime I play.

Dr. Divot and the Older (gasp!) Female Golfer
Having taken up golf again once my son had grown, I quickly realized that I was not in the physical shape of the 20 year old I had been when I first started playing in college.After my first injury to my elbow and a badly strained shoulder, I started looking around for a book that would help me with conditioning, preventing injuries and counsel me if (please, no!) this happened once again.At this point I had had enough of physical therapy, MRIs, etc. and didn't wish to injure myself further.
Read more

Subjects:  1. General    2. Golf - General    3. Golf injuries    4. Golfers    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Health and hygiene    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Prevention    9. Sports    10. Sports & Recreation    11. Sports Medicine    12. Business & Economics / General    13. Golf   

Subjects:  1. Dance    2. Dance - Classical    3. Dancers    4. Dancing injuries    5. Exercise    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Performing Arts    9. Physical fitness    10. Prevention    11. Performing Arts / Dance / General   

Reviews (2)

In response
I have a copy of this book as well, and I decided to check on the comments of the last reviewer. I didn't find any mention of waiting 1-3 minutes before calling 911 in cases of CPR. In fact, the book makes a point of notputting off calling 911, especially if you haven't practiced CPR before.The book provides natural remedies interspersed in the text. They are notedwith an icon next to the paragraph so the reader will know that these arealternatives to regular medicine. I am not an advocate of natural medicine,so I really didn't pay much attention to those paragraphs.I do suggestthat anyone really serious in first aid should take a class (from RedCross, for example). That is the only way you can safely practice CPRbefore really performing it.

First Aid and Safety For Dummies
I have been a big fan of the "For Dummies" series and own many copies of their books. However, my most recent purchase, First Aid and Safety for Dummies, has been extremely disappointing. The purpose ofreading this book was to find a book that my first aid and CPR studentscould reference for more details than the standard class covered. However,I found the book to have incorrect information, and information thatcontradicts the nationally accepted standards. The authors are medicaljournalist with no documented emergency medical experience. The onlysection of the book that had reasonable information was the "SpecialSituations" section. The first aid, and preparation section hasrecommendations that could be harmfull, even deadly if followed. Forexample, the book mentions numerous times that first aid and CPR should beperformed for 1-2 minutes before EMS(911) is activated, the nationalstandard is; as soon as an adult person is found unresponsive to activate911. The reason is that most adults go unconscious or into cardiac arrestis due to an irregular heart rhythm, this rhythm can only be reversed withdefibrillation by a portable defibrillator (like in the show ER). This iswhy most communities have police, fire, and ambulances carrying theseunits, airlines also now carry them. A delay of a "few" minutescan mean the difference between life and death. The book also makes arecommendation for during an asthma attack to use the herbal supplementephedra (it mixes alternative medicine in with traditional medicine, duringthe first aid section;versus having a seperate chapter addressingalternative medicine). Ephedra has been known to cause deaths in healthyyoung people (it is used as an energy boost, simular to caffeine)someonemay misinterpret this and use it alongside with a prescibed asthma inhaler,this could be deadly. These are just a sampling of the mistakes(personally, the two most scariest in my opinion). I have written IDG booksand hope to get a response. My recommendation is if you want a book onFirst Aid or CPR stick with a nationally recognized organization (i.e.American Red Cross, American Heart Association, National SafetyCouncil)many of these publicationsare available online. And mostimportantly, take a class, the books are invaluable, but so isn't the handson experience you will recieve. I am writing this as a First Aid and CPRInstructor with 12 years of emergency medicine experience. Once again,other than this particular book, I have enjoyed and found the "ForDummies" series very informative. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accidents    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. First Aid    5. First Aid (Internal Medicine)    6. First aid in illness and injury    7. General    8. Health & Fitness    9. Health/Fitness    10. Popular works    11. Prevention    12. Reference    13. Safety    14. Family & Health