Author(s): Kate Lorig

Health

New in mass market paperback, this is the world's leading guide to the treatment of arthritis and fibromyalgia. The Arthritis Helpbook is the world's leading guide to coping with joint pain, and has been used by more than 600,000 readers over its twenty years in print. It succeeds because of its tested advice, its hundreds of useful hints, and its emphasis on self-management - helping people with arthritis and fibromyalgia to achieve their own health goals. This new, mass market paperback edition includes updated information on all available treatments, medications and surgeries. It contains proven techniques to reduce pain and increase dexterity; ways to build a calcium-rich diet and maintain a healthy weight; and information for designing an exercise programme to meet specific needs.