Joint Pain Prescription - Hardcover

Rippe, James M.; Mccarthy, Sean M. S.; Waite, Mary Abbott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1579544568 ISBN 13: 9781579544560

Publisher: Rodale Books, 2001

Synopsis

The best-selling author of Fit Over Forty provides an innovative new eight-week program designed to ease joint pain and alleviate the symptoms of arthritis, offering an all-natural regimen that uses gelatin supplements, exercise, simple strength training, and nutrition to decrease pain and increase mobility. 100,000 first printing.

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From the Inside Flap:

E FIRST TIME–A REVOLUTIONARY HOME PROGRAM THAT ACTUALLY REVERSES JOINT DISEASE

The human body contains one hundred and forty-three joints–those intricately fashioned connections that enable us to sit, walk, drive, chew, type an e-mail, and perform the thousands of other activities that occupy us every day. Though joints are designed to remain strong and flexible for a lifetime, in fact, joint problems are the leading cause of disability in the world. Until recently, medicine offered the millions of Americans suffering from osteoarthritis, rheumatic arthritis, gout, and many other acutely painful rheumatic ailments only a modicum of relief. Now, at last, there’s good news!

This groundbreaking book features the landmark study in which gelatin supplements not only helped patients relieve pain but actually restored their joints to better health. Dr. James Rippe presents a highly effective eight-week home program crea

About the Author:

James M. Rippe, M.D., is regarded as one of the leading authorities in the United States on preventive cardiology, health and fitness, and healthy weight loss. The author of 18 fitness, nutrition, and medical books, Dr. Rippe is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School, with postgraduate training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He lives near Boston with his wife and three children.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1579544568
• ISBN 13: 9781579544560
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208