Age-Defying Fitness: Making the Most of Your Body for the Rest of Your Life
Author: Marilyn Moffat
Growing older does not mean accepting diminished fitness. Two of the nation's top physical therapists show how to assess your fitness levels and create a specific profile to achieve optimum physical health.
There is no doubt that our bodies change with age, as the baby boomer generation is now learning firsthand. But many of the problems attributed to inevitable age-related changes are in fact not inevitable and are often lifestyle induced and reversible.
In this new book, Moffat and Lewis show how to overcome the aches, stiffness, and unsteadiness in your muscles and joints. Using their simple, self-administered tests, you will assess your level of physical performance in these five critical domains: posture, balance, strength, flexibility, and endurance. The authors help you develop a personal profile, according to the results of these tests. Easy-to-follow strengthening and stretching exercises, based on the latest clinical research, are included along with a Thera-Band® resistive exercise band for use in some exercises.
More than a simple how-to book, Age-Defying Fitness encourages you to take responsibility for your physical well-being, and offers an easy everyday approach to achieving better health.
About the Authors
MARILYN MOFFAT, PhD, PT, an internationally recognized leader in the field of physical therapy, is professor of physical therapy at New York University. In 1997, she completed a six-year term as the president of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). She is currently on the executive committee of the World Federation for Physical Therapy. She has also been in private practice for almost forty years.
CAROL B. LEWIS, PhD, PT, is founder and owner of a large physical therapy practice in Washington, DC. She currently serves on the medical faculty of George Washington University as a full adjunct professor in the Department of Geriatrics. Lewis has published numerous textbooks and articles in the field of aging. She has a PhD from the University of Maryland and two master's degrees from the University of Southern California.
Kirkus Reviews
If you are an aging baby-boomer, chances are good you will fail this book's quick quiz assessing your overall physical health. Read on and you may soon earn a passing grade.
Library Journal
Clinical physical therapists Moffat (NYU) and Lewis (geriatrics, George Washington Univ.; founder & president, Premier Physical Therapy) provide excellent, easy-to-understand guidance for baby boomers looking to assess their level of physical fitness in five domains: posture, strength, flexibility, balance, and endurance. Chapter 1 sets the scene, explaining changes that take place as our bodies age. Simple tests, well illustrated with clear black-and-white drawings and photographs, enable readers to assess their capabilities and lead to a personal profile for physical fitness in each of the five domains. Many of the strengthening and stretching exercises use the Thera-BandR resistive band; others use only wrist or ankle weights and a sturdy chair. The benefits of each exercise are listed, while charts and work sheets allow readers to track their progress. A great resource for determining one's fitness level and custom-tailoring a program; highly recommended for public libraries, though selectors should note that a bound-in insert contains the Thera-BandR. Jodith Janes, Cleveland Clinic Fdn. Lib. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
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Soul Wisdom: Practical Soul Treasures To Transform Your Life (Includes MP3 Download)
Author: Zhi Gang Sha
In Soul Wisdom, internationally acclaimed Soul Master, healer, and bestselling author Dr. Zhi Gang Sha takes healing and personal transformation to the ultimate level, the soul level. Dr. Sha's teachings empower you to melt all of your life blockages with practical soul treasures: Soul Language, Soul Song, Soul Movement, Soul Tapping, and Soul Dance. This is the first time in history that the Divine has released these soul secrets to transform the consciousness of humanity and create love, peace, and harmony for humanity, Mother Earth, and the Universe.
"The Soul Song for Healing and Rejuvenation" included in this book is an MP3 file that only some CD players can play. If your CD player cannot play MP3 files, you can download a music file at drsha.com and burn it to a CD that will work on virtually all CD players.
Table of Contents:
Soul Power Series ixHow to Receive the Divine Downloads Offered in the Books of the Soul Power Series xxi
What to Expect After You Receive Divine Downloads xxiii
Foreword Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith xxv
Preface xxvii
Soul Language: Universal Communication
Introduction 3
What Is Soul Language? 9
Bring Out Your Soul Language 47
Soul Language and Healing 70
Soul Language as Service 88
Translating Soul Language 103
Conclusion 124
Soul Song: The Song of the Heart and Soul
What Is Soul Song? 129
Soul Song and Joy 140
Soul Song and the Song of the Universe 153
Conclusion 170
Soul Movement: Ancient Practice to Energize, Heal, Rejuvenate, and Enlighten Soul, Mind, and Body
Introduction 175
Basic Formula for Soul Movement 184
Boosting Energy, Stamina, Vitality, and Immunity 188
Healing 193
Rejuvenation 196
Englightenment 202
Putting It All Together 206
Soul Tapping: Advanced Soul Healing for Ages 8 to 108
Introduction 215
What Is Soul Tapping? 220
Key Areas for Soul Tapping 225
Healing Emotional, Mental, and Spiritual Imbalances and Blockages 232
Group Healing and Remote Healing 240
Everyone's Soul Tapping Power Is Different 245
How to Uplift Your Soul 248
Soul Tapping Master Healers 257
Soul Dance: Soul Joy in Motion
Introduction 263
What Is Soul Dance? 265
The Heavens Delight in Soul Dance 277
Soul Dance as a Manifestation of the Divine 288
Conclusion 297
Acknowledgments 299
A Special Gift 301
Dr. Sha's Teachings and Services 303
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