Healthy Joints: Exercises. How to Get Rid of Pain, Maintain Mobility and Strength of Joints

In this book you will find 11 rules that will help maintain joint health or restore their mobility after illness or injury. The renowned orthopedic traumatologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences Viktor Mamontov summarizes his 40 years of practice and shares useful recommendations and exercises. You will learn: • how joints work and why their diseases occur; • how to determine your predisposition to such diseases; • how to independently check the condition of your joints; • how to get rid of pain in them; • and what to do to improve mobility, strength, and health. The author provides illustrated exercises to strengthen the spine, hip, knee, and ankle joints, as well as recommendations for fracture prevention. «A person who reads this book will learn a lot about themselves. They will determine if they are predisposed to joint diseases by conducting simple tests, assess the condition of their joints, get acquainted with risk factors for developing diseases, master exercises to maintain all joints in good condition, and find answers to questions about examination methods and indications for non-surgical and surgical treatment of joints.» — Moskalev V. P., Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Traumatology and Orthopedics of the First Saint Petersburg State Medical University named after Acad. I.P. Pavlov