Paula Coates – författare

Back Pain: Exercise your way to health will show you how to manage your back pain by helping you to gain a better understanding of the causes and how this affects your body and health. Armed with this information you can make informed choices about how you live your life.There is no reason why back pain should stop you living a full and active life. Exercise your way to health will show you how to include a simple fitness programme into your life, whilst considering the specific challenges you face with acute and chronic back pain. You will start to see improvements within 6 weeks, when you can re-test your baseline fitness. This will be all the motivation you need to keep your new lifestyle on track to a happier and healthier you!

Running Repairs is a handbook for everyone who runs - fromthose training for a one-off charity event, through those who run tokeep fit to experienced club runners who regularly race.A recent Runner''s World magazine survey revealed that over80 per cent of runners have experienced an injury and that avoidinginjury or recovering from injury is the main worry for nearly everyrunner. This will be the first book to specifically address theseconcerns. Written by an experienced physiotherapist and recreationalmarathon runner, Running Repairs is written in two parts: Part one - covers aseries of strengthening and flexibility exercises designed to beincorporated within any running schedule, designed to help preventinjury in the first place. Part two - covers themost common running injuries and how to manage them. A series offlowcharts helps the reader to diagnose the most likely cause of anyache and pain and recommends a plan of action to aid recovery - fromrest and ice to referral to a physiotherapist. The book alsocovers basic biomechanics so that runners can understand their runningstyle and identify the specific injuries that are associated with thatstyle, plus nutritional advice for recovering from injury. The bookwill be an essential reference for all runners - allowing them to treatany injuries immediately and in many cases saving considerable amountsof money on unnecessary physiotherapy appointments (the authorestimates that about 50% of injuries that runners visit her practicewith could be treated effectively by the patient and that the vastmajority of injuries could be avoided with appropriate exercises beingincorporated as part of training).

Running Repairs is a handbook for everyone who runs - from those training for a one-off charity event, through those who run to keep fit to experienced club runners who regularly race.A recent Runner''s World magazine survey revealed that over 80 per cent of runners have experienced an injury and that avoiding injury or recovering from injury is the main worry for nearly every runner. This will be the first book to specifically address these concerns.Written by an experienced physiotherapist and recreational marathon runner, Running Repairs is written in two parts. Part one covers a series of strengthening and flexibility exercises designed to be incorporated within any running schedule, designed to help prevent injury in the first place. Part two covers the most common running injuries and how to manage them. A series of flowcharts helps the reader to diagnose the most likely cause of any ache and pain and recommends a plan of action to aid recovery - from rest and ice to referral to a physiotherapist. The book also covers basic biomechanics so that runners can understand their running style and identify the specific injuries that are associated with that style, plus nutritional advice for recovering from injury.The book will be an essential reference for all runners - allowing them to treat any injuries immediately and in many cases saving considerable amounts of money on unnecessary physiotherapy appointments (the author estimates that about 50% of injuries that runners visit her practice with could be treated effectively by the patient and that the vast majority of injuries could be avoided with appropriate exercises being incorporated as part of training).

Exercise your way to health: Arthritis will show you how to include a simple fitness programme in your life, while considering the specific challenges raised by arthritis.More than 10 million adults consult their GP each year with arthritis and related conditions. This simple to follow guide helps you to manage your arthritis by giving you an understanding of your diagnosis and how it impacts on your body and health.Arthritis can be painful but with the right lifestyle choices and exercise you can reduce your pain. There is no reason why arthritis should stop you living a full and active life. You will start to see improvements within 6 weeks, when you can re-test your fitness level.This will be all the motivation you need to keep your new lifestyle on track to a happier and healthier you!