Muscle Medicine
The Revolutionary Approach to Maintaining, Strengthening, and Repairing Your Muscles and Joints
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Introducing "Muscle Medicine"
We serve on the medical staff of the New York Giants and treat athletes at all skill levels, so it's fair to say we know something about the punishment the human body can take and dish out. But in our private practices, too much of the pain and suffering we see in our patients has no rationale whatsoever. It stems from a big and preventable cause: muscles are overlooked as an important piece of the treatment puzzle. A sore shoulder, a tight lower back, an achy knee -- in virtually everyone over the age of thirty, these problems are so common, they're taken for granted as the near inevitable consequence of getting older. But that's just not true. Whether tight or injured muscle is the primary cause of pain and restriction or whether the main culprit is inside the joints, the tools exist to get to the root of the problem.
In the pages that follow, you will learn advanced muscle self-treatment techniques as well as stretching and strength exercises, all pegged t ... read full excerpt from: Muscle Medicine: The Revolutionary Approach to Maintaining, Strengthening, and Repairing Your Muscles and Joints ebook
