Twisted your ankle running for a tennis ball? Suffering from terrible "mouse wrist" because you are not sitting properly at the computer? Cricked your neck in your sleep? Has your child hurt a knee playing soccer? has your father's back locked while he was weeding the garden? Can't get in to see a physiotherapist until tomorrow afternoon, and the painkillers are only just working?
What can you do?
'Bodyworks' supplies the answers. Using her years of experience as a physiotherapist in general practice, and with special expertise in sports injuries, Francine St George combines knowledge of the most common muscle problems faced by people in their everyday lives with the questions most frequently asked when she does regular radio talkback on ABC Radio.
Gradually working through the body from neck to toe, Francine explains what's gone wrong, why it has, and then describes what you can do to remedy matters. With clear and practical explanations and diagrams, she leads you through the stretches that will help deal with the pain and inconvenience, and get you and your family through the day. But prevention is as important as cure, so Francine also recommends particular muscle exercises to stretch and strengthen your weal spots to help withstand the daily stresses we impose on them.
A thoroughly helpful and easy-to-access book, 'Bodyworks' will help you deal with all the aches and pains, twinges and cricks, strains and sprains with which your body can suddenly catch you unawares.
