Book Review - Paintracking your personal guide to living well with chronic pain
Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 December 2011 10:14 Written by Margaret Robson Sunday, 18 December 2011 08:32
When I was asked to review this book I had thought that I’d be able to skim read it but as I started to read I knew that this was impossible as I felt, as I was reading, that this book was written for me. Having Fibromyalgia I was able to identify with so much in the book and found myself so engrossed in what I was reading that I wanted to read and devour every line.
Deborah says that this book that she has written is the book that she wishes someone had given her when she was first diagnosed. I run a support group for 300 people with Fibromyalgia and have set up seven other groups in Kent in England, and this will be the book I will be recommending to everyone. It really is a ‘must read’ for anyone with a chronic pain condition.
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Book Review - Fibromyalgia Up Close and Personal
Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 18:57 Written by Kathy Longley Tuesday, 13 December 2011 11:14
Fibromyalgia Up Close and Personal by Dr Mark Pellegrino
Dr Pellegrino has always been one of my favourite writers and it has been my pleasure to work with him on various articles I've written on FM over the years. He has cared for over 15,000 FM patients during the course of his medical career and is one of the leading experts on fibromyalgia, as well as being an FM survivor himself.
His fully comprehensive book covers all aspects of fibromyalgia including diagnosis, research, exercise, medication, nutritional approaches, alternative medicine, how to get a good night’s sleep, fibro fog, FM in children, post-traumatic FM, and how to handle FM all sorts of life situations like at work, on holiday or when you become a parent.
Book Review - Chair Yoga: Seated Exercises for Health and Wellbeing
Last Updated on Sunday, 11 December 2011 14:31 Written by Kathy Longley Thursday, 08 December 2011 15:06
Chair Yoga: Seated Exercises for Health and Wellbeing by Edeltraud Rohnfeld
This fully illustrated book is ideal for anyone who wishes to reap all the health benefits of yoga without having to sit for hours on a mat in the lotus position or stand on their head with their legs angled in strange positions. Anyone can do this type of yoga, whatever their level of ability. All you need is a chair, some space and a willingness to work through the exercises.
Edeltraud starts by explaining the origin of yoga many years ago in India and how it reached the West due to British colonisation. Chair Yoga was first developed in the 1980s to help those not so physically able, to benefit from increased joint flexibility, improved circulation and to find that place of inner peace and composure.
Edeltraud takes you through the importance of breathing practice explaining the different parts of the lungs and how to incorporate them in special breathing techniques. She then goes on to describe and illustrate exercises for different areas of the body, starting from the feet and toes and working all the way up to the head.
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Book Review - Sophie's Story
Last Updated on Saturday, 31 December 2011 19:40 Written by Kathy Longley Wednesday, 30 November 2011 12:25
Sophie's Story: My 20-Year Battle with Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Sophie Lee
Sophie has suffered from irritable bowel syndrome since the age of 12. In this book she offers a very real and often heart-wrenching account of what it is like to live with IBS day after day. Like fibromyalgia, IBS is often not really understood by doctors and the public alike. It can be dismissed as a psychological problem, one induced by stress, or a condition that gives you a few aches and pains and a bit of diarrhoea or constipation now and again.
Sophie wants to put the record straight and allow people to learn facts about IBS from somebody who has lived with it for many years, to dispel the myths that often surround it and to share tips and advice about treatment that she has accumulated over the years.
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