A revolutionary work that guides new parents in helping their baby form healthy movements, strong muscles, and a fit body during the child's critical first year of life, filled with vital information and over 400 full-color photographs that clearly show how to create a strong foundation for a baby's musculoskeletal health and future wellnessA child's first steps are one of the great miracles in life—one we think of as a natural, essential, intuitive process. But ju...

Restore your thyroid balance with this no-nonsense informationUnusual fatigue, unexplained weight loss or gain, a racing heart, confusion, tremors, anxiety and depression, hair loss ... an ailing thyroid can cause any combination of these symptoms or dozens of others, making it difficult for even experienced doctors to recognize when you have a thyroid disorder.Learn the ins and outs of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, Grave's Disease, goiters, and thyroid nodules, ...

**The New York Times–bestselling guide to at-home exercises you can do to live a life free of pain, stress and tension.In The MELT Method, therapist Sue Hitzmann offers a breakthrough self-treatment system to combat chronic pain and erase the effects of aging and active living—in as little as ten minutes a day.With a focus on the body's connective tissues and the role they play in pain, stress, weight gain, and overall health, Hitzmann's life-changi...

Want to know the key to eliminating chronic pain from your life? It’s not more rigorous exercise, medical interventions, or expensive therapies. It turns out you have had the key all along—your body and its natural brilliant design!For years we have been overlooking a crucial element of the body—fascia—that holds the key to allowing you to live pain-free. Many of us think of the human body as a static, mechanical system of muscles attached to a skeleton. What is missing from this p...

Bestselling Move Your DNA has shaken up the health and fitness world with this message: there is more to movement than exercise."A landmark in explaining biomechanics." Dr. Joan Vernikos, Former Director of NASA’s life science division and author of Sitting Kills, Moving HealsIt’s often said that "movement is medicine," but rarely is the how behind the power of movement explained. It’s not only our whole ...

Foreword by Chris HemsworthA proven program that teaches you how to harness the body’s natural movement patterns in daily activities to get fit, healthy, and pain-free for lifeHunching over a keyboard, commuting long hours, slouching on the couch—poor postures resulting from our sedentary lifestyle have thrown our bodies out of balance, causing unnecessary stress and strain that compromise our joints, restrict organ function, and weaken our...

End chronic pain safely, naturally, and permanently with easy-to-follow, practical advice from the renowned physiologist and author of Pain Free.“Women today not only deserve but should expect a pain-free, active lifestyle, no matter their age, no matter their previous experience.”In his famed San Diego clinic, Pete Egoscue has taught women the Egoscue Method for permanent chronic pain relief without prescription painkillers, physical ther...

No one is immune. For people from champion athletes to desk-bound white-collar professionals, many simple acts of life--a relaxing evening stroll through the neighborhood, an exhilarating run along a sandy beach, just bending down to tie a loose shoelace-are often acts of torture. The walking wounded suffer from torn rotator cuffs, tennis elbow, jogger's knees, bad backs, stiff necks, sore feet, and swollen ankles. It could, without exaggeration, be called a modem epidemic.In this ...

Live pain free! Now fully updated and revised throughout, this million-copy bestseller will help you feel and move better.“This book is extraordinary, and I am thrilled to recommend it to anyone who’s interested in dramatically increasing the quality of their physical health.”—Tony RobbinsWith a new foreword by John Lynch, Hall of Fame NFL safety and general manager of the San Francisco 49ersCan gentle exercise help...

Discover how a daily breathing workout can turn back the tide of stress and illness, and improve your overall quality of life."Clear, simple, powerful. . . . The ideas in this book—and Dr. Belisa's techniques—are a revelation." —Jason Fine, managing editor, Rolling StoneInsomnia? Gone. Anxiety? Gone. All without medication. Unpleasant side effects from blood pressure pills? Gone. A cheap and effective way to combat cardiovascular d...

As seen on the Today Show, Dynamic Aging isn’t that same old senior fitness, senior stretching, senior strength book you’ve seen again and again. This book is about using simple exercises to feel better and get back to living vitally no matter your age.Don't blame your age if you're feeling creaky. It could just be the way you're using (or not using) your body. ―Washington Post on Dynamic Aging as a Book for the Ages

A Guide to Better Movement offers a clear and practical look at emerging science related to the brain's role in movement and pain. It is written for movement professionals, athletes, chronic pain sufferers, and anyone else interested in moving better and feeing better. In it, you will learn: the essential qualities of movements that are healthy and efficient; why good movement requires healthy "maps" in the brain; why pain is sometimes more about self-perception than tissue damage or injur...