Healing through exercise : scientifically proven ways to prevent and overcome illness and lengthen your life / Jörg Blech.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blech, Jörg.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exercise therapy--Popular works.

Exercise therapy.

Exercise--Health aspects.

Exercise.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st Da Capo press ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Da Capo Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fascinating and life-enhancing investigation into exercise as the new medicine, reversing many diseases, preventing others, and lengthening lives

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1: The Healing Power of Exercise; 2: The Dangers of Going to Bed; 3: Unemployed Bodies, New Diseases; 4: Walking Off Diabetes; 5: Muscles and Metabolism; 6: What the Heart Desires; 7: Growing Bones; 8: A Sporting Cure for Back Pain; 9: Exercise and Brain Power; 10: Lifting the Spirit; 11: A Fountain of Youth in the Brain; 12: Cancer: A Growing Case for Exercise; 13: Longevity, Potency, and Resilience; 14: Panacea for Every Day; NOTES; GUIDELINES ON THE WEB; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612462528

9781282462526

1282462520

9780786752171

0786752173

OCLC:

688616732