Strengthen your bones and joints naturally! David Hoffman offers expert advice on how herbal treatments can help those suffering from arthritis, rheumatism, osteoporosis, and other musculoskeletal ailments. Detailed profiles of popular medicinal herbs and their healing properties, clear preparation instructions, and dosage guidelines, will help you create custom-tailored remedies suitable to your individual needs. Learn how to incorporate herbs such as meadowsweet, mustard, bay tree, and more into your daily regimen to help prevent and treat aching bones and stiff joints.

'Healthy Bones, Muscles & Joints' offers advice on how to ease daily aches and pains, look after your back, hips and knees, safeguard your children's muscle and bone health, protect against osteoporosis, reduce the symptoms of arthritis and more.

This first-ever Surgeon General's Report on bone health and osteoporosis illustrates the large burden that bone disease places on our Nation and its citizens. Like other chronic diseases that disproportionately affect the elderly, the prevalence of bone disease and fractures is projected to increase markedly as the population ages. If these predictions come true, bone disease and fractures will have a tremendous negative impact on the future well-being of Americans. But as this report makes clear, they need not come true: by working together we can change the picture of aging in America. Osteoporosis, fractures, and other chronic diseases no longer should be thought of as an inevitable part of growing old. By focusing on prevention and lifestyle changes, including physical activity and nutrition, as well as early diagnosis and appropriate treatment, Americans can avoid much of the damaging impact of bone disease and other chronic diseases. This Surgeon General's Report brings together for the first time the scientific evidence related to the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of bone disease. More importantly, it provides a framework for moving forward. The report will be another effective tool in educating Americans about how they can promote bone health throughout their lives. This first-ever Surgeon General's Report on bone health and osteoporosis provides much needed information on bone health, an often overlooked aspect of physical health. This report follows in the tradition of previous Surgeon Generals' reports by identifying the relevant scientific data, rigorously evaluating and summarizing the evidence, and determining conclusions.

Bones, muscles and joints are the body's vital support system. Looking after them is the key to staying strong and active throughout life. This comprehensive volume is packed with advice on how to: ease daily aches and pains; look after the back, hips and knees; protect against bone-damaging osteoporosis; reduce the symptoms of arthritis; and look and feel better. It is also offers ways to safeguard children's muscle and bone health. From gentle exercises that can fit into a daily routine and simple healthy-eating tips to practical help for dozens of specific problems, this book is the complete guide to lifelong health and mobility.

A person’s bone density increases most rapidly during the teen years; healthy eating and lifestyle habits can help teens build strong bones for life. This accessible guide helps readers understand the important role of bones in the body and how to build a powerful skeleton. Readers learn to decipher nutrition labels and choose foods that provide adequate calcium, Vitamin D, and other essential nutrients. They also learn the key role of exercise in promoting bone health, as well as strategies for preventing bone injuries. Eye-catching photographs engage readers and inspire positive behaviors. Research-based content fulfills National Health Education Standards.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) administers two programs that provide disability benefits: the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. SSDI provides disability benefits to people (under the full retirement age) who are no longer able to work because of a disabling medical condition. SSI provides income assistance for disabled, blind, and aged people who have limited income and resources regardless of their prior participation in the labor force. Both programs share a common disability determination process administered by SSA and state agencies as well as a common definition of disability for adults: "the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months." Disabled workers might receive either SSDI benefits or SSI payments, or both, depending on their recent work history and current income and assets. Disabled workers might also receive benefits from other public programs such as workers' compensation, which insures against work-related illness or injuries occurring on the job, but those other programs have their own definitions and eligibility criteria. Selected Health Conditions and Likelihood of Improvement with Treatment identifies and defines the professionally accepted, standard measurements of outcomes improvement for medical conditions. This report also identifies specific, long-lasting medical conditions for adults in the categories of mental health disorders, cancers, and musculoskeletal disorders. Specifically, these conditions are disabling for a length of time, but typically don't result in permanently disabling limitations; are responsive to treatment; and after a specific length of time of treatment, improve to the point at which the conditions are no longer disabling.

"Healthy Bones" investigates the underlying causes, not just the symptoms, of calcium loss associated with osteoporosis. Explaining the importance of body chemistry, the author then shows how to correct potentially dangerous imbalances with sensible food planning.

How anyone can have healthy bones–at any age Osteoporosis is a major health threat already affecting an estimated 44 million Americans–yet optimal bone health is still within reach. The Bone-Builder Breakthrough is a comprehensive guide to building bone health, providing advice for the teenage years through the sixties and beyond on the prevention and reversing of osteopenia and osteoporosis. Based on recommendations in the 2005 Surgeon General’s Report, this accessible, upbeat guide offers exciting news on hidden risk factors and guidance on essential supplements, proper vertical exercise, nutrition, and the important relationship between healthy bones and a healthy heart.

'Healthy bones, muscles & joints' offers advice on how to ease daily aches and pains, look after your back, hips and knees, safeguard your children's muscle and bone health, protect against osteoporosis, reduce the symptoms of arthritis and more.