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Are you or someone you know thinking about having shoulder surgery? Are you at the end of your rope trying to figure out how you are supposed to manage during the long months of recovery? Here's great news! This book is chock-full of tips and strategies to help you navigate through all the different phases of recovery. You'll learn everything from where to sleep to how to dress yourself with only one hand without falling over! Learn how to work smarter, not harder, during your own unique recovery.

How I Control My Gout! is a personal account of one man who has gout but manages it successfully. Based on his personal experiences, this author gives a candid and realistic approach to treating this painful and debilitating disease. This is a must-hear for those afflicted with this physical ailment. Get advice on diets, medications, more!

Do you feel hopeless about your communication skills or those of someone you love? Don't despair! This guide summarizes contemporary communication knowledge and offers resources for further study to empower those on the autism spectrum and everyone else.

The purpose of this guide is to present to you various treatment options you can make use of for managing your Parkinson's disease symptoms. We have included information on medications, surgeries, alternative forms of therapies, diet and nutrition, exercise, and everything that can help you make an informed decision about managing your health and well-being.

Chronic illness creates many challenges, from career crises and relationship issues to struggles with self-blame, personal identity, and isolation. Beloved author Toni Bernhard addresses these challenges and many more, using practical examples to illustrate how mindfulness, equanimity, and compassion can help listeners make peace with a life turned upside down. In her characteristic conversational style, Bernhard shows how to cope and make the most of life despite the challenges of chronic illness.

Modern medicine is a marvel, but the human brain, with all its capacity for thought and understanding, is beyond marvelous, and we would be doing ourselves a mighty disservice by not understanding how to use this tool to assist us in our own healing.

Unbreakable Bonds tells 10 touching stories of mothers who spent years aiding the recoveries of their children, U.S. soldiers and marines who suffered severe injuries during the War on Terror. The survival of these wounded warriors is a testament not only to the extraordinary efforts of military medical personnel and their own inner fortitude but also to their mothers.

Living in the Belgian Congo with her husband in the 1960s, Fran’s mother became pregnant with a daughter. However, right after she gave birth in the hospital, she felt strange. Unbeknownst to anyone, another daughter was on the way, but before anybody responded, an hour had passed. Because of the delay, Fran was born with cerebral palsy. Growing up with her siblings in Africa, Fran always felt different. When everyone else was playing and having fun, she would watch and wish she could join in.

The word conquer has changed meaning for Bryan Anderson. As a U.S. army sergeant in Iraq, it meant taking down the enemy. After becoming Iraq’s fourth triple amputee from a roadside explosive, what he had to conquer got a bit more personal. On October 23, 2005, the moment Bryan looked down and realized he no longer had legs, he cracked a joke. It was a tragedy that could break many, but Bryan transformed it into something positive, something that propelled him forward.

Do you have Asperger's Syndrome or do you love someone with Asperger's Syndrome? Have you felt as if a successful life is out of reach for those with Asperger's Syndrome? The good news is not only can a person with Asperger's Syndrome survive, but actually live the most noteworthy and fulfilling life. This audiobook shows you exactly how.

Recent studies showed that there is a genetic factor responsible for obesity and diabetes in people. This genetic malfunction affects the body's utilization of energy and insulin which are two key elements in the functioning of the body and the cause of diabetes and obesity.

Cry. Laugh. Repeat. Who Turned Out the Lights is a ride into darkness, but not to despair. Ron Wilde's loss of sight, foot, family, and life as he knew it is a journey into the unknown, a chronicle surprisingly punctuated with humor, insight, and love.

People with speaking difficulties are at the mercy of insurance companies who are determining how often and for how long speech therapy services should be delivered. It is also a disturbing reality that the likelihood for therapy frequency and length of care is contingent upon either the level of competence or comfort level of the speech-language pathologist or the financial policies of each institution.

In Take Me Home from the Oscars, Schwab tells for the first time her story of living an amazing life in television while suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. Schwab recounts with incredible honesty how on the same day she produced and appeared in a major makeover segment for Live with Regis & Kelly in New York and then raced to Chicago to appear on Oprah!, all while balancing medications to ward off the relentless pain that plagued her on-camera and off.

In this new book you will find how to improve your memory. Improving your memory, in the most basic form, means decreasing what you forget. Studies have shown that people who constantly forget where they parked their car to appointments and due dates, experience higher levels of stress. Conversely, when you begin to remember more, your stress levels decrease exponentially. And here's some great news: Lowering your stress levels actually increases your memory even more!

Aim High reveals what has motivated Dame Tanni Grey Thompson, the UK's leading wheelchair athlete, through the highs and lows of her outstanding career. Her triumphs, which include winning 16 medals, 11 of which are gold, countless European titles, six London Marathons and over 30 world records, have catapulted this Welsh wheelchair athlete firmly into the public consciousness.

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits—an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them)—had earned him the...

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits–an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes–had earned him the label “social deviant.” No guidance...

Do you have back, neck, or shoulder pain that keeps recurring or won't go away? Does back pain keep you from living a full life? If so, you may be suffering from TMS (Tension Myositis Syndrome)—and you don't have to take it anymore! Dr. John E. Sarno is a medical pioneer whose mind-body...