Stretch to Win: Flexibility for Improved Speed, Power, and Agility
Author: Ann Frederick
Leave the old static stretches, muscle tightness, and movement restrictions behind. Stretch to Win presents a complete flexibility training system a proven winner for today's athlete. This is the new way to both loosen up and perform your best.
Learn the dynamic exercise techniques that most closely represent the movements and loads that will be required of your body on the court, field, course, track, or mat or in the water. After you complete a simple self-evaluation, a special science-based stretching matrix enables you to tailor a program specifically for your body, your sport, your position, or your event.
Authors Ann and Chris Frederick have trained many elite and aspiring athletes to achieve optimal muscle and joint function. Now you can stretch to win and enjoy the same results champions in all sports have achieved through this modern, customized flexibility training program.
What People Are Saying
Donovan McNabb
Donovan McNabb Quarterback,Philadelphia Eagles, Five-time Pro Bowl Selection
Flexibility is a key to an athlete's success. The advice, exercises, and programs in Stretch to Win will enable your body and mind to be balanced and connected so you can perform your best.
Sanya Richards
Sanya Richards, 2004 Olympic 4x400-meter gold medalist, 2005 world outdoor 400-meter silver medalist and U.S. outdoor champion
Stretch to Win has been a tremendous asset to me. I always had trouble with my hamstrings, but after working with Chris and Ann I was able to compete without pain. I use the routines every day, and they help me stay injury free.
Benny Vaughn
Benny Vaughn, LMT, ATC, CSCS, NCTMB Athletic Therapy Center, Fort Worth, Texas
The artistry and rhythm of the Fredericks' approach to stretching are supported by the science of flexibility. The debate may continue over the efficacy of stretching, but in the real world of athletics, the Fredericks' method answers the challenge and meets the need of certified athletic trainers and certified massage therapists.
Na'il Diggs
Na'il Diggs, Green Bay Packers
Making the Stretch To Win System an essential part of my off and in-season training has maximized my athletic performance and has eliminated major injuries so that I'm able to play my best at each and every game.
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Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia: Helping Your Loved One Get the Most Out of Life
Author: Kim T Mueser
Do people with schizophrenia ever get better? With the vast majority of those with the disorder dependent on their families for care, close relatives often grapple with that question. The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia inspires hope. Authors Kim T. Mueser, PhD, and Susan Gingerich, MSW, walk readers through a range of treatment and support options that can lead to a better life for the entire family. Individual chapters highlight special issues for parents, siblings, and partners, while other sections provide tips for dealing with problems including cognitive difficulties, substance abuse, and psychosis. Families learn to help their loved ones manage day-to-day tasks, develop friendships, and set personal life goals. Like no other book, this powerful, practical resource helps families stay connected to the individual behind the disorder so they can work together toward recovery.
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Reviewer:Nicholas Greco IV, M.S., BCETS, CATSM, CCRA(College of Lake County)
Description:This is one of the most thorough, well written, and meaningful books ever written for family members and friends of those with schizophrenia. This book contains more than just basic information, yet maintains a readable and compassionate stance.
Purpose:The purpose is to provide family and friends with the information to effectively play a well informed role in the care of their loved one. Families are demanding more than just the ability to cope with their loved one's illness, and this book answers those demands with information essential for the new role that family and friends are embracing. This book is a most powerful tool that enables an active presence of family and friends that are so essential in the lives of our patients.
Audience:First and foremost, family and friends will benefit tremendously from this book. In addition, it is essential reading for graduate students in the mental health professions as it provides a different perspective which will aid in their learning and eventual growth as mental healthcare providers. The authors are well known members of the mental health community. This book is one of Dr. Mueser's finest contributions to the field.
Features:The authors do a wonderful job of explaining schizophrenia, thus providing the needed background to explore such topics as special issues for family members and relapse prevention. The section on relapse prevention is essential to ultimately creating the supportive environment. As persons with schizophrenia do have unique issues, part five is devoted to specificproblems such as the psychotic (positive) symptoms, the negative symptoms, cognitive problems, anxiety, depression, anger and violence, and alcohol and substance abuse. As many clinical studies have begun to assess the quality of life, the authors provide a lengthy and appropriate discussion on these issues. The affordable price makes the book accessible to the general public.
Assessment:This is one of the most valuable books that any concerned family member or friend of a person with schizophrenia will read. If one is looking for a complete, unbiased, and informative family guide on schizophrenia, look no further!
Table of Contents:
| Pt. I | An overview of schizophrenia | |
| 1 | Schizophrenia : the basics | 3 |
| 2 | Diagnosis and symptoms | 17 |
| 3 | Creating a vision of recovery | 32 |
| 4 | Comprehensive treatment of schizophrenia | 48 |
| 5 | Community resources | 59 |
| Pt. II | Special issues for family members | |
| 6 | Parents | 91 |
| 7 | Siblings | 104 |
| 8 | Spouses and partners | 113 |
| 9 | Parenting and children | 124 |
| Pt. III | Preventing relapses | |
| 10 | Medication | 145 |
| 11 | Managing stress | 178 |
| 12 | Developing a relapse prevention plan | 189 |
| 13 | Responding to crises | 206 |
| Pt. IV | Creating a supportive environment | |
| 14 | Communicating effectively | 223 |
| 15 | Solving problems | 234 |
| 16 | Establishing household rules and sharing responsibilities | 242 |
| Pt. V | Coping with specific problems | |
| 17 | Psychotic symptoms | 259 |
| 18 | Negative symptoms | 279 |
| 19 | Cognitive difficulties | 287 |
| 20 | Anxiety | 304 |
| 21 | Depression | 317 |
| 22 | Alcohol and drug abuse | 331 |
| 23 | Anger and violence | 358 |
| 24 | Lack of insight | 371 |
| Pt. VI | Improving quality of life | |
| 25 | Social relationships | 381 |
| 26 | Work and school | 394 |
| 27 | Independent living and self-care skills | 408 |
| 28 | Leisure and recreation | 421 |
| 29 | Dealing with stigma | 431 |
| 30 | Planning for the future | 441 |
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