Move Yourself: The Cooper Clinic Medical Director's Guide to All the Healing Benefits of Exercise (Even a Little!)

273 Pages·2008·1.08 MB·English

by  Tedd Mitchell

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Move
Yourself
The Cooper Clinic Medical Director’s
Guide to All the Healing
Benefits of Exercise
(Even a Little!)
TEDD MITCHELL,M.D.
TIM CHURCH,M.D.,Ph.D.
MARTIN ZUCKER
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Move
Yourself
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Move
Yourself
The Cooper Clinic Medical Director’s
Guide to All the Healing
Benefits of Exercise
(Even a Little!)
TEDD MITCHELL,M.D.
TIM CHURCH,M.D.,Ph.D.
MARTIN ZUCKER
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Copyright ©2008 by Tedd Mitchell, M.D., Tim Church, M.D., Ph. D. and Martin Zucker.
All rights reserved
Illustrations in chapters 10 and 11 by Bonita Versh (www.bonitaversh.com).
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Mitchell, Tedd, date.
Move yourself : the Cooper Clinic medical director’s guide to all the healing benefits of
exercise (even a little!) / Tedd Mitchell, Tim Church, and Martin Zucker.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-470-04223-6 (cloth)
1. Exercise—Health aspects. 2. Physical fitness. I. Church, Tim, 1965–
II. Zucker, Martin III. Title.
RA781.M587 2007
613.7—dc22 2008000279
Printed in the United States of America
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The information contained in this book is based upon the research and
personal and professional experiences of the authors. It is not intended as
a substitute for consulting with your physician or other health-care
providers. If you choose to follow any of the programs recommended in
the book, please speak first to your doctor about the appropriateness of
these recommendations for your particular situation. The publisher and
the authors are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences
resulting from the use of the suggestions or procedures discussed in this
book.
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To my father, Clayton Mitchell, M.D., for leading me to medicine;
to Kenneth Cooper, M.D., and Larry Gibbons, M.D., for
introducing me to the grand world of preventive medicine;
and to my wife, Janet Tornelli-Mitchell, M.D.,
and my children, Katherine, Charlie, and Chris,
for making my life a joy every day.
—Tedd Mitchell
To my parents, Lucy and Tom Church, and my brothers, Jeff and
Brian, for their continual support; to Natalie, my wife,
and to our children, Lucy Jean and Charlie, for giving me
meaning and purpose to this crazy adventure
called life; and to my Birmingham family for
their love and for helping me keep it real.
—Tim Church
To those mighty moms of Ottawa—Carole and Chantale—who
make physical activity part of their daily routine.
—Martin Zucker
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