Healthy Martial Arts

Available now with a NEW publisher. See what the old publisher wouldn't print.

Winner of the International Eastern USA Black Belt Hall of Fame Reader's Choice Award.
By sports medicine specialist, military scientist, 4th degree Black Belt, and undefeated full contact fighter, Jolie Bookspan.

Huge wealth of information for the martial artist, or any athlete or exerciser, to train all aspects of body and spirit:
- Techniques applicable to all athletes.
- Innovative injury reduction techniques during all movement.
- Strength, abdominal training that transfers to real life, nutrition, flexibility, injuries, soreness.
- Performance enhancement drugs products and foods.
- Breathing, spirit, speed, balance.
- Joint stability, back pain prevention, knee pain, neck pain, and other joint pain,
- How to make training healthy, and more.

The Ab Revolution™ Third Edition Expanded - No More Crunches No More Back Pain

Revolutionary functional core training method used by the nation's top spine docs, rehab centers, athletes, and military. This exciting new method will completely change your knowledge of conditioning, posture, back health, neutral spine, and what abs really do. Third edition, completely reorganized, easier to follow, more examples.

Review by Andrew Seigel, second degree black belt:
I bought this book after attending a seminar with this extraordinary lady - more on that in a moment. The book is invaluable to ANYONE who wants to eliminate back-pain immediately. Most of us have been told so many times to "stand up straight, don't slouch" that we do precisely the wrong thing, over-arching and putting strain and stress on our back each and every day. With Dr. Bookspan's straightforward, no-nonsense approach, you can instantly modify your posture and the pain/ache in your lower back IS GONE! What is deceptive is how easy this is to accomplish and so on first read, you might not totally grasp the concept. Take your time with the book, try each modification and exercise as she clearly explains it, and give it a try. Your first goal should be to stop the pain, your second to start strengthening your abs and back by retraining your daily habits - and let me tell you, you'll thank her for it. I was fortunate enough to attend one of her seminars. That's where she really works her magic, face to face. She utilized the concepts in her book to change the way a room full of martial arts instructors and Grandmasters live their daily lives. For all of our knowledge and experience, Dr. Bookspan provided a collective epiphany to over 60 veteran martial artists, we were all shaking our heads in amazement and smiling at how good our backs felt. It's practical and it WORKS! To her credit, Dr. Bookspan LIVES her healthy lifestyle philosophy. This book is not very big, nor is Dr. Bookspan - but both are filled with tremendous power and wisdom. Everyone could benefit from the Ab Revolution.

Third Edition Expanded - 114 drawings and photos in 124 pages:
Part I Using Ab Revolution for Back Pain Control has 49 illustrations
Part II Exercises for Functional Strengthening has 65 illustrations

Online resellers may sell old editions. 1st and 2nd editions have green bar across the bottom. The 3rd edition and 3rd edition revised are now replaced by 3rd edition expanded.
-> Make sure to get the new updated third edition expanded (2007) with no green bar and date of 2007<-

Stretching Smarter Stretching Healthier

Not the same old stretches.

Fun, easy to read, brimming with immediately helpful techniques to increase flexibility and mobility for daily life, and stop injuries from ways of moving in daily life and from common bad stretching.

Nearly 200 humorous drawings guide you step-by-step.

Fix Your Own Pain – Without Drugs or Surgery

How to fix all your pain, step-by-step:
- Upper and lower back pain, neck pain, shoulder, rotator cuff, hip, knee pain, and foot pain.
- Ankle sprains, Achilles tendonitis, fasciitis, pronation, supination, and flat feet.
- Herniated discs, bad discs, sciatica, swayback, lordosis, "spondy," SI joint, pinched nerve, and impingement.
- It's all here, with fun stories from real patients.

Every page (of 330 total) has specific things to do, things to avoid, things to check for, and/or a story of people who did and didn't fix pain and why.

Health & Fitness in Plain English
How to be Healthy Happy and Fit for the Rest of Your Life

New THIRD Edition (March 2008) - NOW AVAILABLE
31 chapters of step-by-step instructions for better health and fitness:

Exercise - Abs, stretching, workouts, body-building, weights, improving balance, functional lifestyle exercise, healthy body mechanics, what works & doesn't for healthier brain and body.
Health - Heart, cholesterol, diabetes, digestion, osteoporosis, body fat tests, weight loss.
Nutrition - Vitamins, health foods, diets, supplements, drugs, healthy eating, performance enhancing food and products both good and bad.
Pain & Injury - Back, neck, shoulder, and knee pain, ankle sprains, leg cramps, headaches.
Fun Facts and an A-Z GLOSSARY

Funny, jam-packed, practical, easy to understand, everything-all-in-one-source. Illustrated. 379 pages.

Resellers still list earlier editions. (Second edition has bicyclists on cover. First Edition just has red and blue words.) Please make sure that you are getting the new THIRD EDITION book.

Anyone with old first or second editions, contact me to exchange for new third edition.

Diving Physiology In Plain English

The scuba divers' cult classic.  New 6th printing revised.

A FUN book on Diving Physiology.
All your questions answered, easy to read, and the real stuff.
Get this hard-to-find edition by research physiologist Dr. Jolie Bookspan, former scientist for the US Navy.

5th printing (old green cover) is SOLD OUT  Look for the new blue.

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Review For Physicians
Extensive compendium of information that physicians need to work in hyperbaric medicine. Organized, interesting, and a complete reference of the entire field for anyone physician or non, interested in the field.

Includes diving medicine, physiology, diving and hyperbaric history, practice, physics, and clinical hyperbaric treatment of diving and non-diving conditions. It is also a complete review and study guide for the board exam including sample test questions with answers, step-by-step calculations, and explanations.

Expanded and updated with many new topics including all 13 approved indications for clinical hyperbaric oxygen treatment complete with protocols, equipment, codes, fire safety, and regulations.

Order online from The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
e-mail uhms@uhms.org
phone (877) 533-UHMS (877-533-8467)

Hyperbaric Medical Review For Board Certification Exams, CHT/CHRN
Chock-filled, fun to read compendium of diving nursing and chamber technology, physiology, physics, clinical practice, and hyperbaric treatment of diving and non-diving conditions.

Includes all 13 approved indications for clinical hyperbaric oxygen treatment complete with protocols, chamber equipment, codes, fire safety, regulations, patient care, Transcutaneous Oximetry (the whole TCom module) and "How to Take a Test." Prepares you for both the CHT and CHRN certification tests. NEW updated test questions, with answers, step by step calculations, and explanations, all written in Plain English

Order online from The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
e-mail uhms@uhms.org
phone (877) 533-UHMS (877-533-8467)