Synopses & Reviews
An award-winning author and Harvard physician provides proven rehabilitation strategies to help anyone heal better, faster, and stronger—whether battling chronic illness or devastating injury or simply trying to rebound quickly from the fluWhen people are seriously ill or injured, at some point they are left to their own devices to “finish” healing. As a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation, Dr. Silver has taught her patients to utilize special physical rehabilitation strategies to help them heal better, faster, and stronger—in other words, to super-heal. That gift of super-healing is what she now imparts to everyone who reads this book.
The world marveled that Lance Armstrong was able to recover from his grave illness to be even stronger than he was before. The ability to heal optimally is possible for all of us—if we learn how to tap into our own personal super-healing
power. Dr. Silver addresses the three most important components in physical recovery—a healing diet, therapeutic exercise, and proper rest. She shows you how to take these three components, which she calls the Super-Healing Synergy, and use them to facilitate healing far beyond what any one component can do alone.
Dr. Silver is a cancer survivor who took her own journey through the “healing zone,” perfecting her healing techniques as she worked to speed her own recovery. At a time when the focus in popular medical literature is almost exclusively on emotional recovery from illness and trauma, this book on the physical aspects of healing fills an urgent need.
Synopsis
At this moment, 90 million Americans are in the process of healing from an illness or injury. Many will start out in the hospital, receiving immediate and perhaps life-sustaining treatment. Once they're through this critical phase, they may be left to their own devices to "finish" healing. These patients may not realize it, but they've entered a special time between acute sickness and optimal health--what Julie Silver, MD, calls the Healing Zone. Capitalizing on the dynamic power of the Healing Zone is what Super Healing is all about. Over the years, Dr. Silver has taught thousands of patients how to Super Heal by utilizing key principles of rehabilitation medicine, proven through evidence-based research. She has distilled these principles into a self-guided program with the following core components: -Exercising in a therapeutic manner-Eating a healing diet-Obtaining proper rest and sleep-Alleviating pain-Avoiding mood problems-Using the mind to heal the body-Improving loving relationships and social connections-Harnessing spiritual energy Collectively, these components can facilitate recovery from illness or injury far beyond what any one can do alone. It's not just healing--it's Super Healing.
Synopsis
At this moment, 90 million Americans are in the process of healing from an illness or injury. Many will start out in the hospital, receiving immediate and perhaps life-sustaining treatment. Once they're through this critical phase, they may be left to their own devices to "finish" healing. These patients may not realize it, but they've entered a special time between acute sickness and optimal health--what Julie Silver, MD, calls the Healing Zone. Capitalizing on the dynamic power of the Healing Zone is what Super Healing is all about. Over the years, Dr. Silver has taught thousands of patients how to Super Heal by utilizing key principles of rehabilitation medicine, proven through evidence-based research. She has distilled these principles into a self-guided program with the following core components: -Exercising in a therapeutic manner-Eating a healing diet-Obtaining proper rest and sleep-Alleviating pain-Avoiding mood problems-Using the mind to heal the body-Improving loving relationships and social connections-Harnessing spiritual energy Collectively, these components can facilitate recovery from illness or injury far beyond what any one can do alone. It's not just healing--it's Super Healing.
About the Author
JULIE K. SILVER, MD, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, is a renowned expert in physical medicine and rehabilitation (physiatry) and is on the medical staff at Brigham and Women's, Massachusetts General, and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospitals in Boston, Massachusetts. She is an award-winning writer and the author/editor of more than a dozen books, including a number of medical textbooks and the book After Cancer Treatment: Heal Faster, Better, Stronger. She is the recipient of the most prestigious honor bestowed by the American Cancer Society, The Lane Adams Quality of Life Award. She lives outside of Boston.