How to keep your knees mobile – throughout your life. Undue stress, sporting injuries and wear-and-tear often result in restricted mobility of the knee and cause pain. This informative manual shows us how a »healthy-knee« lifestyle can help. Divided up according to patient types, from the primary school child to the amateur athlete and middle-aged adult, all the way through to the senior citizen, common complaints and tried-and-tested forms of treatment are described, from gentle naturopathy to high-tech operation techniques.
- Includes recommendations for preventative care
- With information suited to all patient-groups: school children, athletes, senior citizens ...
- Includes case studies and a special section: coping with arthritis
Dr Wolfgang Franz, MD, born in 1958, is an orthopaedic surgeon, sports medicine specialist, and co-owner of the Lutrina Clinic in Kaiserslautern, where he developed the »Kaiserlautern knee-concept« and holds his knee clinic. He was FC Kaiserslautern’s team doctor from 1983 to 2000. Robert Schäfer, born in 1965, is an editor and medical journalist.
