- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Demos Health; 1 edition (Jan 28 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1932603751
- ISBN-13: 978-1932603750
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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#520,903 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #64 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Disorders & Diseases > Multiple Sclerosis
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400,000 people in the US alone have multiple sclerosis. Of that, 86 per cent cite fatigue as the number one symptom of their disease. Commonly people resort to substances such as caffeine, sugar and medications to combat fatigue with mixed results and uncertain health effects. Occupational therapists teach clients "Energy Conservation Techniques" to deal with their fatigue without resorting to drugs. These approaches have been shown, through research, to have positive impacts on individual's ability to deal with this debilitating symptom of MS.The information in "Managing Fatigue with Multiple Sclerosis: Practical Ways to Create New Habits and Increase Your Energy" will help individuals with MS learn techniques to assist them in having more energy to do the activities they enjoy. Many people give up doing the "fun" activities in their lives in order to get through the "must dos." This book will give them the tools to manage their time and activities in order to do both.Nancy Lowenstein's expertise on fatigue management, rehabilitation and environmental modifications make this the go-to book for dealing with fatigue and multiple sclerosis.
About the Author
As an occupational therapist with credentials in both the academic and clinical settings, Ms. Lowenstein has firsthand knowledge of the effects of MS and best practices in the management of the many changes this progressive disease may bring. She has been an active, contributing member of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society since 2002. She is a clinical Assistant Professor at Boston University's Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and an Occupational Therapist for the Multiple Sclerosis Care Center at Mout Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Managing Fatigue with MS,
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This review is from: Fighting Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: Practical Ways to Create New Habits and Increase Your Energy (Paperback)
Great book with many writen exercises to pinpoint aspects of MS often overlooked. However if you have MS and you are retired or the kids have left home this book may not be for you as it concentrates on the busy life of a person with MS.
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3.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Keep fighting MS !!,
By Jeffrey N. Gingold - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fighting Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: Practical Ways to Create New Habits and Increase Your Energy (Paperback)
While ten people living with MS may not report the same exacerbations, treatments and impediments, most of them may be dealing with fatigue. While often taken for granted as an MS symptom, the implications of fatigue are powerful for the MS individual.This book is like a diverse menu at a good restaurant, where you may sample and select what appeals to you. Digesting the material will take effort, but like the title suggests - it is a fight. Don't kid yourself - making real life changes, as outlined by the information and charts in the book, will never happen by itself. However, with a carefully advised choice of this book's strategies, a person can make meaningful changes to better cope with fatigue - now. Perhaps, it is best to not attempt to absorb all of the tactics at once. Trying to follow an outline to re-structure your entire routine can be overwhelming and exhausting - making the point about fatigue hit home. This book should empower people with MS to create new habits and not merely be a witness to progressive impediments. The key to success of the offered strategies may be to have an informed discussion with an appropriate medical professional and construct a personal template to gain control over fatigue. Having a supportive person to reinforce the set changes may also be vital to making a true change in personal habits, maximizing the benefit of the book's tactics. With patience and well-targeted persistence, this can be done. Lowenstein calls it out, acknowledging the burden of the MS fatigue that you have been enduring and gives you permission to do something about it for yourself - book in hand. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Fantastic guidance for MS patients, and others,
By Victoria Peters "read to babies from birth" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Fighting Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: Practical Ways to Create New Habits and Increase Your Energy (Paperback)
Very helpful, inexpensive ideas for managing cognitive, emotional, and physical fatigue. Many suggestions require simple rearrangments in the home- where things are kept/how they are stored...
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not nearly the best,
By Robert W. Smith "Robert Smith, Ph.D." - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Fighting Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis: Practical Ways to Create New Habits and Increase Your Energy (Paperback)
i was sadly disappointed by this book. 200 pages, half of which were half-filled out tables. on the good side, the print was big and the spacing was generous, leading me to read this book in less than 2 hours. two tables described the incorrect material, which should have been caught by the author or at least a demos editor. two tables showed 3 levels in block but the actual table just showed three line bars without separated identification. diet is more important and requires greater detail. psychological practices and beliefs and interpersonal relations matter when we discuss fatigue and should have been brought out. it's hard for us to delegate things, and i'd love to see someone discuss how this ought to be accomplished. while i recognize that the author is an OTR, she ought to have included a chapter or two on medications and vitamins and alternative therapies, even if she would have had to include a neurologist, nutritionist, and alternative therapies practitioner as co-authors. if i were just starting out looking at fatigue in ms, i'd probably first go to the nmss web site which covers lots more information. most of the other available books, including kalb's dummies book, includes more information on fatigue than this book did, and i wasn't terribly impressed with it, either. this book, on the other hand, is balanced and seems objective and did not contain lots of grammatical errors. i liked the chapter on storage, especially, and i found it very useful. i really hate to give a book a low rating and review, but, in this case, the book was written in a less than comprehensive manner, was filled out with material that was unnecessary, and was a perfect waste of my $13 or so. i'd give it a D, the first D that i've ever given. sorry.ummm, since i wrote this review, i consulted with my physician who prescribed medication that very effectively manages fatigue, for which i'm immensely grateful. |
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