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Whether it is advice on playing with chronic shoulder or back pain, or following hip or knee replacement, or the best ways to protect your skin from the sun, "Golf After 50" delivers the sage advice that over-50 golfers need. By Dr. Terry W. Hensle with D
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Publisher Comments
| Written in Q&A format, drawing on the
technical know-how of orthopedists, cardiologists and nutritionists,
"Golf After 50" will quickly become a staple for this largest and most
affluent segment of the golfing market. |
Publisher Comments:
Top medical
specialists from all over the U.S. look
at the most common ailments that affect
one's golf game, and explain how older
players can overcome these health issues
to play better, pain-free golf.
Of the 36.7 million golfers in the
United States, about 30 percent, or 11
million, are over the age of 50.
Healthier, more physically fit, and more
active than ever before, men and women
in this age group have an excellent
opportunity to devote their post-50
years to improving their golf games.
This outstanding manual,the only book
currently available that specifically
addresses the health concerns of the
older golfer, explains simple
precautions to take to avoid preventable
injuries, gives commonsense nutrition
and wellness tips, and provides expert
medical advice on how to cope with
common maladies in a way that will allow
the quickest possible return to the golf
course.
Whether it is advice on playing with
chronic shoulder pain or after a hip
replacement, or the best ways to protect
your skin from the sun, Golf After 50
delivers the sage advice that over-50
golfers need. Written in
question-and-answer format, drawing on
the technical know-how of orthopedists,
cardiologists, endocrinologists,
nutritionists, and sports medicine
doctors, all self-confessed golf nuts.
Golf After 50 will quickly become a
staple for this largest and most
affluent segment of the golfing market.
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About the Authors:
 Terry
W. Hensle, MD, the book's originator and editor, is a professor
of urology at the Columbia University Hospital of Physicians and
Surgeons and has been the director of pediatric urology at the
Children's Hospital of New York Presbyterian Hospital for the
last 25 years. |
 David
Chmiel is the editor of New Jersey Monthly magazine.
He was formerly Editor-at-Large and Editor-in-Chief,
respectively, of Maximum Golf magazine and Senior
Golfer Magazine, among other golf publications. |
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Product Details:
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ISBN: |
1594860793 |
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Publisher: |
Rodale Books |
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Publication Date: |
April 4, 2006 |
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Binding: |
Paperback |
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Language: |
English |
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Pages: |
224 |
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Dimensions: |
8.0 x 8.1 x 0.8 inches; 15.84oz |
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