Genre:  Health

Title:  Super Healing

Author:  Julie K. Silver, MD

Publisher:  Rodale, Inc.

ISBN:  1-59486-631-7

Pages:  258

Price:  $25.95

If you’ve just had major surgery or gone through cancer treatments, you probably now find yourself in the Healing Zone.  Your primary goal is to heal your body as quickly and easily as possible.  Super Healing can help.

Dr. Silver, a physiatrist (doctor specializing in rehabilitation medicine), will help you put together your own Super Healing plan, incorporating eight healing strategies designed to maximize healing.

Physical goals include getting proper exercise and not tiring your body unnecessarily with chores that drain you but don’t contribute to healing.  They also include getting proper nutrition, especially those foods that specifically heal whatever problem you’re currently facing.

Proper rest is also important, and working with your doctor to alleviate pain will help to ensure you can get at least eight hours of uninterrupted sleep each night.

In addition to caring for your body, proper mental and emotional care is important.  While Dr. Silver understands it’s not always easy to keep a positive mental attitude when you’re not feeling well, there are certain steps you can take to try not to let yourself get too down.

Getting appropriate emotional needs met by the people around you can help, also.  So can connecting to your spiritual needs, whatever your faith.

When all of these elements are brought together into a plan, comprised of short and long term goals, healing is accelerated.  Dr. Silver has used this plan with many of her patients and also for herself, as a cancer survivor.  If you follow it, she assures you that you’ll have an easier trip through the Healing Zone.

MUSE REVIEW MARK: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Reviewer: ALICE BERGER, MUSE REVIEWS

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