regularly recommend to people or use myself.
Pain and Treatment
This is a useful resource when you have persistent pain. It helps reframe the old “pain is tissue damage” idea and open up new ways of approaching pain by bolstering your overall health.
Recovery Strategies Pain Guide Book
I love pretty much everything Paul Ingram writes and use it as a resource. I appreciate the couple of people that I know or know of who I call “research synthesizers”. They keep up with current research and compare results and conclusions, then give their informed perspective on what it seems to mean or doesn’t.
Back Mechanic, by Doctor Stuart McGill. His other books are great too, but technical. This is more of a user’s manual.
Simple Steps to Foot Pain Relief by Katy Bowman
Movement
Bending the Aging Curve: The Complete Exercise Guide for Older Adults, by Joseph Signorile
For articles to help inform and inspire a movement practice and well designed home exercise programs for those who don’t struggle with showing up and have a basic understanding of progression and regression of difficulty.
gmb.io/best/
Tim Anderson’s YouTube channel is full of ideas for how to explore and nurture your body through movement. I get exercise ideas from here. I love his gentle manner and sense of humor.
Nutrition and Cooking
Plant-Based Sports Nutrition, by D. Ennette Larson-Meyer, PhD, RDN
Cookbooks:
Plant Based India
The Veganomicon and Appetite for Reduction by Isa Moskowitz
Plenty and Plenty More, by Yotam Ottolenghi
Whole-Foods Plant-Based Recipes from Forks Over Knives
nomeatathlete.com/vegetarian-recipes-for-athletes/
Stress and Trauma
Nurturing Resilience: Helping Clients Move Forward from Developmental Trauma–An Integrative Somatic Approach by Kathy L. Kain, Stephen J. Terrell
Waking the Tiger (and probably all other titles) by Peter Levine
Lifestyle
I found this book useful for appreciating one of the greatest, free healing resources available to all of us…hopefully. It definitely made me start appreciating the part of my day I’m not awake for: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_We_Sleep.
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