Starting Points: Guide to Arthritis

Nonfiction   l  Reference   l   Audio   l   Videos  l   Additional Material  l    Web Sites
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Nonfiction - 3rd Floor  

How to Eat Away Arthritis - 616.722 Aes

Diet recommendations for people with arthritis.      

The Arthritis Foundation's Guide to Alternative Therapies - 616.722 Hor
Discusses alternative treatments, exercise therapy, and diet therapy.                                                        

The Unofficial Guide to Overcoming Arthritis - 616.722 Ian
Recommendations on how to live well with arthritis.     

The Arthritis Helpbook - 616.722 Lor
Outlines exercises, pain management techniques, and nutrition.                                                                                                

Strong Women and Men Beat Arthritis - 616.722 Nel
A guide to treating, preventing, and overcoming arthritis.            
                                              
Arthritis RX: A Cutting-Edge Program for a Pain-Free Life - 616. 722 Vad
Treatments for arthritis.                                                           

Arthritis: An Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide  - 616.722 Zam
Treatments for arthritis. 

Reference - 1st Floor  

The Encyclopedia of Arthritis: - R 616.722 Ste
Discusses the disease, its causes and symptoms, treatment options, research, and pain management related to arthritis. 

Audio-Visual Room  - 2nd Floor

Arthritis Pain Relief: a subliminal persuasion self-hypnosis tape - AC 616.722 Kon
Recommendations on managing arthritis.    

Videos - 3rd Floor

Yoga for Arthritis - Video 613.7046 Yog
Breathing techniques, stretches, strengthening exercises, aerobics, and relaxation techniques.  

Mayo Clinic Wellness Solutions for arthritis – DVD 616.722 May

Includes information on integrative medicine, gentle yoga, and daily nutrition when coping with arthritis.

Finding Additional Material

Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 616.722
In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library catalog from the Library or from your home computer by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog.  A good subject heading for this topic is arthritis.

eBooks
Visit EBSCOhost to search the collection of thousands of eBooks the Library has to offer. Library card required. Contact a reference librarian for additional details.

Articles
The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

·            The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference  R 050 R
       Search for articles on a subject within any given year.

       Health & Wellness Resource Center, EBSCOhost, and Infotrac Onefile  - Access from the Library or at home using your library card
       number at www.wppl.org.  Search for full-text articles in these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit the search to a
       certain year or even a certain magazine.

Web Sites

About.com’s Arthritis Site: Articles and linked sites addressing every aspect of arthritis from symptoms, the various conditions, treatments, financial considerations, practical tips about day-to-day living and more.

Arthritis Foundation: The Arthritis Foundation is a not-for-profit organization supporting over 100 types of arthritis 
and related conditions with advocacy, programs, services and research.  
  
Healingwell.com – Arthritis: Includes medical news, articles, message boards and chat rooms, email, newsletters, books and reviews, and resource directories.   
      

Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center: Besides information on different types of arthritis, an Ask the Expert section (under Physican Corner) and other helpful categories, this site offers a Case Rounds section in which 11 cases of arthritic patients are presented and their cases explored step by step through the medical process.                          
 
Johns Hopkins’ Yoga for People with Arthritis: Questions, answers, instruction and advice about the benefits of yoga for arthritis sufferers.         

Medline Plus – Arthritis: Links to the latest arthritis news, clinical trials, dictionaries, nutrition, disease management, rehabilitation, diagnosis/symptoms, treatment and much more.  

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