Welcome and thank you for your interest in this book. After 20 years as a practicing Physical Therapist, I know without a doubt that exercise is medicine and that it can help you feel better on a daily basis. The activities presented herein are, in my estimation, the Golden Exercises. That is to say, they are the “bread and butter” to preventing joint and muscles injury and biomechanical dysfunction. Corrective exercise is the term we often use, and that is because these stretches and strengthening movements are designed to change patterns of weakness and tightness that we all tend to fall into over time. So join me, as we fight to stay one step ahead of gravity and inactivity.

Over my many years of helping patients, I would often be asked, “If I could only do a few exercises for my (insert body part here) which should I do?” Not easy to answer without a history, physical exam and specific plan of care as we are trained to provide. But the fact is that many, and even most types of orthopedic imbalances are fairly universal and can be corrected and more importantly prevented with a fairly basic group of exercises. And that is what I hope to provide herein.