Healing Moves: How to Cure, Relieve and Prevent Common Ailments With Exercise (new rev. ed.) (Book) Author: Carol Krucoff, RYT; Mitchell Krucoff, MD, FACC, FCCP Healing Moves discusses the health benefits and curative powers of exercise, and offers a series of exercise programs to treat health disorders such as arthritis, depression, back pain, osteoporosis, menopausal symptoms, carpal tunnel syndrome, asthma, high blood pressure and sexual dysfunction. According to the authors, exercise can help slow the aging process, improve heart and lung function, increase metabolism and strengthen the immune system. Just taking a daily walk has huge health benefits. The book advocates thinking of physical activity as a pleasurable gift that only you can give yourself and taking the word 'work' out of 'workout.' Chapters target specific health conditions and explain the condition, how it is affected by lifestyle, risk factors, and how exercise can help. Carol Krucoff is a journalist, fitness expert, registered yoga teacher and certified personal trainer. She is a yoga therapist at Duke Integrative Medicine in Durham, North Carolina. Mitchell Krucoff is a professor of medicine/cardiology and an interventional cardiologistat Duke University Medical Center. Purpose:  Consumer information/support; Health information Geographic Origin:  United States Language of Resource:  English Publisher:  Monterey, CA: Healthy Learning Date Published:  2009 Last Reviewed by Women's Health Matters:  August 26, 2009