Orthotherapy

by Arthur Albert Michele

Book Overview

This is the book that at last brings to the layman the benefits of Dr. Arthur A. Michele's breakthrough work in orthopedics--findings which come from 35 years of medical practice, clinical research... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087131083X
• ISBN13: 9780871310835
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: M. Evans and Company
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

My experience with Dr. Michele

I haven't read the book, but will certainly get it. Like one of the reviewers, I was born without a hip socket. Unfortunately for me, I was born in a foreign country, so was not able to be treated by Dr. Michele as a baby. By the time I was 11 I was having horrific pain in my hip and the doctors did what they could for me, but they did not have the knowledge to do it, so they did something to hold me off until my mom (by now living in NYC) could obtain visas for me and my grandmother to travel. I will always be thankful to the Teamsters Union, who told my mom that they would get me the best doctor ... and they were true to their word: they made sure that I was seen by Dr. Michele! He operated on me in 1966 and at the time I was told I might need surgery in 20 years or so ... but the surgery is still holding on! As a sixteen-year-old I remember his kindness and humility -- to see him, you would have never guessed he was such a respected doctor and innovator. Why, he used to give examinations to the Thumbalina doll one of my friends brought me to the hospital! LOL

DR. MICHELE WAS THE BEST AND STILL IS.

I REALLY CAN'T WRITE A REVIEW OF THE BOOK, I HAVEN'T READ IT YET. I CAN TELL YOU HE WAS A GREAT MAN. HE DIAGNOSED ME WHEN NO DOCTOR WOULD TOUCH ME. THEY ALL LEFT MY MOTHER IN TEARS SAYING I'D NEVER WALK. GUESS WHAT I WALK, I RUN, I WORK OUT, I HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND I OWE IT TO HIM. I WAS BORN WITH OUT A HIP SOCKET. HE TOOK BONE FROM MY PELVIS, AND GRAFTED THE BONE TO FORM A HIP SOCKET. I RECENTLY HAD XRAYS DONE, I BROKE MY FOOT..AND OUT OF CURIOSITY I ASKED FOR THEM TO XRAY MY HIP. THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHY A TINY BIT OF MY PELVIS WAS MISSING. WHEN I TOLD THEM..THEY SAID THE THEY WOULD NEVER KNOW IT. THE SOCKET IS PERFECT. GOD TRULY GAVE HIM TALENT INTELLEGENCE AND KINDNESS. I ONLY WISH HE WERE HERE FOR ME TO SAY THANK YOU AND SHOW HIM WHAT A WONDERFUL LIFE I HAVE BECAUSE OF HIM. I AM GOING TO BUY THIS AND LET MY KIDS READ IT ONE DAY. I WAS THREE MONTHS OLD WHEN THIS STARTED, I'M 39 NOW. RIP

How a book changed my life.

I am writing this as a man who would have retired as a general in the US Army or died in Vietman if it wasn't for my bad back. Army doctors and civilian doctors couldn't do anything for me so I had to quit the army. In the 1970s I discovered this book. It was the first book that really explained why 30% of people have a bad lower back. I followed the advice and exercises and now live a plain free life.

Suffer no more

Arthur Michele was the kind of doctor who could and did save people's lives, including mine. Twenty years ago, when I first saw him, I had been out of work for six months and was in constant excruciating pain. (Childbirth years later, was by comparison a piece of cake.) His examination was a revelation, and so were his treatments--an intensive therapy program that restored my health and for 20 years has prevented a reoccurrence. Back pain produced by the muscular-skeletal imbalances that Dr. Michele addresses here are threatening only to quality of life. But as sufferers know too well, what is the value of life if one can barely walk, sit or stand? It is surprising that very few doctors, even today, are familiar with Dr. Michele's revolutionary thinking. Fortunately, those in pain can still benefit from his wisdom--by finding and buying this book. It works. Take if from one who has been there. Alyssa A. Lappen