Released November 2024

Embark on a journey to healthy aging!

Would you like to improve your vascular health by lowering your blood pressure, avoiding weight gain, and increasing your aerobic activity level? How about saying goodbye to urinary incontinence and overactive bladder while improving your bowel health? Have you thought about building a healthy framework of muscles, joints, and bones as you sail into middle-age and beyond? Could you benefit from a home exercise program to build bone density and manage osteopenia and osteoporosis? Would you like to keep your youthful appearance, understand your immune system, embrace spiritual wellness, and learn strategies to improve balance and prevent falls?

A Practical Guide to Healthy Aging expounds upon all these topics and more. Andrea Jo Rodgers, a veteran Doctor of Physical Therapy, is CAPP-certified in pelvic health by the American Physical Therapy Association, a nationally certified lymphedema therapist, a PORi-certified oncology rehabilitation therapist, and an emergency medical technician. Join Andrea as she shares valuable information in this one-of-a-kind book that will aid in your quest towards healthy aging.

Reviews

“I feel lucky not only to have learned the lessons of this book that I can use right now, but also to have it available in case I need to learn about a topic that may affect me in the future. I, obviously, highly recommend it!” Review by R. Gleeson, Educator

“I found A Practical Guide to Healthy Aging: Strategies to Achieve Physical and Mental Health by Andrea Jo Rodgers to be a helpful guide for me. All throughout the book were step by step exercises with photographs provided. They were easy to follow and not hard to do. It also gives advice and tips on improving immunity, preventing illnesses, and how to keep the brain active. It is no doubt a keeper for me that I follow over and over for years to come. Five stars is what A Practical Guide to Healthy Aging deserves. I highly recommend it for readers who are searching for great ways in their aging journey.” Review by Locks, Hook, and Books

“Aging: if you’re alive, you’re doing it. And I’ve been doing it for a while! That’s why I was happy to review A Practical Guide to Healthy Aging by Andrea Jo Rodgers. She is well-qualified to write such a book, since she is a physical therapist with certifications in pelvic health. She’s also a lymphedema therapist, an oncology rehab therapist, and a fitness instructor — and these aren’t even all of her qualifications. I found this book to be packed full of information. It’s great as a reference, since the chapters are organized around specific topics. She also includes many, many exercises for various issues and illustrates these with photos. Many helpful things in this book, recommended for anyone aging.” Review by Girls in White Dresses

“A Practical Guide to Healthy Aging: Strategies to Achieve Physical and Mental Health by Andrea Jo Rodgers is a well packed book that provides important information about mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health. She gives examples on what to do and what not to do, she explains exercises and has pictures within the book. She even has a chapter on how prayer and volunteering and spiritual practices have benefits to keep us healthy. I have learned plenty of things from this book and this is one book that I will be rereading or at least looking up information from time to time. I recommend this book.” Review by Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations

“The author is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and was more than qualified to write this book with helpful advice to those of us ‘on the other side of the hill.’ Chapters on heart health, bones, muscles, skin cancer, balance, stress and sleep are just a sample of the wisdom inside this book. The exercises tailored for seniors was of special interest to me. Some advice was a little over my head but for the most part, very helpful. For those of us needing encouragement as our aging bodies with various aches and pains increase, this was a good reference point.” Review by G. Hollingsworth, Book Reviewer