Water Exercises for Parkinson's: Maintaining Strength, Endurance, and Flexibility, by Ann Rosenstein, provides a wealth of information on water exercise and health promotion for people with Parkinson's disease.

Topics include the basics on water exercise, including safety, an exercise companion, equipment, exercise preparations, exercises and design of an exercise program, as well as nutrition. The book ends with helpful FAQs, as well as a summary, glossary, bibliography, and index.

All stretches and exercises are accompanied with descriptive pictures and complete explanations, followed by samples of different exercise workouts, with combinations of aerobic, non-aerobic, strength training routines, with minutes, sets, and repetitions specified. A sample training log offers ideas on how to organize training, and a full chapter devoted to designing an exercise program, complete with cardiovascular, flexibility, and strength guidelines for this population, is provided. A separate chapter on finding an exercise companion reviews who and how to assist with a training program.

A brief chapter on equipment lists descriptions and pictures of necessary and optional equipment, as well as equipment for persons with advanced Parkinson's. Safety information includes a discussion of medications, clothing to wear during exercise, and pool access.

To order, please contact Idyll Arbor, Inc. at 425-432-3231 or http://www.ncpad.org/660/2707/2003-12-01.