About the Authors
Dr. Igor Burdenko received his doctorate in Sports Medicine in his native Russia, where he was an athlete, trainer, coach, and sports medicine professional. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine. Today, he runs the Water and Sports Therapy Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Burdenko has received numerous awards for his work and has a long list of prestigious clients, including Olympic silver-medalist Nancy Kerrigan, former Boston Celtic Kevin McHale, and Olympic gold-medalist Oksana Baiul.
Scott Biehler received his bachelor’s degree from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. Prior to his accident, he was an account manager for a computer graphics software company in Boston. He currently lives in a suburb of central Florida, where he is still following the Burdenko Method and improving day by day.
About the Book
“Dr. Burdenko has brought water and land therapy to a new level of excellence. Using the methods in his book, individuals with physical disabilities, myself included, no longer have to be handicapped by their disabilities. This book gives those of us who are physically challenged techniques to use to live vital, productive, and active lives.”
Diane Roberts Stoler, Ed.D.
author of Coping With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
“The land and water exercises for rehabilitation and conditioning are the most effective, enjoyable and safest one, I’ve ever done .Iwill do them for the rest of my life. Dr.Burdenko makes the impossible possible…”
Merrill Ashley, Principal Dancer,
NewYork City Ballet
“As a rehabilitation therapist for more than thirty five years, I have used many different techniques on my patients to enhance their recovery. The Burdenko Method presented in Overcoming Injuries is progressive, sequential, and provides results beyond one’s expectations. The outcome is the ability to live life more fully, whether in a wheelchair or competing in an Olympic event.”
Paula G. Ray, OT
President, Rehab Focus, Inc.
…It's fun, it’s really hard work, but it is so different that I used to do… Igor is so positive and up, that I want to give more and try harder… And it’s being great help…”
Nancy Kerrigan,
1994 Olympic Silver Medalist
“In 1995 at the age of 45, I was hit by a car while riding my bicycle. My doctors and physical therapists had given up all hope on my chances of being able to walk unassisted again. Then I met Dr. Burdenko and followed his program. With his help, I am able to walk, swim, run, and bike again. If you have ever suffered a serious injury, this book may teach you to never give up hope. I lay paralyzed and wondered if I would ever walk again. The program laid out in this book helped me to get my life back. Use it to regain yours.”
Andrew Geller M.D., M.P.H
I like new book of my colleague Dr. I. Burdenko "Overcoming injuries" very much! I
like it as a medical doctor—neurologist, as a specialist in aquatic therapy, as a sportsman-swimmer in past and as a medical writer!
This book is fantastic, optimistic and great! It's written by professional
with lifetime period of practical work, by man with kind soul who gives
health to the people! I like this words from this book from Scott
Biehler's story: "He [Igor Burdenko] BELIEVES AND HAS PROVEN that the body
has the power to heal itself. This can be achieved by conditioning the
mind with the proper attitude and taking care of your body with nutrition
and the appropriate exercise". I know this from my practice too!
I like Dr. Burdenko's optimistic philosophy of 5 "F": "Future. Fitness. Fun.
Family+Friends. Fantastic!" It's simple and great formula of healthy life!
Specialists, medical doctors and I now know from this book a famous
formula—the PYRAMID OF BURDENKO METHOD: "balance at bottom, then
coordination, flexibility, endurance, speed and strength on the top".
I will definitely use in my practice Dr. Burdenko's impressive formulas for patients: "Life
is movement. Never stop moving. Never give up! Work hard with a smile!". "You should work together with therapist. This is team approach". "You are
what you want to be!"
With my great pleasure I've included this book in Bibliography and
Internet-resources of my new electronic book "Medical rehabilitation and
physiotherapy".
Yuriy Ivanov, M.D.
