Healing with Weights: How Strength Training Helps the Sick. Many people still believe that one must rest during an illness to support recovery. By resting and avoiding exertion, the body is given the opportunity to focus all its energy on healing. Exercise scientist Dr. Andreas Müller and Hans Löwe, one of the best bodybuilders from the former GDR and a trainer in fitness studios for over 30 years, demonstrate that the opposite is true! Through ten case studies, the authors report astonishing improvements. Strength training as a supportive therapy, alongside medical treatment, can help overcome seemingly unavoidable fates. This ranges from very rapid pain relief for common back pain to significant improvements.