Speed-reading is a set of techniques one acquires that helps them to read material quickly. Speed-reading takes the will and desires to want to read fast. If you do not tell self you want to read fast at the start, likely you will stumble through the pages. The last thing you want to do when starting to speed-read however is to read material above your comprehension. That is, you want to start out reading material that you can relate to and understand. To help you see how speed-reading works we can consider.

Title: Osteoarthritis is Affecting Millions Worldwide
Subtitle: Arthritis is the leading cause of pain and suffering in the joints.

List:
Definition of osteoarthritis
Etiology possibilities in condition
Pathophysiology perspective
Probable assessment discoveries
Diagnostic test discoveries
Medical administration or management solution
Interventions
Likely complications

Ok, now look at the title. We see that the topic will discuss the affects of osteoarthritis. The subtitle tells us that the leading cause of pain comes from arthritic symptoms. The list tells us that we will review the definition, etiology outlook, medical perspective, assessment, diagnostics, preventions, interventions, and possibly complications coming from osteoarthritis.

Now, this is a complicated subject, i.e. if you do not have a degree or a well-round comprehension of arthritis the topic may be a bit more than you can chew. Likely reading the material will slow your progress. Still, we can work with the topic to see just how well you comprehend information given to you.

The definition of osteoarthritis is as follow. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease of the articular cartilages, which generally affects the mass bearing joints, such as the hips, spine, and knees. New studies show that osteoarthritis may stem from aging, injuries, obesity, and/or congenital abnormality.

Ok, now we see that the information is not as complicated as we had thought. The first paragraph tells us that osteoarthritis is a degenerated disease in the joints. We see that the etiology predicts that aging, injury, overweight, and other causes could cause symptoms of osteoarthritis to occur.

Now, we learnt from the title and subtitle what we would learn about, and we see from the list that osteoarthritis has many issues we must consider. Yet, as we read the first sentence in the outline, we see that the information is easy and fast to read. Still, there is more. Now, this time yourself as you read this entire article without verbally reading, or mentally dwelling on the information. Once you finish go over in your mind what you comprehend. What message are you getting from this article?

Now, write down your findings. Define in detail what you comprehend and how long it took you to read the article. Speed-reading takes you to tell self that you want to speed-read. Once you instill in your mind that your goal is to speed-read you will find it easier to read fast. You must also advance your comprehension skills, since this is important to reading. Most times when you start to speed-read, your ability to comprehend will grow with you.

Now, let’s finish osteoarthritis to see where it takes us.

According to Pathophysiology finding, the cartilages soften, as we grow older, and space for joints to function narrows. The cartilages will erode while the joints lining will thinning out, as well the cartilages will start to flake, which enters the synovial liner, thus fibrous limits the joints ability to move.

Now the remainder of the story tells us how to pamper osteoarthritis, what machines are, employed to spot the problem, and what we can do to minimize suffering coming from osteoarthritis. Check your comprehension level!