The Anatomy of Sports Injuries: Your Illustrated Guide to Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment
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Everyone who plays sports experiences injuries. Many people never fully recover because they are not aware of what they can do to facilitate recovery. But there is no need to simply resign yourself to living with a sports injury.
Author Brad Walker brings years of expertise―he works with elite-level and world-champion athletes, and lectures on injury prevention, to this fully updated and expanded edition.
The book takes a fundamental approach, bringing you inside the body to show exactly what is happening when a sports injury occurs. At the heart of The Anatomy of Sports Injuries are 300 full-colour anatomical illustrations that show the sports injury in detail, along with over 100 colour drawings of simple stretching, strengthening, and rehabilitation exercises that the reader can use to speed up the recovery process.
The Anatomy of Sports Injuries is for every sports player or fitness enthusiast who has been injured and would like to know what the injury involves, how to rehabilitate the area, and how to prevent complications or injury in the future.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Lotus Publishing, second revised edition (1 Dec. 2013) |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 280 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1905367384 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1905367382 |
| Dimensions | 19.5 x 1.3 x 26.4 cm |
by Nichole
I am an experienced masseur taking a sports massage to add to my qualifications, I am also a gym member and do exercise classes. The sports injury side of the course is completely new to me so I bought this as a text book to follow-up on the lessons. As with Walker’s book on Stretches it is comprehensive without being too technical. The injuries are in 12 sections relating to parts of the body e.g. Skin, Head & Neck, Elbow, Chest & Abdomen, Hamstrings & Quads, etc. each with its own A&P (bones, joints & muscles). Each type of injury e.g. Sprain, Dislocation, Rupture, etc. comes with notes on What sports they are usually sustained in, Cause, Signs & symptoms, Complications, Immediate treatment, Rehabilitation and prevention, and Long-term prognosis, many with explanatory pictures and rehabilitation exercises if appropriate. Where medical terms are used there is an explanation or the name a ‘lay person’ would be familiar with, e.g. “Epistaxis, or nosebleed occurs when ….”. Other sections cover; Explanation of injury, Prevention, and Treatment & rehabilitation management from first 3 minutes through all phases of recovery to the final stage of regaining fitness. There is also a list of anatomical directions and a glossary of terms.
by David
Informative book with a description of injuries and recommended exercises to aid recovery. This book was recommended to me by an osteopath I as getting treatment from .
by UnboxPro
Was expecting a little more from this book, lacked a little more detail on ways to resolve , would have definitely liked a bit more details also on the issues presented
by Jimmy F.
Great book with lots of info on various injuries, nice picture illustrations and details on stretches etc for recovery.
by Emily G
This book helped me pass my exams! I’m a sports massage therapist and it is a really useful tool helping me find information very quickly/easily. Each injury has its own page and doesn’t babble on like other books. It is informative, correct and clear. Would recommend to all!
by Mateusz Wlazlo
Alright but too basic for a uni student. Better for high school or college student.
by Shubham Tokhi
Currently experiencing an injury so I thought buying this book will help me.
It does helped to understand about the injury but only basic.
by e bryant
Good for beginners and basic injuries at level 3 but needs more information on rehabilitation and depth if you want to use it for a level 4 course. Rehab exercises are suggested but very basic.