Anybody’s Sports Medicine Book: The Complete Guide to Quick Recovery from Injuries

Anybody's Sports Medicine Book: The Complete Guide to Quick Recovery from Injuries





Author is medical advisor to the National Football League, Olympic Figure Skating Team, and the San Francisco Ballet. Consumer guide to preventing, understanding, and treating sports-related injuries. Each chapter discusses a different part of the body. Includes halftone illustrations. Softcover. You're on the field, tennis court, or skating rink, and you sprain your ankle. What you do about it from the first few minutes on can determine how much pain you'll endure and how soon you'll get back to your sport. Anybody's Sports Medicine Book: The Complete Guide to Quick Recovery from Injuries tells you what you should do immediately, when to see a doctor, and how to rehabilitate your injury. Organized by injured body part, it's aimed at the fitness exerciser as well as the hard-core recreational athlete.

James Garrick, M.D., is a super sports doc with the ability to explain in a simple, commonsense way everything you need to know about what's wrong with you and what to do about it, along with rehab exercise illustrations, commonly asked questions, and when to seek medical help. Garrick offers many extras, such as tips for older athletes, how to choose a sports medicine doc, and special considerations for ballet dancers. All of this is in a lively, chatty style, as if you were sitting in Dr. Garrick's office.

Garrick heads San Francisco's Center for Sports Medicine and is medical advisor to the National Football League, the U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team, and the San Francisco Ballet. Peter Radetsky is a science writer with a clear, sprightly style. This book is greatly needed, especially in these days of managed care when it's difficult for fitness athletes even to get a referral to a sports-medicine specialist or to get rehabilitative care. Read this highly recommended book before you get hurt, and carry it in your gym bag. --Joan Price









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Road Cycling: Olympic Handbook of Sports Medicine





Road Cycling is a must have for anyone who is serious about the sport of cycling. Published in conjuction with the International Olympic Medical Committee, this book brings together expertise from around the world to present an excellent reference that is very clearly written and fundamental for cycling enthusiasts, athletic trainers, and coaches.

The fourth in the Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science series, this book covers a wide range of topics including the techniques of conditioning, biomechanics, nutrition and hydration, trauma, and other medical problems that competitive road cyclists experience. Order this book today and train like an Olympian! Other books in this series include Running and Tennis.









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