Sports Injuries: A Self-Help Guide

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Release date Australia

February 28th, 2012

Author

Vivian Grisogono

Pages

288

Dimensions (mm)

195x264x10

Edition

2nd Revised edition

Illustrations

50 colour, 300 black and white

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Imprint

Lotus Publishing

ISBN-13

9781905367283

Product ID

18395418

Description

The best-selling comprehensive guide to sports injuries, now completely updated! Sports Injuries: a Self-Help Guide describes how the body works, why injuries happen in adults and children, how to deal with them, whom to consult, complications and consequences of injuries, recovery through rehabilitation exercise programmes, safety measures and injury prevention. Three hundred line drawings illustrate a full range of recovery exercises through stretching, strengthening, mobilizing, and coordinating. This is an essential book for sports participants, coaches, personal trainers, PE teachers, parents, sports science and sports therapy students, and is also a useful reference tool for doctors and therapists.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Injuries and Diagnosis; Chapter 2: Rehabilitation Explained; Chapter 3: Injuries and Self-Help; Chapter 4: The Foot; Chapter 5: The Ankle; Chapter 6: The Calf Muscles and Achilles Tendon; Chapter 7: The Shin and Lower Leg; Chapter 8: The Knee; Chapter 9: The Front-Thigh Muscles; Chapter 10: The Hamstrings; Chapter 11: The Inner Thigh Muscles; Chapter 12: The Hip; Chapter 13: The Pelvis; Chapter 14: The Abdominal Muscles; Chapter 15: The Ribs and Chest; Chapter 16: The Back and Neck; Chapter 17: The Shoulder Region and Upper Arm; Chapter 18: The Elbow and Forearm; Chapter 19: The Wrist and Hand; Chapter 20: Final Recovery; Index

Author Biography

Vivian Grisogono specializes in the treatment and prevention of sports injuries, and the promotion of fitness and good health. She has worked for over thirty years treating problems in professional and elite sports competitors, fitness enthusiasts and the non-sporting, covering all age groups and most sports and fitness activities. Author of nine books, she set up the sports injuries clinic at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London, has been a British Olympic team physiotherapist, and was the first physiotherapist to be awarded an honorary lectureship to the London Hospital Sports Medicine Diploma Course for doctors.