sports medicine

A guide to preventing, understanding, and treating sports-related injuries that provides clear explanations of how each part of the body works and what symptoms are present when that area is injured.

Contains over 150 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about sports medicine, discussing injuries, therapies, strength training, and other related topics.

Contains nearly six hundred alphabetically arranged entries that explore links between science and sports, including biographies of athletes and others involved in sports science, and features a historical chronology, and a comprehensive general index.

Describes what it is like to be a sports therapist, discussing the skills and requirements of therapy careers, with on-the-job profiles, sidebars, a fact file, photographs, and sources of additional information.

Examines the physiology of the body as it relates to the stresses of sports, the roles of nutrition, conditioning, rest, and the proper equipment in preventing injuries.

Provides teen-specific information about sports injuries, discussing emergency treatment, describing sports injuries commonly suffered by teens, and discussing rehabilitation and physical therapy, prevention, sports nutrition, and safety.

Describes nearly two hundred sports injuries and illnesses, arranged alphabetically, with information on the causes, symptoms, prevention, and treatment of each.

Provides parents and coaches with information needed to improve children's health fitness programs and prevent acute and overuse injuries.

Provides an overview of the sport's origins and evolution, presenting the scientific principles and concepts relevant to soccer, the biomechanics and physiology involved, and the elements of sports medicine uniquely associated with soccer.

Discusses whether performance-enhancing drugs should be tolerated, how testing of professional athletes should be handled, and whether testing student athletes is effective and necessary.