This completely updated and extended edition of the highly successful and practical handbook, "Sports Injuries: Diagnosis and Management" provides the most comprehensive single source for the management of soft-tissue injuries. Designed and written for clarity, the book provides an equal balance of scientific information and clinical guidance, emphasizing an evidenced-based approach. Divided into 20 chapters, the book covers biomechanics of injury, tissue healing, sports massage, taping, exercise therapy and training, first contact management, gait and detailed coverage of sports injuries to the upper limb, lower limb and trunk. Well referenced and extensively illustrated, this greatly expanded and revised text will continue to be invaluable to physiotherapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, sports and massage therapists, medical practitioners, coaches, trainers and all those involved in the treatment of athletes and sports people.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Section I: 1. Biomechanics of injury 2. Healing 3. Sports massage 4. Taping in sport 5. Physical training and injury 6. Exercise therapy 7. First contact management 8. Biomechanics of the lower limb during gait Section II: 9. The hip and thigh 10. The knee 11. The shin 12. The ankle 13. The foot 14. The lumbar spine 15. The thorax and thoracic spine 16. The cervical spine 17. Facial injury 18. The shoulder 19. The elbow 20. The wrist and hand
