Sports Medicine category: 793 books
Throwaway Players
Concussion Crisis From Pee Wee Football to the NFL
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2011
The NFL insists players know they're playing a dangerous game, but players never see the deteriorated mental capacities of their former heroes. Throwaway Players is former Tampa Bay Buccaneers president Gay Culverhouse’s story of the broken bodies and lost souls of the men who have left the locker...
How to Interview the Coach
It’S Not What You Say, It’S What They Hear That Matters
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
Former executive in domestic and international markets specializing in various industries. Spent six (6) years developing a plastic pipeline liner used in the pipeline transport industry. Trained large marketing and sales forces using goal setting and mental focus skills. A twenty-five-year veteran...
Sports Injuries
A Unique Guide to Self-Diagnosis and Rehabilitation
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
Sports Injuries provides an indispensable self-help guide to all the common injuries that occur. This book will help to quickly pinpoint the source of the injury, know which conditions you can treat yourself and when to visit an expert, stay fit and flexible during recovery, and encourage your body...
Developing Sport Expertise
Researchers and Coaches Put Theory into Practice, second edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
The development of an athlete from basic performance to elite level of accomplishment is a long and complicated process. Identifying and nurturing talent, developing and fine tuning sport skills, and maintaining high levels of performance over the course of a career requires many thousands of hours...
Science and Football VII
The Proceedings of the Seventh World Congress on Science and Football
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Science and Football VII showcases the very latest scientific research into the variety of sports known as ‘football’. These include soccer, the national codes (American football, Australian rules football and Gaelic football), and the rugby codes (union and league). Bridging the gap between theory...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Drugs in Sport is the most comprehensive and accurate text on the emotive, complex and critical subject of doping and illegal performance enhancement in sport. Thoroughly updated in light of the latest World Anti-Doping Code and taking into account the latest regulations, methods and landmark cases,...
Genetic Technology and Sport
Ethical Questions
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2005
Will the genetic design of athletes destroy sport … or will it lead to a new and extraordinary age of athletic achievement?
Exploring a new territory in sport and ethics, this edited collection contains some of the best new writing that has emerged from the debates concerning the uses of...
Sports Injuries of the Foot
Evolving Diagnosis and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
Sports Injuries of the Foot is the go-to text for the management and treatment of foot injuries in athletes, demonstrating the current state-of-the-art techniques in assessment, testing and treatment. Organized anatomically beginning with the toes and working down the foot, it covers such common athletic...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
International Research in Science and Soccer showcases the very latest research into the world’s most widely played sport. With contributions from world-leading researchers and practitioners working at every level of the game, from grass roots to elite level, the book covers every key aspect of...
by James H. Calandruccio, MD, Benjamin J. Grear
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
This issue of Orthopedic Clinics will focus on sports-related injuries. Articles to be included will cover pediatrics, trauma, upper extremity, adult reconstruction, and foot and ankle.
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Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
Psychiatric conditions of all kinds can present in sporting populations due to the high intensity physical effort, competition and anxiety associated with competitive sports. Mental illness is not just a health concern but is likely to have a significant impact on sporting performance and achievement....
by Leon Chaitow, ND, DO (UK)
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2007
A comprehensive textbook covering all methods of spontaneous release by positioning. The background theory is explained and the techniques described in detail. The descriptions of the techniques are supplemented in the text by clear 2-colour line drawings and photographs.
Compares all major...
Treat Your Back Pain For Good
Your Back Pain, #2
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2015
Dr. Panagos has found that success in long term treatment of back pain is achievable with a humble and proactive patient-physician relationship, realistic goal setting and most importantly, follow through. He has been humbled by surprising success stories many times over using these three simple criteria...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2009
Diabetes is a major public health problem in the United States. This collection, Diabetes and Exercise, discusses the extent of the problem of diabetes and sedentary lifestyle and presents a compelling rationale for the importance of increased physical activity and exercise in persons with diabetes....