A Guide to Sports and Injury Management - Softcover

Bundy MBBS MRCGP DipSportsMed(Bath) FFSEM(UK), Mike; Leaver BSc(Hons) MCSP SRP, Andy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0443068135 ISBN 13: 9780443068133

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone, 2011

Synopsis

An indispensable guide for sports medicine students and practitioners working in the field!

A Guide to Sports and Injury Management is a comprehensive practical guide to sports medicine care - book plus interactive DVD. Approached from the dual perspectives of a sports medicine doctor and a sports physiotherapist, this exciting new product covers the full spectrum of sports medicine from diagnosis of injuries to injury prevention, techniques for stretching and cooling, protocols, rehabilitation and details on illness, drugs and diet. Colour photographs and drawings support the text, and case histories clearly illustrate the process of making a decision and treating an injury.

The DVD features a unique interactive diagnostic aid for common injuries, 60 narrated videoclips of examinations and exercise demonstrations and multiple-choice questions for self testing.

• Written by a sports medicine Doctor and a sports physiotherapist to provide a unique sports specific perspective
• Covers full spectrum of sports medicine care including nutrition, drugs, injuries, diagnosis, protocols, exercise and prevention
• Illustrated with full colour drawings and photographs
• Accompanied by a DVD containing an interactive common injuries diagnosis tool, self-assessment multiple choice questions set by the authors, narrated video library of diagnoses, exercises and techniques shown by the authors, and the capability to download illustrations
• Case histories in a 'mini-tutorial' style to illustrate the process of making a diagnosis

About this title

About the Author

Mike Bundy is a sports physician working in a private Sports Injury clinic in London. He has worked as team doctor to London Irish and England rugby teams and was Medical Director for the World Indoor Athletics Championships in 2003. Andy Leaver is Senior Physiotherapist for the London Irish rugby team.

Edition details

• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0443068135
• ISBN 13: 9780443068133
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160