Smart Guide to Sports Medicine - Softcover

Sobell, Sheila

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471356476 ISBN 13: 9780471356479

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Smart Advice on the most common sports injuries—their diagnoses, treatments, and repercussions

Smart Ways to recover from surgery and exercise after an injury or illness—including alternative medicine

Smart Tips on getting proper training and how to choose the sport or activity that's right for you

• Smart Ways to choose the right sports and activities that are best suited to your profile, physical ability, and overall health
• Smart Advice on getting proper sports training and maintaining baseline fitness with quick, easy exercise you can do anytime
• Smart Strategies addressing
• the special concerns of women and middle-aged athletes
• Smart Tips on staying healthy without the hurt, including a special chapter on sport-specific injuries
• Quick reading and easy referencing with a comprehensive index and loads of sidebars and sources that will help you put smart ideas to work

Smart Guides take readers seriously. They satisfy even the most curious person's desire to know the essentials about any of a wide range of topics—from vitamins to mutual funds to stress relief.It's all about good reading and expert information. The choice is yours.

About this title

About the Author

Sheila Sobell is an editor, two-time recipient of the Health Journalism Award, and a contributor to Parade, Woman's Day, Modern Maturity, and other publications. She lives in Idyllwild, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0471356476
• ISBN 13: 9780471356479
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220