Everyday sports injuries : [the essential step-by-step guide to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment

More people than ever before are regularly taking part in recreational sports, often gaining enormous health benefits from their chosen activity. But sports also carry the risk of injury, and each year there are millions of sports injuries in the US alone. Featuring more than 150 step-by- step exercise routines for recovery after injury, improving strength and performance, and reducing risk of injury, __Everyday Sports Injuries__ is a practical guide to recognizing, treating, and preventing injury, with the goal of getting back in action as soon as possible. CONTENTS......Page 6 INTRODUCTION......Page 8 SPORTS IN PROFILE......Page 16 COLLISION TEAM SPORTS......Page 18 CONTACT TEAM SPORTS......Page 20 NET-BASED SPORTS......Page 22 BAT- AND CLUB-BASED SPORTS......Page 24 RACKET-BASED SPORTS......Page 26 RUNNING......Page 28 WEIGHTLIFTING AND POWERLIFTING......Page 30 COMBAT SPORTS......Page 32 BOARD-BASED SPORTS......Page 34 SKI-BASED SPORTS......Page 36 SKATE-STYLE SPORTS......Page 38 WATERCRAFT SPORTS......Page 40 SWIMMING-BASED SPORTS......Page 42 BICYCLING......Page 44 EQUESTRIAN SPORTS......Page 46 EXTREME SPORTS......Page 48 SPORTS INJURIES......Page 50 INJURY LOCATOR......Page 52 CONCUSSION......Page 54 CHEEKBONE FRACTURE......Page 55 JAW FRACTURE AND DISLOCATION......Page 56 BITTEN OR SWALLOWED TONGUE......Page 57 NECK STRAIN AND WHIPLASH......Page 58 NECK NERVE INJURIES......Page 60 LOW BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA......Page 62 SACROILIAC JOINT INFLAMMATION......Page 64 PIRIFORMIS SYNDROME......Page 66 COLLARBONE FRACTURE......Page 68 COLLARBONE JOINT INJURIES......Page 70 ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES......Page 72 SHOULDER JOINT PAIN......Page 74 SHOULDER JOINT INJURIES......Page 76 SIMPLE RIB FRACTURE......Page 78 ELBOW BURSITIS......Page 79 ELBOW TENDON INJURIES......Page 80 HUMERUS FRACTURE......Page 82 FOREARM FRACTURES......Page 84 WRIST FRACTURES......Page 86 WRIST DISLOCATION AND SPRAIN......Page 88 WRIST AND HAND TENDON DISORDERS......Page 90 CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME......Page 92 METACARPAL FRACTURE......Page 93 HAND AND FINGER TENDON INJURIES......Page 94 FINGER FRACTURE AND DISLOCATION......Page 96 HIP FRACTURES......Page 98 TROCHANTERIC BURSITIS......Page 100 HIP LABRAL TEARS AND FAI......Page 102 PUBIC BONE STRESS INJURY......Page 104 GROIN STRAIN......Page 106 HERNIAS......Page 108 HAMSTRING INJURIES......Page 110 QUADRICEPS INJURIES......Page 112 PATELLA FRACTURE......Page 114 PATELLAR DISLOCATION......Page 116 PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME......Page 118 PATELLAR BURSITIS......Page 120 OSTEOCHONDRITIS DISSECANS......Page 122 KNEE TENDON INJURIES......Page 124 ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY......Page 126 COLLATERAL LIGAMENT INJURIES......Page 128 POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY......Page 130 MENISCUS TEAR......Page 132 ILIOTIBIAL BAND SYNDROME......Page 134 LOWER LEG FRACTURE......Page 136 CALF INJURIES......Page 138 SHIN SPLINTS......Page 140 COMPARTMENT SYNDROME......Page 141 ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE......Page 142 ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY......Page 144 ANKLE FRACTURE......Page 146 ANKLE SPRAIN......Page 148 HEEL BONE FRACTURE......Page 150 RETROCALCANEAL BURSITIS......Page 152 TIBIALIS POSTERIOR TENDINOPATHY......Page 154 SINUS TARSI SYNDROME......Page 155 FOOT TENDON INJURIES......Page 156 FOOT LIGAMENT SPRAINS......Page 158 MORTON’S NEUROMA......Page 159 METATARSAL FRACTURE......Page 160 TOE FRACTURE......Page 161 PLANTAR FASCIOPATHY......Page 162 TREATMENT & REHABILITATION......Page 164 FIRST AID ESSENTIALS......Page 166 MINOR INJURIES......Page 167 WOUNDS AND BLEEDING......Page 168 ENVIRONMENTAL INJURIES......Page 170 BONES, JOINTS, AND MUSCLES......Page 172 THE UNRESPONSIVE CASUALTY......Page 174 MOBILITY EXERCISES......Page 176 STRENGTH-TRAINING EXERCISES......Page 194 STATIC-STRETCHING EXERCISES......Page 242 PROPRIOCEPTION EXERCISES......Page 248 PLYOMETRIC EXERCISES......Page 256 TESTING EXERCISES......Page 262 GLOSSARY......Page 266 INDEX......Page 268 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 274 "Everyday Sports Injuries is the ultimate self-help guide to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sports injuries." -- back cover