Sports Injuries: A Unique Guide to Self-Diagnosis and Rehabilitation, 3e

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 to heal faster. Easy-to-follow illustrations help you to locate the area of pain quickly then guide you through a range of simple self-diagnostic tests and medical options. Once the problem and course of care are determined, unique fitness ladders tell you what you can do to stay mobile and how to avoid further injury. Clear illustrations delineate the anatomical area, joint or muscle under consideration Highly templated format gives diagnosis, cause, treatment (self or medical) and training points for each injury Includes self-tests with diagrams to help pinpoint the specific injuries Provides training ladders for safe rehabilitation of injury An indispensable self-help guide to all the common sports injuries that occur, this book helps readers quickly pinpoint the source of their injury, know which conditions can be treated on their own, when to visit an expert, stay fit and flexible during recovery, and encourage their body to heal faster. Content: How to avoid injuries in the first place -- Guide to treatments -- Top-to-toe guide to injuries -- How to recover from an injury -- Sport-by-sport guide to technical injuries -- A-Z of medical terms.