Authors: Stephen Bird, Neil Black & Philip Newton

Number of Pages: 254

Cover: Paperback

Sports injuries provides the practitioner and student with practical help & guidance on numerous aspects of sporting injuries.

Topics covered in this comprehensive manual include:

• Injury prevention
• Causes of injury in specific sports and types of injuries encountered
• Acute injury diagnosis and management
• Physiological basis of bony and soft tissue injuries
• Common injuries that occur in each part of the body, their symptoms and treatment.
  

Detailed assessment procedures, treatment and rehabilitation protocols for the most common sports injuries are also covered.
Special consideration has been given to children in sport and there are sections devoted to overtraining.