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Managing Sports Injuries
a guide for students and clinicians
- 4th Edition - June 30, 2011
- Author: Christopher M Norris
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 4 9 2 9 - 3
Now in its fourth edition with the revised title – Managing Sports Injuries: a guide for students and clinicians – this highly practical guide maintains its evidence-based a… Read more
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Request a sales quoteNow in its fourth edition with the revised title – Managing Sports Injuries: a guide for students and clinicians – this highly practical guide maintains its evidence-based approach while introducing new material from both research and clinical sources. It is a comprehensive resource for the management of soft-tissue injuries, focusing on therapy.
Well referenced and extensively illustrated, this text continues to be invaluable to physiotherapists, sports and massage therapists, medical practitioners, and all those involved in the treatment of athletes and sports people.
- Comprehensive single source for the management of soft tissue injuries by physiotherapists
- Covers all major areas of the body as well as biomechanics, massage and exercise therapy
- Accessible approach enables readers to ‘dip into’ the text alongside their patient notes and apply techniques immediately
- Helpful treatment notes for the clinician makes this book a great resource for brushing up on your skills when out in the field
- Multidisciplinary approach appeals to physical therapists, athletic trainers and exercise teachers
Physiotherapists (undergraduates, postgraduates, practitioners). Sports physicians; team coaches.
Section I Diagnosis
1. Healing
2. Sports massage
3. Taping in sport
4. Physical training and injury
5. Exercise therapy
6. First contact management
7. Lower limb motion during walking, running and jumping
Section II Management8. The hip and thigh
9. The knee
10. The shin
11. The ankle
12. The foot
13. The lumbar spine
14. The thorax and thoracic spine
15. The cervical spine
16. Facial injury
17. The shoulder
18. The elbow
19. The wrist and hand
- No. of pages: 432
- Language: English
- Edition: 4
- Published: June 30, 2011
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- eBook ISBN: 9780702049293
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Christopher M Norris
Visiting lecturer to Salford University and Manchester Metropolitan University; Director of Norris Associates, Physiotherapists
Affiliations and expertise
Director of Norris Associates, Physiotherapists, Sale, Manchester; Visiting lecturer to Salford University and Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK