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The Transgender Athlete
A Guide for Sports Medicine Providers
- 1st Edition - August 15, 2023
- Editor: Amy M. West
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 6 1 9 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 6 2 0 - 2
The Transgender Athlete: A Guide for Sports Medicine Providers presents sports medicine practitioners insights into the unique issues and concerns of transgender athletes in order… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Transgender Athlete: A Guide for Sports Medicine Providers presents sports medicine practitioners insights into the unique issues and concerns of transgender athletes in order to help them understand rules regarding transgender athlete participation and learn how to better provide competent care to transgender athletes. There are over 1.4 million transgender adults in the United States. Transgender individuals undergo gender-affirming treatments including sex hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery. An increasing number of transgender people are participating in sports and presenting to sports medicine clinics with injuries, yet there is little research about this athlete population.
It is important that sports medicine providers understand the types of hormone treatments and surgeries and how these changes affect the musculoskeletal health of transgender people. Additionally, transgender people may require specific considerations when interacting with medical providers. Furthermore, sports medicine providers are often consulted to formulate transgender athlete inclusion policy. These policies are continuously changing, as new evidence becomes available, which may be difficult to understand without knowledge of the gender transition process.
- Covers the types of treatments, surgeries and affects of musculoskeletal health of transgender athletes
- Intended for sports medicine providers, including physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers and researchers who work with athletes
- Written by experts in the sports medicine field
Sports medicine providers including physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and researchers who work with athletes
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter 1. What does transgender mean?
- Introduction
- The “Y” in the LGBTQ+?
- Congratulations, It's a (?)
- Gender identity versus sexual identity
- Pronouns
- Summary
- Chapter 2. Special considerations for the transgender and nonbinary athlete
- Epidemiology
- Terminology [9–11]
- Potential benefits of sports participation
- Psychosocial issues surrounding TNB people
- Creating an affirmative clinic space
- Allies and their role
- Chapter 3. Introduction to medical transition
- Barriers to care
- WPATH standards of care guidelines
- Gender-affirming hormone therapy
- Puberty blockade
- Feminizing therapy
- Masculinizing therapy
- Surgical gender affirmation
- Criteria for gender affirmation surgeries
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4. The effects of the gender transition on musculoskeletal health
- Introduction
- Hormones and sex development—the HPG axis
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Becoming whole: Mental health and psychosocial considerations of the transgender athlete
- Jordan K.’s personal story: being different meant violence
- Becoming whole: helping trans athletes with mental health challenges
- Historical, societal, and cultural forms of trans oppression
- Implications for service providers
- Conclusions
- Chapter 6. Gender affirmation surgery
- Introduction
- Preparing for surgery
- Principles of wound healing after surgery
- Timeline of physiology and activity recommendations
- Facial surgery
- Chest surgery
- Body contouring
- Genital surgery
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7. The history of transgender athletes in sport
- Introduction
- Definitions
- The 1930–1950s
- The 1960s–mid-1980s
- The mid-1980–1990s
- The 2000–2010s
- The past 20years: 2010s to 2022
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8. IOC transgender athlete policies and history
- Chapter 9. Transgender athlete sport inclusion polices: the current state
- Sport participation policy
- Gender-based participation policy
- Proinclusion and proexclusion viewpoints
- Current sports policy
- Chart of sport-specific policies
- Chapter 10. The transgender military athlete∗
- Index
- No. of pages: 300
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 15, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323916196
- eBook ISBN: 9780323916202
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Amy M. West
A specialist in sports medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation, Amy West, MD, EdM, FAAPMR is a graduate of Harvard Medical School, completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard-Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and her fellowship in Sports Medicine at Maine Medical Center.
Dr. West focuses include non-operative sports medicine, musculoskeletal ultrasound, peripheral joint injections, electromyography (EMG), and concussion management. Her clinical and research interests include the female athlete, adaptive sports, lifestyle medicine, transgender athletes and nutrition. She is active in the CrossFit community, serving on the CrossFit Games Medical Team and participating in various Crossfit functions and outreach events. Dr. West has been featured on multiple podcasts and has authored peer-reviewed video and written publications.
Affiliations and expertise
Asst. Professor, Northwell