SPORTS INJURY PREVENTIO0N AND REHABILITATION

World-class rehabilitation of the injured athlete integrates bestpractice in sports medicine and physical therapy with training and conditioningtechniques based on cutting-edge sports science. In this ground-breaking newbook, leading sports injury and rehabilitation professionals, strength andconditioning coaches, biomechanists and sportscientists show how this integrated model works across the spectrum of athletecare. In every chapter, there is a sharp focus on the return to performance,rather than just a return to play.

The bookintroduces evidence-based best practice in all the core areas of sports injuryrisk management and rehabilitation, including:

• performance frameworks for medical and injury screening;

• the science of pain and the psychology of injury and rehabilitation;

• developing core stability and flexibility;

• performance retraining of muscle, tendon and bone injuries;

• recovery from training and rehabilitation;

• end-stage rehabilitation, testing and training for a return to performance.

Everychapter offers a masterclass from a range of elitesport professionals, containing best practice protocols, procedures andspecimen programmes designed for high performance. No other book examinesrehabilitation in such detail from a high performance standpoint.

Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation is essential reading for any coursein sports medicine and rehabilitation, strength and conditioning, sportsscience, and for any clinician, coach or high performance professional workingto prevent or rehabilitate sports injuries.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 1: The Performance Team 

1. Reconditioning: A Performance-Based Response to Injury (Bill Knowles)

2. Strength and Conditioning in Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation (Ben Rosenblatt)

3. Psychology in Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation (Tig Calvert)

4. Nutrition in Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation (Matt Lovell) 

Part 2: Athletic Competencies 

5. Medical Assessment and Pre-Participation Evaluations (Mike Bundy + Lisa Hodgson)

6. The Athletic and Injury Screening Process (DavidJoyce + Dan Lewindon)

7. Assessing the Kinetic Chain, Asymmetries and Compensations (Ian Prangley)

8. Assessing Athletic Qualities (Nick Winkleman)

9. Running Mechanics in Injury Prevention and Performance (Frans Bosch + JohnIzerman)

10. Landing Mechanics in Injury Prevention and Performance (Julie Steele + Jeremy Sheppard)

11. Throwing Mechanics in Injury Prevention and Performance (Mark Young + Steve Mccaig)

12. Core Stability in Injury Prevention and Performance (Gray Cook + Lee Burton) 13. Flexibility inInjury Prevention and Performance (Anthony Blazevich) 

Part 3: Injury Processes, Prevention and Return to Performance 

14. Muscle Injury (Dan Lewindon)

15. Tendon Injury (Craig Ranson + David Joyce + Polly Mcguiggan)

16. Bone Injury (Henry Wajsweiner + Sophia Nimphius)

17. The Effect of Pain on Performance (DavidJoyce + David Butler)

18. Determining Return to Play (Phil Pask + Calvin Morriss) 

Part 4: Managing the Injured Athlete 

19. The Athletic Neck (Kay Robinson)

20. The Athletic Shoulder (Ian Horsley+ Ben Ashworth)

21. The Athletic Elbow (Mike Reinold + Adam Olsen)

22. The Athletic Spine (Angus Burnett+ Peter O'Sullivan + Tim Mitchell)

23. The Athletic Hip and Groin (EndaKing)

24. The Athletic Knee (Chris Mallac + David Joyce)

25. The Athletic Shin (AndrewFranklyn-Miller)

26. The Athletic Foot and Ankle (Dan Lewindon + David Joyce) 

Part 5: Managing the Training Athlete 

27. The Integrated Approach to Managing the Season (Raph Brandon)

28. Monitoring Training Load (StuartCormack + Aaron Coutts)

29. Optimizing Athlete Recovery (ChristianCook + Liam Kilduff)

30. Environmental Stress (Chris Abbiss) 

Part 6: Special Considerations 

31. The Developing Athlete (Ian Jeffreys)

32. The Female Athlete (Meg Stone +Travis Tripplet)

33. The Travelling Athlete (ShonaHalson + Emidio Pacecca)