Sports Injuries

(Hardback)

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This volume traces the history of the field of sports medicine and offers an informative survey of the evaluation and treatment of sports injuries across the life cycle. Sports Injuries tells the story of a specific area of medicine that can be traced back as far as the days of the gladiators, but has, like so many medical fields, undergone a dramatic transformation with new technology-based methods of diagnosis and treatment. Written by a clinical instructor at Harvard and former athletic trainer at Notre Dame, Sports Injuries provides an overview of the common injuries sustained by athletes of all ages and levels of competition. In easily understandable language, it takes readers step by step through the process doctors follow when diagnosing and treating sports injuries, including the reasons why the same injury might require different treatment depending on the age, gender, or skill level of the person involved.

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Baima (Harvard Medical School) describes sports injuries commonly experienced by each major body part, explains how diagnostic testing works, and outlines options for treating sports injuries. Appropriate for both athletes and students considering sports medicine as a career, the volume begins with a brief history of sports in the U.S. and a review of age-related activity concerns over the life cycle. * SciTech Book News *
Sports Injuries provides general and basic information that is useful to students and anyone interested in learning more about the history, treatment, and future of sports injuries and sports medicine. * ARBAonline *

Author Bio

Jennifer A. Baima is a clinical instructor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.