Sports Therapy & Medicine: Books, eBooks & Websites

Demonstrates how to formulate a question clinically relevant to a client and the five-step process that can be used to answer it. Also explains the different types of research and the different methods and measurements that are used to evaluate each type.

An up-to-date guide for survivors of spinal cord injury, stroke, and traumatic brain injury written by a doctor and spinal cord injury survivor who's been there. Offers comprehensive, reassuring guidance for every concern: how to deal with grief and trauma in the aftermath of an accident or injury; what adaptive devices -- for bathing, dining, mobility, and more -- will improve quality of life; and how to prevent and treat secondary health problems of every kind, such as heart, skin, and bladder troubles.

Includes 42 realistic sports medicine cases designed to help students make the transition from classroom to clinical work.

Provides needed information for sports injury identification and return-to-play guidelines, covering more than 150 types of common injuries. Includes anatomical drawings of the injured area, a description of common causes, identification clues, an explanation of symptoms, and immediate treatment options. Also features chapters explaining how and why injuries happen, as well as different types of injection therapies and when they may be most beneficial. Learn how to prevent injuries from occurring in the first place with proper conditioning, body maintenance, and nutrition. Edited by a former medical consultant to the New York Knicks, the New York Liberty, the New York Yankees, and the New Jersey Nets.

Delivers challenging, clinically relevant case-based learning tools regarding orthopedics and sports medicine for advanced practice nursing students and practitioners.

Covers the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of sports injuries.

Provides information about sports injuries in various parts of the body, protective equipment and preventive measures, treatment options, and a special section on sports injuries in children and teens. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources.