One of the most renowned sports surgeons in the country uses his extensive experience with athletes across all sports for the prevention and treatment of sports injuries—especially among young athletes. Every year, more than 3.5 million children under the age of fourteen require medical treatment for sports-related injuries. More than a fifth of traumatic brain injuries in children are a direct result of athletics. Now, Dr. James Andrews—a leading expert in sports medicine—offers this essential compendium of knowledge as a solution to curb these daunting statistics. Any Given Monday is a guide for parents, coaches, athletes, and sports fans familiar with Dr. Andrews’s work with some of the biggest names in sports—from Drew Brees and Jack Nicklaus, to both Manning brothers. Dr. Andrews’s goal is that every athlete—and those involved in an athlete’s life—take positive steps towards safety by preventing the injuries that can be prevented, and properly treating the ones that can’t. Prescriptive and invaluable, this book is a tool for both maximizing talent and protecting the body for a lifetime of physical activity and health. It also emphasizes and promotes the importance of the American Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Society’s “STOP Program

A renowned sports surgeon counsels young athletes on best methods for the prevention and treatment of sports-related injuries, drawing on the philosophies of the "STOP Program" to enable supporter participation while explaining how to properly treat injuries and protect the body for a lifetime of physical activity.

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Illustrates and describes common sports injuries, including what to expect from an injury, how to treat it, and when to call the doctor.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Will Smith, Concussion is the riveting, unlikely story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the pathologist who made one of the most significant medical discoveries of the twenty-first century, a discovery that challenges the existence of America’s favorite sport and puts him in the crosshairs of football’s most powerful corporation: the NFL.

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Will Smith, Concussion is the riveting, unlikely story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the pathologist who made one of the most significant medical discoveries of the twenty-first century, a discovery that challenges the existence of America’s favorite sport and puts him in the crosshairs of football’s most powerful corporation: the NFL.

Traces the story of a forensic pathologist whose autopsy of a former Hall of Fame NFL athlete led to the unwelcome discovery of trauma-related disease.

This book presents a comprehensive, team-based model for assessment and treatment of concussion.

"Making sense of sports performance data can be a challenging task but is nevertheless an essential part of performance analysis investigations. Focusing on techniques used in the analysis of sport performance, this book introduces the fundamental principles of data analysis, explores the most important tools used in data analysis, and offers guidance on the presentation of results. The book covers key topics such as: The purpose of data analysis, from statistical analysis to algorithmic processing Commercial packages for performance and data analysis, including Focus, Sportscode, Dartfish, Prozone, Excel, SPSS and Matlab Effective use of statistical procedures in sport performance analysis Analysing data from manual notation systems, player tracking systems and computerized match analysis systems Creating visually appealing 'dashboard' interfaces for presenting data Assessing reliability. The book includes worked examples from real sport, offering clear guidance to the reader and bringing the subject tolife. This book is invaluable reading for any student, researcher or analyst working in sport performance or undertaking a sport-related research project or methods course"--

Laufen ist "in". Zwangslfig nehmen dadurch Verletzungen an Fuß- und Sprunggelenk zu. Die Gründe u.a.: falsches Training, mangelnde Vorbereitung, Überlastung. Die Abteilung für Sportorthopädie der TU München organisiert Fuß- und Laufkongresse. Die Themen und Ergebnisse hier in diesem Buch: Anatomie des Fußes, Fußkinetik im Bewegungsablauf, Fußdeformitäten und Laufen, Sporteinlagen, Laufschuhberatung, Laufverletzungen, Training, Rehabilitation.