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Sports Injuries and Illnesses: Their Prevention and Treatment

Sports Injuries and Illnesses: Their Prevention and Treatment

by JerryLewis (Author), RichardBudgett (Author), SteveSirRedgrave (Foreword), Bob O ' Connor (Author), Christine L . Wells (Author), Jerry Lewis (Author), Steven Redgrave (Foreword), Bob O'Connor (Author), Christine L. Wells (Author), Richard Budgett (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

Sports Injuries and Illnesses is an essential companion for all athletes who take their general health and well-being seriously. Topics include: analysis of the physical body, its strengths and weaknesses; study of the environment and its effect on the body; psychological implications of injury and illness; dangers of overtraining and poor nutrition and first aid: what to do and how to do it.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
Published: 29 Jun 2001
ISBN 10: 1861264097
ISBN 13: 9781861264091

Media Reviews
'This book covers the whole of sports and exercise medicine with sections on all the common sports injuries in a wide range of sports. It also gives lots of useful advice on the prevention of injury and illness, from common sprains to overtraining syndrome.' Steve Redgrave Five times Olympic Gold Medallist
Author Bio
Dr Bob O'Connor is a professor emeritus of sport and health. Now retired in Norway, he has coached American football, tennis, track and field athletics and swimming for over 40 years. Dr Richard Budgett is director of medical services for the British Olympic Assoc. He won an Olympic rowing gold with Steve Redgrave in Los Angeles. Christine Wells works with Integrated Medical Inc where she trains physiotherapists in treatment of injury and pain. Jerry Lewis has been a physiotherapist for the US olympic Team since 1984.