Sports Injuries and Illnesses

Their Prevention and Treatment

Bob O'Connor, Richard Budgett, Christine L. Wells, Jerry Lewis (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2001 | New edition
The Crowood Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-86126-409-1 (ISBN)

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This is a source of reference for athletes who take their general health and well-being seriously. Topics covered include analysis of the physical body, study of the environment and its effect on the body, implications of injury and illness, dangers of overtraining and poor nutrition and advice on first aid.

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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.6.2001
Vorwort	Steven Redgrave
Zusatzinfo	50 b&w photographs, 150 line drawings
Verlagsort	Ramsbury
Sprache	englisch
Maße	164 x 231 mm
Gewicht	475 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Sportmedizin
ISBN-10	1-86126-409-7 / 1861264097
ISBN-13	978-1-86126-409-1 / 9781861264091
Zustand	Neuware