Textbook of Primary Care Sports Medicine

Section One: Sports Injuries:; 1. General Injury Therapy: How to approach athletic person - whats different; Medications for injury - especially NSAIDS; Taping and strapping; Heat and ice; Rehabilitation Principles, flexibility, endurance, muscle strength, stretching and other modalities; 2. Head and Neck: Concussions; Facial Trauma; Neck Trauma; Exercises for rehabilitation; 3. Eye: Protective eyewear; Foreign bodies; Trauma; Infectious processes; 4. Chest and Thorax: Direct Trauma; Torn anterior wall muscles; Effort Thrombosis - thoracic outlet syndrome; 5. Abdomen: Contusions to anterior wall musculature; Renal contusion; Splenic contusion; Torn external oblique muscles; Testicular Trauma; 6. Back: Contusions; Acute pain; Chronic pain; Rehabilitation and Exercises; 7. Shoulder: Separation AC SC Joints; Dislocation; Subluxation; Stingers-Burners; Rotator Cuff Injury; Sore Arm; Fractures - glenoid and clavicle; Shoulder Rehabilitation and Exercises; 8. Elbow: Hyperextended; Dislocation; Fractures; Medical and Lateral Epicondylitis; Olecranon Bursitis; Nerve compression syndromes; Rehabilitation and Exercises; 9. Wrist: Sprains and their evaluation; Common fractures, Navicular and Hamate; Ligamentous Instabilities; Tendonitis; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Ganglion; Rehabilitation and Exercises; 10. Hand and Fingers: Fractures and Dislocations of Metacarpals; Gamekeeper's thumb; Tendonitis; Fractures of the fingers; Mallet finger-extensor mechanism disruption at the DIP; Buttonhole injury to PIP joint; Jersey finger-flexor mechanism disruption at the DIP Joint; Volar Plate injury of the PIP joint; 11. Hip and Thigh: Groin Strain; Hip Pointer; Bursitis Trochanter etc; Apophysitis and Stress Fractures; Charlie Horse; Myositis Ossifications; Torn Hamstring; Hip and Thigh Rehabilitation and Exercises; 12. Knee: Anterior Cruciate Tears; Posterior Cruciate Tears; Meniscus Trauma; Collateral Ligament Trauma; Tibial Plateau Fractures; Patellar Tracking Syndrome; Jumper's Knee; Osgood-Schlatter; Iliotibial Band; Knee Rehabilitation and Exercises; 13. Lower Leg: Shin Splints; Stress Fractures; Compartment Syndromes; Gastrocnemius Muscle Tears; 14. Ankle: Sprains - Lateral, Medial and others; Fractures; Spasm Dislocation - Peroneal Tendons; Rehabilitation and Exercises; 15. Foot: Heel Pain - Achilles Tendonitis and Retrocalcaneal Bursitis; Achilles Tendon Rupture; Plantar Fascitis; Metatarsalgia; Morton's Neuroma; Sesamoiditis; Metatarsal Stress Fracture - Jone's Fracture; Turf Toe; Ingrown Nails; Section Two: Exercise Medicine:; Includes: Stress testing; basic pre-exercise; exercise and therapy for diabetes; hypertension, CAD, cholesterol, osteoporosis; exercise in chronic disease etc; Section Three: Pediatric Injuries:; Will focus on issues specific for this age group: little league elbow, weight lifting, safe training etc. Section Four: Geriatric Issues:; Will focus on fitness and aging, osteoarthritis and exercise; Section Five: Topics:; 1. Heat Related Injury; 2. Cheerleaders as athletes; 3. Medical Problems in Athletes: skin problems, asthma, diabetes, seizure disorders; hypertension; playing while sick; fever; mononucleosis etc; 4. Nutritional Concerns; 5. The Woman Athlete; 6. Wilderness Medicine; 7. Sports Psychology; 8. Drug Use and Abuse; 9. Preparticipation Evaluation