Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention

Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention provides a comprehensive, practical, evidence-based guide to the subject. It covers every stage of the rehabilitation process, from initial assessment, diagnosis and treatment, through to the return to pre-injury fitness and injury prevention. The book takes a holistic approach, which will include nutritional and psychological aspects of the rehabilitation process for the amateur sports enthusiast as well as elite athletes. The book is divided into five parts. Parts I, II and III cover screening and assessment; the pathophysiology of sports injuries and healing; and the various stages of training during the rehabilitation process. Part IV looks at the most common injuries in the most popular sports and explores their treatment through the complete rehabilitation process. It includes real world case studies and sample rehabilitation programmes. Part V gives useful advice on how to set up in practice as a sports rehabilitator including legal, financial and ethical issues. An accompanying DVD will illustrate diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and performance of conditioning exercises.