Sports Injuries (Know the Game) - Softcover

Grisogono, Vivian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713656182 ISBN 13: 9780713656183

Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

Part of an updated series this book contains an A-Z of common injuries, together with advice on injury prevention and treatment. Examples are drawn from different sports including American football, hang-gliding, parachuting, skateboarding and wrestling. It deals with all parts of the body and many different kinds of practitioner are reconmmended for the treatment of injuries. The author is a chartered physiotherapist with extensive experience of working with the British Olympic teams.

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Review

Likely to become a standard classic of commonsense. (Daily Mail)

This book is exactly what it claims to be and will be of very good value to athletes, coaches and trainers ... can be recommended to the sporting public without hesitation. (David P Chapman, Secretary of the British Associat)

Explains just what goes wrong where - and why. Even more valuable are the explanations of how to avoid those injuries in the first place; these are packed with nuggets of good sense. (Sport and Leisure)

Book Description

The bestselling and definitive self-help manual - accessible, fully illustrated and easy-to-read

Edition details

• Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713656182
• ISBN 13: 9780713656183
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32