The Anatomy of Stretching: Your Illustrated Guide to Flexibility and Injury Rehabilitation - Softcover

Brad Walker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905367295 ISBN 13: 9781905367290

Publisher: Lotus Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

When The Anatomy of Stretching was originally published, it was the first book to cover the topic of anatomy and physiology for stretching and flexibility.
Since then others have been written, but no other book on the subject contains more examples of stretching exercises, or is able to take detailed anatomical information and present it in a way that is easy for everyone to understand.

This is where this book is different: it is able to take you inside the body and show you both the primary and secondary muscles in action during the stretching process.

The Anatomy of Stretching looks at stretching from every angle, including:

physiology and flexibility;

the benefits of stretching;

the different types of stretching;

rules for safe stretching;

and how to stretch properly.
Aimed at fitness enthusiasts of any level, as well as fitness pros, the book also focuses on which stretches are useful for the alleviation or rehabilitation of specific sports injuries.

Plus in this second edition,

over twenty new stretches have been added;

the chapter on physiology has been expanded;

more detailed anatomy has been included with each stretching chapter;

the top five stretches for a range of sports and sports injuries are listed;

and a new numbering system has been included to help reference each stretch.

About this title

Review:

A really excellent manual, ideal for yoga as well as for all other
exercise regimes. Comprehensive and well researched. -- Yoga & Health, April 2007

An impressive, helpful, and useful title; each page with clearly
labelled diagrams and pivotal information for each stretch. -- Positive Health, May 2007

From the Publisher:

Look out also for three new wall charts based on the drawings from this book: Upper Body stretches, Lower Body stretches, and Core and Back stretches. There are 16 stretches per chart, and they look great on the wall of any gym or therapy room. Available on Amazon through the market place seller.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lotus Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1905367295
• ISBN 13: 9781905367290
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 200