Healthy Runner's Handbook [Paperback]

Lyle J. Micheli (Author), Mark D. Jenkins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1996

This text was written to help runners put an end to nagging overuse injuries and continue running safely and successfully. Showing how to diagnose, care for, and rehabilitate 31 specific overuse injuries, it also provides useful advice on how to prevent these injuries from occurring. The author first reviews eight important risk factors seen as the primary causes of overuse injuries. Next, he outlines a programme for injury prevention that addresses these risk factors. The illustrated program includes 11 stretching and nine strengthening exercises for the lower body and 14 conditioning exercises for the back. The book explains how runners can diagnose and care for overuse injuries. After giving general guidelines for both self- and doctor-prescribed treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, it probvides information on 31 specific overuse injuries. Readers will learn how to identify, treat and rehabilitate injuries to the foot, ankle, lower leg, knee, hip, pelvis, groin and back. The last two chapters discuss special concers for women runners and nutritional needs of runners. The book also features helpful illustrations and photographs as informative sidebars on topics as diverse as self-testing for muscle imbalances and coping with allergies.

Editorial Reviews

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Micheli and Jenkins present accepted techniques for preventing, diagnosing, caring for, and rehabilitating common running injuries. Information on anatomical abnormalities and other causes of injuries (inappropriate footwear, incorrect training, etc.) precede the prevention advice and illustrated directions for various strength-training exercises. Most of the handbook thereafter consists of chapters about injuries to specific sites (feet, ankles, lower leg, etc.) that ultimately cover symptoms, concerns, treatments, recovery times, and rehabilitations of 31 common running ailments. A chapter devoted to female runners' special concerns (skeletal injuries, eating disorders, and hormonal problems) and another on nutrition round out an excellent resource. Sue-Ellen Beauregard

Review

Healthy Runner's Handbook helps runners put an end to nagging injuries by showing them how to run safely and successfully. Health Runner's Handbook shows runners how to diagnose, care for, and rehabilitate 31 specific overuse injuries. It also provides valuable guidance on how to prevent these injuries in the first place! The heart of Healthy Runner's Handbook gives general guidelines for both self- and doctor-prescribed treatment and rehabilitation of injuries to the foot; ankle; lower leg; knee; hip, pelvis, and groin; and the back. Healthy Runner's Handbook also discusses special concerns for female runners and the nutritional needs of runners. Featuring more than 90 illustrations and photos, it also contains many informative sidebars on topics as diverse as self-testing for muscle imbalances and coping with allergies. -- Midwest Book Review

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Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880115246
• ISBN-13: 978-0880115247
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #564,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I had this when I started, July 14, 1999

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This review is from: Healthy Runner's Handbook (Paperback)

This is an excellent reference.

The chapter on preventing injuries is alone worth the price of the book. The authors clearly explain muscle imbalance and its possible effects on runners. There's even a self-test for muscle imbalance and techniques for establishing proper balance.

Many ex-runners probably would have kept it up, if they had read this book. It helps you diagnose and manage injuries yourself and point you to a doctor when you really need one.

I've shown this to several runners, who immediately want their own copy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Running-Injury book I've found., December 22, 1999

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Eric Stump (New Jersy, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Healthy Runner's Handbook (Paperback)

I've went through about 4 books looking for help with my own running injuries, and this one was BY FAR the best. More information, catagorized wonderfully, and very easy to comprehend and apply to yourself. Even though this book has more info in it than injury-related, at least half of the book is based on injury, and I can't recommend THIS section of the book highly enough. A real winner.

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't go out running long distance without it, July 30, 2009

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Jiang Tang "Bookworm" (Carrollton, Tx United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Healthy Runner's Handbook (Paperback)

This is a must read for any serious long distance runners. Running long distance and day in day out is totally different from running casually. You can get injured if you don't pay close attention to the bio-mechanics of running and human body.

This book clearly explained many common injuries and ways to avoid them by doing stretching properly.

One thins I like this book most is that it tells you what kind of injuries you most likely to have if you are of certain body type, knocked-knee, bowlegged, etc and how you can stretch to prevent those injuries.