The Knee Sourcebook [Paperback]

Marc Darrow MD (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 6, 2001

This straightforward guide takes you step by step through the causes, symptoms, and treatments for common injuries and chronic conditions of the knee. The Knee Sourcebook explains what to do immediately after an injury to avoid more harm and discusses the benefits of rehab versus surgery.

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The knee, vital to your mobility and quality of life, is one of your most vulnerable joints. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, every year more than six million people seek medical care for knee pain. It is the most common joint injury, accounting for more than 26 percent of all orthopedic visits.

Most often knee pain is the result of repetitive wear (as in osteoarthritis), trauma (a blow to the knee), or sudden movements that strain the knee beyond its normal range of motion (sports accidents).

In this straightforward, comprehensive book, Dr. Marc Darrow, a specialist in sports medicine and rehabilitation, discusses:

• How the knee is designed, and how it functions
• Common knee injuries such as tears and sprains of the ligaments, tendons, cartilage, and meniscus, as well as deterioration of the bones forming the knee joint
• Strengthening exercises that can actually help you prevent injury
• Diseases and syndromes of the knee
• Osteoarthritis and related medical conditions
• How to avoid risky and often repetitive knee surgeries with alternative therapies

Whether you are in the best shape of your life, a weekend athlete, or someone now suffering trauma and pain from a lifetime of ordinary wear and tear, The Knee Sourcebook provides expert guidance for the care of this most vital joint.

About the Author

Marc Darrow, M.D., J.D., is the medical director of Joint Rehabilitation and Sports Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is a board certified, UCLA-trained physiatrist and specializes in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation. In addition to practicing medicine with an emphasis on musculoskeletal injury, sports medicine, and prolo therapy, Dr. Darrow has practiced law since 1973.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (September 6, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0737305444
• ISBN-13: 978-0737305449
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,072,818 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What Was I Thinking?, December 4, 2005

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Nilsa (Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Knee Sourcebook (Paperback)

I'm really dependent on the reviews here at Amazon when I select a book, so I don't know why I ordered this book when there were no reviews. Perhaps I can save others some money by saying that there are far better books on knee pain than this one. I actually found more information by doing a Google search for "knee pain". The section on exercise, which in the one part of the book which should be most relevent, is no more than a few pages long. The author lists several exercises in brief, and there are no photos or illustrations to show the exercises. Even stranger, there are NO stretches. I find it hard to understand how this book even came to be published. I wish that I'd been able to go to a bookstore to compare books and select the one that best met my needs, but thankfully I ordered "Knee Pain" by John Garrett, MD, at the same time that I ordered "The Knee Sourcebook" . It has two full chapters on exercises with photos, shows stretches, and has a full variety of exercises to strengthen all the muscles surrounding and supporting the knee.

2.0 out of 5 stars Very readable (nice writing style and tone), but as much depth as a pamphlet, October 30, 2011

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Kelly Jones (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Knee Sourcebook (Paperback)

This entire book reads like what should have been a single chapter in a much larger book. This is like a high-level overview (a summary) of knee anatomy, knee pain diagnosis, and knee treatment and care.

If this is the very first material that you plan to read about your knee, then you might enjoy this book. For example: if you don't already know the names of the ligaments and bones that are involved in the knee joint, then there are some nice pictures and introductory descriptions of them.

Also, if you plan to leave everything about your knee care up to your doctor and other professionals, but you just want some easy-to-read definitions of things your doctors might mention (like arthroscopy, CT, MRI, and the names of a few common syndromes), then this is a nice, simple guide.

I finished reading the entire book in a couple of hours. It is pretty brief and basic. I think I probably would have achieved the same amount of self-education by going to some local clinic and picking up a handful of pamphlets like "about your knee", or "what to expect after knee surgery", or other similar pamphlets that I imagine must exist.

On the plus side: I did enjoy the author's writing style and tone, and I would be favorable to reading more work written by this author (if the content had more depth and detail).

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very useful, February 27, 2008

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Kris "Kris" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Knee Sourcebook (Paperback)

After a knee injury during a hike in NC, the usual therapies weren't working for me. After following the advise in this book--RICE and closed-chain exercises got me back to health. To continue along the healing path, I began including the open-chain exercises and will use them again to prepare my body for vigerous hikes in the future.