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Peak Condition: Winning Strategies to Prevent, Treat, and Rehabilitate Sports Injuries

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This is the best book on athletic injuries I've used. It's old, but the sound advice hasn't been improved upon. I had a chronic hamstring injury when I got the book (back in '86) and for the first time in years I was able to rehab it completely and compete pain free. I've since referred to it for advice on knees and shoulders. Most recently I had an early stress fracture only a few weeks before an important competition. Following Garrick's guidlines, I was able to recover completely before the event. Garrick understands an athlete's need to stay active and take positive action to recover from an injury and tells you exactly how to do this. He also realizes that an injury that is "cured" by rest and cessation of the activity most often returns when the activity is resumed unless active rehab has been performed.
Highly recommended. The only reason I gave it four stars rather than five is it's brevity. I wish he would write a much longer and more detailed reference.

Great analysis of cause and practical approach to cure. Especially good with joint issues. Thanks Dr. Garrick, your efforts have limited my pain and time in recovery! You should be everyone's first responder to sports injury...another edition??

I'm sure nothing in this book would be news to, say, a physical therapist. But for people like me, who have been physically active our entire lives (and plan to keep on to the end), this book is a godsend.

The authors tell you how to diagnose common injuries, and when you shouldn't even try--get yourself to a doctor, pronto, because your symptoms indicate a serious injury. What to do if you're there when someone else is seriously injured. When to push and when to back off. What to do to make yourself feel better until you're fit to go again (and how to get there).

I've done quite a bit of physical therapy--with people who were pretty pedestrian, and with people who were at the absolute top of their profession (including a woman who's the PT for the NY City Ballet). All these people helped me to different degrees, but NO ONE in the profession of rehabilitation has the time to give you the range of information you find in this book. It covers every possible kind of sports/exercise injury, including those of professional-level athletes and gymnasts.

I frequently referred to this book in our company library. Now that I'm retired I bought my own copy. I looked at several books on the topic and found nothing and good at explaining how our bodies work. I've saved myself a lot of medical fees over the years.

I have had this book for over 20 years. It is a great reference covering just about every part of the body. Any muscle or joint aches and pains, this book tells you what causes it and how to fix it.