Running Injuries: How to Prevent and Overcome Them [Paperback]

Tim Noakes (Author), Stephen Granger (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0195713842 | ISBN-13: 978-0195713848 | Edition: 2

This book has earned its place as an invaluable hand-book of injury prevention and treatment for all runners--whether they are elite athletes, twice-a-week joggers, athletes at school level, or those who run mainly to build fitness for other sports. Fully updated in the Second Edition, this popular and well-established book offers the latest medical research, tips on injury prevention, injury profiles of international and South African athletes, medical drawings to help you locate and understand your injury, photographic demonstrations of stretching exercises, and a glossary on commonly used terms used when discussing running injuires. It is an indispensable guide for coaches, parents, and doctors.

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"The feeling of accomplishment given to us by running will only happen when we are smiling and happy, and without pain, on the road." Elana Meyer --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Tim Noakes is Liberty Life Professor of Exercise and Sports Science at the University of Cape Town. He is also Director of the MRC/UCT Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit and Professor in the Department of Pysiology. Stephen Granger, formerly a competitive road and cross-country athelete, is an environmental scientist who is also a free-lance athletics writer and photographer of high repute.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (January 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195713842
• ISBN-13: 978-0195713848
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,057,741 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you run, buy this book, May 14, 2007

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Sanjay Khatau (India) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Running Injuries: How to Prevent and Overcome Them (Paperback)

If you run, you need this book. The information in this book is applicable to absolute beginners as well as elites. Noakes teaches how to prevent injuries and treat them.

Most of the topics are covered in Lore of Running - If you already have that book, there is no need to buy this one.

The only drawback in this book is that the illustrations and photographs could have been better.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Coaches!!! This book has NEVER been wrong!, July 24, 2009

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This review is from: Running Injuries: How to Prevent and Overcome Them (Paperback)

I've had this book for about 7 years and it is showing the wear! Whenever a runner comes to me with a compliant, this book is the first place I turn. I keep it in my car, so it is at every practice. We can use the book to quickly identify the potential problem based on the symptoms. From there, the book guides you on possible treatments and suggested courses of action based on severity! Very valuable!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book readily available, December 31, 2010

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Dean A. Fischer "lawfisch3" (Colville, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Running Injuries: How to Prevent and Overcome Them (Paperback)

As a running coach and runner I have used this book successfully numerous times. The concept that every runner wants to get better fast and continue running is foremost in the treatments and exercises presented.

The author, Tim Noakes is the quintessential authority on the science of running as an ultrarunner and M.D. and Director of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine . Simple charts help isolate and self-diagnose and then treat your injury and the text explains how to prevent a reoccurance.