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Sports Injury Assessment and Rehabilitation, 1e

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This is the one dog-eared text on my bookshelf that I would never loan out to anyone. Written in a concise and to the point format this is the foundational textbook for anyone who cares for athletes. A favorite of mine is the "Quick Facts" and "Practice Points" that are included in the 24 chapters. If you are only going to purchase one sports medicine textbook this is the one to get. Lets hope the next edition comes out as planned so we can actually find this textbook!

I have been using this book for years and find it to be the most comprehensive, thorough, and accurate tool for assessment and treatment of sports injuries from head to toe. I especially like this author because he is was a physical therapist who went on to become an orthopedic surgeon. This undoubtedly gives him a wonderful ability to combine overall physical assessment with an MDs assessment. He gives great side notes and provides the reader with all options available for treatment, from conservative to aggressive. A must have for me!

Reading this book was very helpful with my profession as an athletic trainer. It was very well in detail when it comes to evaluation of an injury and to rehabilitation of an injury. I find this book to be very helpful in different ways. And I find it to be a excellent book and an excellent resource.

I bought this book on the recommendation of Dr. Bill Moreau (see his review here as well). I have my doctorate in chiropractic and have over 10 years of post-doc training. I have never come across such a complete source/reference for sports medicine. This book, from 1992, is certainly not out of date...in fact, many of the topics were so ahead of their time that they're only now being implemented in sports med. My Sports Diplomate written examination incorporated a lot of information from this book...now I know why! I refer back to it quite often. If you can locate this book for under $500.00, buy it...it is well worth it...ask yourself, how often do 'old' reference texts go up in price so much??? Well, not too often...every sports med. doc. should have a copy of this book on the shelf...and better than that, they should refer to it often to keep their knowledge base sharp. This is truly the holy grail of sports med. books...others can sit next to it on a shelf, but they'll just be filling space as you will most always reach for this one....Buy it...it's worth every penny!!!!