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Sports Medicine Bible : Prevent, Detect, and Treat Your Sports Injuries Through the Latest Medical Techniques

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If you are going to exercise, there's a good possibility that you will at some point have to deal with an injury. This book will save you a lot of time and frustration if you do get injured, and if you read it and follow it's advice, you will probably be able to prevent injury in the first place.

When I developed bursitis in my hip (from running)I saw a General Practitoner, who basically told me to stop running. Then I saw an Orthopedic Specialist who acted as if I were wasting his time because he had patients with REAL problems. Then, I found this book, which taught me all I needed to know about the condition and treating it on my own. It describes the causes of injury and gives you techniques and exercises that actually HELP. I haven't had any problems with my hip for several years now, but I recently developed pain in my shoulder (rotator cuff tendinits) from weightlifting. I had been doing all the usual home treatment things, dreading the idea of going to a doctor who wouldn't help me. Then I remembered this book! I read about the various shoulder injuries and began doing some of the stretching and strengthening exercises the book describes, and within 2 days the condition began to improve.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who exercises. It has been a real godsend for me.

I'm a dancer, not an athlete. I have several books on sports and dance injuries, and this is the best I own. It is excellent for self care if you have a mild injury that is amenable to self care. (Of course, it is not a substitute for seeing a doctor in person and if I had any questions or doubts about an injury I would do so ASAP.) It is also an excellent supplement to a doctor, explaining what you need to know in detail, defining terms, and giving anatomy diagrams. It gives instructions for care immediately after the injury, before you may be able to get to a doctor. It includes illustrated instructions for rehabilitation and strengthening exercises. This book has been a great comfort to me. I get very anxious if I am in pain and don't know what is going on, and find explanations to be reassuring.

This is a GREAT BOOK! I've used it dozens of times over the past 4 years . Plus I've recommended it to friends with sports injury questions at least 12 times. If you love being active and want to know how to continue even though your body is breaking down, get this book. You will refer to it time and time again. After all, we are not professional athletes with a staff to look after our aging bodies. Not only does it teach you how to get fixed, it shows you how to prevent getting hurt next time.

I had an elbow injury from weight-lifting. I bought this book at the same time I bought "The Sports Injury Handbook" by Levy. Prior to buying these books, I saw two sports doctors and both recommended I do some dumbbell exercises to rehabilitate. I looked through Levy's book and found not only the same exercises, but others and a better explanation than what the doctors gave me. Then I turned to the "Sport's Medicine Bible," and guess what? It didn't cover it.

My elbow injury is healing nicely thanks to Levy's book. As for this book, a waste of time. You would think a book with the word Bible in it would cover everything, but I found Levy's book covers more injuries and sports than this one. And I wouldn't complain as much if this book had a different title, like "Baseball Injury Bible," but it's misleading when it didn't even handle my injury, which is a common injury in weight lifting.

I refer to this book at least 4 times a week for different reasons; i.e, injuries, surgical rehab, how to prevent injuries, flexibility. This book is truly a "bible" as one can't help but use it for reference. The author, Dr. Micheli, is also my doctor, the best down to earth, talented docto

I bought this book after tearing a calf muscle and pinching a nerve in my back. Although the injuries were not caused by my sports, they did force me to miss a whole season of hiking and biking. Thanks in part to the contents (and the help of a sports medicine doctor), I have recovered well enough to complete an 80-mile hike on the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina (one of the tougher sections in the South).

Compared to other books I consulted, this one covered more relevant topics and gave better detailed rehab and conditioning information. I heartily recommend it!

After I broke my ankle (not doing any sporting activity)this book gave me the confidence (and the exercises) to work and exercise my ankle during recovery. The book is easy to follow and offers clear (and easy) instructions. Even though I was seeing a Physio - I used this book to hasten and build up the strength and balance in my ankle that had been lost. Even now I find myself doing the exercises when the ankle is "sore". I refer to this book often to seek information on preventing and treating sore areas of the body! I have recommended this book to friends and even a client who all have had the misfortune of breaking bones over the past 3 years. Today I recommended it again to a friend. None of their injuries was a "sport injury" either - don't be put off by the title.

You've been working out at the gym a couple years. You have a nagging pain behind the knee that just won't go away. You begin to wonder if you somehow managed to tear the meniscus or the ACL. What's happening?

Also, you've found it almost impossible to do leg curls because the pain along the sides of your knees has become unbearable. How did it start and how do you get rid of it? Was it from all the running you did, all the weight trainging, or all the martial arts stuff you've been practicing?

Shoulder pain that won't go away after a few weeks of intense martial arts training. Pain in the bicep that hangs on like ramora on shark. What can be done about it? Should you go to the doctor and maybe get recommended for arthroscopic surgery or leave it alone? Should you try to work through it with more exercise?

Micheli's book is excellent for narrowing down the problem to very specific causes and what to do. Sometimes he says you've got to see the doctor, then start RICE-ing, do special exercises.

The pain behind the knee? Popliteus tendonitis is a good possibility. How do you fix it? Micheli tells you how.

The pain along the sides of the knees that make it impossible to do leg curls? Illiotibial band tendonitis. How do you fix it. RICE it, and do certain stretching exercises to loosen these long bands of muscle and tendon that travel all the way from the hip to the calf.

If you do any kind of sports you are likely to get injured, even the injury of repetitive motion, similar to carpal tunnel tendonitis. These pains won't go away on their own. Young or old (like me), things happen, especially if you're active, that go beyond plain ol' muscular pain. Fractures, sprains, overuse injuries of bursitis and tendonitis. Micheli helps you figure out what's wrong. Yes, sometimes you'll have to go to a sports medicine doc or orthopedist, but many times, you can fix it yourself.

Allan M. Levy and Mark L. Fuerst have a great companion book for Micheli's book with practical applications called Sports Injury Handbook.

If you can get only one of them, get the bible, otherwise you'd be better off with both. A few good stretching books would help too.

This book gave me an idea of what to look for based on some common ailments. I was well informed when I went to a medical doctor to get treatment. I wish there were more exercises that target trouble spots to help with recovery.

The book the sports Medicine Bible is manly about preventing, detecting, and treating Sports injuries. Most of the injuries that are listed are common. They list acute and Recurring injuries. Chapter 1-4 tells about why this book was written, and the basic Point of the book. Chapter 6-17 is about the different sections of the body. The last 3 Chapters are about miscellaneous stuff.