Sports Injuries & Illnesses

By Bob O'Connor , Richard Budgett

ISBN:	9781861264091
PUBLISHED:	2001
PAGES:	208
BINDING:	Paperback
SIZE:	235 x 165 mm
INSIDE:	50 black & white photographs, 150 line drawings

Bob O'Connor, EdD
Richard Budgett, MBBS, MA, Dip Sport Med
Christine Wells, MS, NMA
Jerry Lewis, MS, CAT
Foreword by Steve Redgrave

"This book covers the whole of sports and exercise medicine with sections on all the common sports injuries in a wide range of sports. It also gives lots of useful advice on the prevention of injury and illness, from common sprains to overtraining syndrome." Steve Redgrave, five times Olympic Gold Medallist

Sports Injuries and Illnesses is an essential companion for all athletes who take their general health and well-being seriously. Topics include: analysis of thephysical body, its strengths and weaknesses; study of the environment and its effect on the body; psychological implications of injury and illness; dangers of overtraining and poor nutrition and first aid: what to do and how to do it.