The Anatomy of Sports Injuries Paperback – December 26, 2007

The Anatomy of Sports Injuries is a great 'go to' reference for home use, or - in my case - a personal training studio. We train a cross section of people, from athletes to stay at home moms, business men and women to teachers, doctors, dentists and lawyers. Bottom line is most will, at some point, develop a 'sports injury' of one kind or another. This particular book doesn't go into great detail on specific injuries, but it is a wonderful, quick reference source to determine the actual injury, prognosis, and treatment plan. There are even a few specific exercises for each trauma. Additionally, the layout, by area of the body, allows one to rapidly find the specific locale and possible injury. This is almost always the first book I refer to regarding an injury, then I may or may not proceed to less user friendly books to obtain additional information. Great book. Couldn't recommend it more highly.

It's a fantastic practical book that I reference quite often.

Straight forward. Easy to understand

Interesting book.

The best book to explain injuries and how one can treat them. The graphics are explicit so you can see the exact muscles used or involved in the injuries

I love this book, because there are so many different stretches for the entire body. I use it everyday; I have the CD with stretch routines as well. It's a great tool to have.

I thought this book will have a Anatomy of how injuries look like. There's not much of that, plus is a little hard to pinpoint the illustration with the information about that specific injury. Maybe for future reference when it comes to something like anatomy, is always best to have one injury, rehab, anatomy of the joint involved in on page per injury or anatomy part. One book you may want to look for is The Complete Guide to Sports Injuries by H. Winter Griffith. It may not have illustrations but the information on how deal with an injury is there and one injury per page for easy searching, and sorting alphabetically.

A great book for understanding injuries and how to come back from them. The illustrations are very good and help you with recovery.

Perfect Book

I am an experienced masseur taking a sports massage to add to my qualifications, I am also a gym member and do exercise classes. The sports injury side of the course is completely new to me so I bought this as a text book to follow-up on the lessons. As with Walker's book on Stretches it is comprehensive without being too technical. The injuries are in 12 sections relating to parts of the body e.g. Skin, Head & Neck, Elbow, Chest & Abdomen, Hamstrings & Quads, etc. each with its own A&P (bones, joints & muscles). Each type of injury e.g. Sprain, Dislocation, Rupture, etc. comes with notes on What sports they are usually sustained in, Cause, Signs & symptoms, Complications, Immediate treatment, Rehabilitation and prevention, and Long-term prognosis, many with explanatory pictures and rehabilitation exercises if appropriate. Where medical terms are used there is an explanation or the name a 'lay person' would be familiar with, e.g. "Epistaxis, or nosebleed occurs when ....". Other sections cover; Explanation of injury, Prevention, and Treatment & rehabilitation management from first 3 minutes through all phases of recovery to the final stage of regaining fitness. There is also a list of anatomical directions and a glossary of terms.

I love this book! It was exactly what I wanted if not better!

Informative book with a description of injuries and recommended exercises to aid recovery. This book was recommended to me by an osteopath I as getting treatment from .

Very shallow information on each sport injury. The rehab exercises are also very succinct and it’s not clear why they are recommended. The book also treats everyone the same (assuming for instance a male gender for back injuries and recommending barbell exercises that I would absolutely not attempt as a woman with a herniated disc just starting to recover). I loved the Anatomy of stretching by the same author, but I am disappointed in this book. I think the only reason to read it would be to have an introduction to all the main sports injuries.