Why are some octogenarians competitive athletes while others struggle to walk up the stairs? It isn't luck. It's orthopaedic science. If you're tired of doctors telling you that an injury will prevent you from playing the sports you enjoy, you'll love Dr. Kevin R. Stone's Play Forever. All great athletes get injured. Only the best of them use those injuries to come back to their sport better-fitter, faster, and stronger than before. Through Dr. Stone's...

Sports-related injuries have become a public health epidemic. Twelve million student athletes will suffer a sports-related injury this year. Nearly two million injuries will be in recreational softball games and baseball games. The majority of these injuries are preventable. The Awakening of a Surgeon outlines 20 strategies that can be implemented in every community to drastically reduce the possibility of injury and death.

From the authors of the classic Sports Injury Handbook, this top-notch manual of easy-to-follow tennis do's and don'ts is all you need to prevent injuries, treat common symptoms, and improve your conditioning, flexibility, and strength, so you can pick up the pace on your serve or unload a return that won't come back. Dr. Allan Levy's practical knowledge of tennis fitness is indispensable for players at every skill level-from absolute beginners to...

In recent years recovery has become a sports and fitness buzzword. Anyone who works out or competes at any level is bombarded with the latest recovery products and services: from drinks and shakes to compression sleeves, foam rollers, electrical muscle stimulators, and sleep trackers.In Good to Go, acclaimed FiveThirtyEight science writer Christie Aschwanden takes readers on an entertaining and enlightening tour through this strange world. She investigates...

Das Buch gibt eine kompakte Übersicht über Ätiologie, Klinik, Diagnostik und Therapie der iliakalen Endofibrose, einer Sonderform der peripheren arteriellen Verschlusskrankheit. Es wendet sich an Ärzte und Physiotherapeuten, die Ausdauersportler betreuen, aber auch an betroffene Athleten selbst. Das Krankheitsbild wurde 1985 erstmals bei einem Radrennfahrer beschrieben. Die Symptome sind meist belastungsabhängige Oberschenkelschmerzen, die die...

Este libro te invita a un desarrollo personal con una mirada interior que lleva a templar el espíritu venciendo los propios límites. Llevó al autor a participar en las pruebas de resistencias corriendo las maratones más exigentes del mundo. Sus vivencias y experiencias únicas son relatas en un lenguaje simple y ameno para disfrutar su lectura.

Gesundheit, Belastbarkeit und Leistungsfähigkeit entstehen in Ihren Zellen. Sind die Zellen fit, erzeugen sie biologischen Rückenwind für Alltag, Sport und Beruf. Ganz nebenbei verlieren Sie überschüssiges Körpergewicht und werden psychisch belastbarer. Die gute Nachricht ist: Sie können die Funktion Ihrer Zellen stärken und damit Ihre Gesundheit verbessern. Erfahren Sie mit diesem Buch, was Zellen brauchen, um ihre volle Kraft zu entfalten...

Being your own wilderness doctor for the security of knowing what to do for the best, in case of the worst-a more than first-aid companion that's always there, when a doctor may be too far away. Angier who knows the outdoors, and Dr. Kodet, who knows people, inside and out, team up to present life-saving, panic-preventing information for times, when making the right decision is most vital. Here are trip-saving ways to handle the sometimes painful...

Cómo conseguir el máximo bienestar y lograr un cuerpo más fuerte y flexible. En esta colección, Esperanza Aparicio Romero y Javier Pérez Pont, directores del único centro que imparte las enseñanzas originales del maestro Pilates en España, nos muestran, paso a paso y de forma sencilla, las claves para obtener los mayores beneficios de este método, que considera el cuerpo, la mente y el espíritu como una unidad, y tiene como principal objetivo...

These exercises are a series of fundamental core system to complete a session of Contrology. Wall exercises strengthen the spine, improve body alignment and relieve tension in the neck and shoulders. How to achieve maximum well-being and achieve a stronger and more flexible body. In this collection, Esperanza Aparicio Romero and Javier Pérez Pont, directors of the only center that imparts the original teachings of the Pilates teacher in Spain, show...