Product Description

Sports is an activity that consumes the lives of professional and amateur athletes, but also touches the lives of many others who play for leisure. Preventing, diagnosing and managing sports injuries and maintaining boy health for sports is not limited to the sporting elite, but affects a wide cross-section of the population. Clinical Sports Medicine is a complete practical guide to sports medicine, covering all aspects of diagnosis and management of sports-related injuries.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1102374 in Books
• Published on: 2000-12-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 918 pages

New Zealand Journal of Sports Medicine, 2001
'The world's best sports medicine book just got better'

Univardis, July 2007
Logical structure and good format ... a must for any clinician in
sports medicine including surgeons, physicians, GPSIs and
physiotherapists.

From the Publisher
From Satisfied Users of the Second Edition

"Excellent practical book for clinicians. This very practical book that uses symptom-oriented chapters to provide very helpful guidance to anyone who sees sports medicine patients. It is useful for physical therapists (like me) but my colleagues who are doctors and masseurs also use it. I thoroughly recommend it and find its illustrations of physical examination particularly useful" - A reader from Seattle, USA

"Practical sports medicine book for physiotherapists, sports physicians This definitive sports medicine text book of 920 superbly-illustrated pages is the 'gold-standard' of sports medicine books. Its main emphasis is conservative care of musculoskeletal conditions and it is particularly up to date in management of overuse tendon conditions, the latest on shoulder rehabilitation, management of troublesome back problems and the athletic groin. It also covers issues such as enhancing sports performance with nutrition and psychology, traveling with a team and ethical issues in sport. The first edition was a great success but this second edition is a far superior book. And it is exceptional value for money. I strongly recommend those working with athletes and those treating musculoskeletal conditions to check this Australian-Canadian book out fully. It's a gem" - A physical therapist at Whistler, British Columbia, Canada

Customer Reviews

essential reading
This second edition of the book is much improved, largely due to increased collaboration with sports medicine professionals, mainly from Australia. The chapters are updated and expanded and some new chapters are added. The improvement I liked most was the rehab programs which have been addeed to the text. As a sports physio, I found this invaluable. Essential reading for all involved in sports medicine.

Definitely worth the upgrade from the 2nd edition
Many of us have the 2nd edition (red cover) and feel it is still providing good service. However, I checked inside my old favourite and found that the 2nd edition was written in 2000! How the time flies!

This new edition LOOKS spectacular because of the colour photographs and the lovely artwork. The artist is a real discovery! But what impressed me much more was the amount of new practical material that I can use in my clinic. In the week that I have had this 3rd edition I have noticed that many, many chapters have had major overhauls. So the claim of '6 new chapters' really vastly under-estimates how much new material is in there.

The knee pain, knee injury, Achilles, wrist pain, and longstanding groin chapters are all very very helpful. And it is great to find so many of the leading authors in various field have contributed to this one book.

At over 1000 colour pages it really is terrific value for money and I figured that it will likely last me 5 years. Great value!

I didn't buy a copy of the DVD with physical examination and rehabilitation but my partner did - it is great for students.

All in all a tremendous upgrade, seems more like a new book really. I'm glad I grabbed this copy while in London last week -- apparently copies are still a few weeks away from arriving here in New York.

Worth it's weight in gold
I am one of those people who purchase a tonne of books every year without reading half of them. Clinical Sports Medicine 3ed and its predecessors have to be the exceptions. The new edition is substantially upgraded from the 2nd (I own both) and definitely worth the upgrade for anybody involved in sports healthcare

If I have any criticism it would be that the patient handout sheets are fairly 'useless' to me as a sports physio. They describe the condition, background etc but the management is always go and see your Sports Medicine Doctor (or such like - can't remember the exact details as I don't use them). But remember these handouts are a bonus so they don't detract from an excellent book