Mel Cash

A fully illustrated guide to massage as remedial therapy for sports training and injuries, covering the practical and theoretical aspects of the subject. It also shows how to work in a support role with medical practitioners treating more serious injury. Explaons how to make massage a vital component in an athlete's training.

288pp, 10x7, illus. ... Paperback

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James Briggs

With increased interest since the mid 1980s in the science of sport, this is a text that overviews the role of the sports therapist. The book provides both a theoretical and practical foundation on which to build further knowledge, skills and expertise. It should be a useful source of information for the student of sports therapy, as well as the qualififed therapist. The book looks at the different perspectives and definitions of the subject, then goes on to cover: exercise, training, fitness and performance; injury, inflammation, healing and repair; examination, assessment and diagnosis; treatment; rehabilitation; legal, professional, ethical, moral and practice management issues; drugs/cheating; sports injury clinic; and travelling with the teams.

288pp, 10x7.5, illus. ... Paperback

Published price £18.00 -- You save £5.01 ... 28% 


Price:   £12.99