The Sports Injuries Handbook – Diagnosis and Management

The Sports Injuries Handbook
Diagnosis and Management
2007 – Christer Rolf

This book is a practical and comprehensive view of what you as a physician, physio therapist, fitness trainer, coach, manager or athlete need to know to be able to understand, diagnose and manage the most commonly occurring injuries in sport, up to specialist level.

It aims to help you address the ordinary questions that occur in relation to sport injuries: ‘What do I do now?’; ‘Can I continue exercising?’; ‘Must I rest completely?’ This book outlines the benefits and risks of common training methods and their indications and contra-indications in relation to familiar sports injuries.

A ‘sports injury’ can be defined as an injury that occurs during sporting activities or exercise. This can be broadened to include injuries affecting participation in sports and exercise and affecting athletes of all ages and all levels of performance. Patients who seek medical attention at sports injury clinics represent the spectrum from top professional to recreational athletes. Even though we can identify the mechanism of an injury and its pathoanatomical correlate or diagnosis, its consequences may be very different for different athletes. If you are a professional player, there may be loss of earnings and the risk of losing your contract and even your career. If you are a club manager, it may mean losing an important player, perhaps at a crucial time, and the financial costs of a replacement player. If you are the team doctor, physiotherapist, fitness trainer or coach, you will want to know how the injury will affect your plans for the players’ ongoing dietary and physical training programmes. If you are the medic in charge, it will mean having to convince not only the player but also the club’s other staff that you have the situation under control. The stakes are high. If a player goes back too early, they risk relapse or further injury but if they are held back, they might ask for a second opinion.

For younger athletes trying to establish themselves in their sport, an injury can result in major family-related conflicts. Over-ambitious or over-protective parents and pressure from coaches and team-mates can put stresses on to a young athlete not able to participate in their sport. For recreational athletes, injuries may mean loss of regular physical and social activities and problems with general health, such as blood pressure, insulin control or secondary problems to the lower back from limping. A shoulder injury from squash may cause difficulties for a builder or plumber with their own business or raise concerns about the safety of a police officer or firefighter.

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Format .pdf [.rar] , 241 pages , 9.15 MB .