Conservative Management of Sport Injuries

This book embraces the philosophy of "active" conservative care and encourages a multidisciplinary team approach to the treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries. In addition to site specific sports injuries, including ankle, spine, knee, and shoulder injuries, chapters address the sports medicine aspects of medicolegal issues, diagnostic imaging, strength and conditioning, nutrition, and anabolic steroid use in sports. Includes specific recommendations for women, young athletes, and seniors.

Contains 13 New chapters on:

• Soft Tissue Techniques for Athletic Injuries
• Active Release Techniques
• Tendinosis
• Nimmo Technique
• The Graston Technique of Instrument Assisted Soft-Tissue Mobilization
• Nerve Injuries in Competitive Sports
• The Spine in Sports
• Heart Disease and the Athlete
• The Extreme Athlete
• Sports Nutrition: A Biochemical View of Injury Care and Prevention
• Conservative Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries
• Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries of the Spine
• General Principles and Research Findings on Taping and Bracing

Key Features

• This single volume is an essential text for all chiropractic students and professionals, athletic trainers, orthopedic surgeons, and sports medicine professionals
• Thoroughly updated second edition
• Encourages a multidisciplinary team approach to the treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries
• Covers specific sports injuries, including ankle, spine, knee, and shoulder
• Addresses the sports medicine aspects of medicolegal issues, diagnostic imaging, strength and conditioning, nutrition, and anabolic steroid use in sports
• Includes specific recommendations for women, young athletes, and seniors
  

Table of Contents

• Section I: A Conservative Approach to Sports-Related Injuries

Ch 1: Overview of Sports Injuries Management
Ch 2: Medicolegal Issues in Sports Medicine (with Special Considerations for the Chiropractor)
Ch 3: The Physiology of Exercise, Physical Fitness & Cardiovascular Endurance Training
Ch 4: Conservative Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries

4A: Conservative Rehabilitation of Athletic Injuries
4B: Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries of the Spine
4C: General Principles and Research Findings on Taping and Bracing 1993-2003

Ch 5: Principles of Soft Tissue Manipulation in Sports Medicine

5A: Principles of Manipulation in Sports Medicine
5B: Extraspinal Joint Manipulation
5C: Soft Tissue Techniques for Athletic Injuries

C1: Active Release Technique
C2: Tendinosis
C3: Nimmo Technique
C4: The Graston Technique of Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization

• Section II: Site- and System-Specific Sports Injuries

Ch 6: Head Trauma in Sports
Ch 7: Nerve Injuries in Competitive Sports
Ch 8: The Cervical Spine
Ch 9: The Thoracic Spine
Ch 10: The Spine in Sports
Ch 11: Heart Disease and the Athlete
Ch 12: The Trunk and Viscera
Ch 13: The Shoulder
Ch 14: The Elbow, Wrist, and Hand
Ch 15: The Pelvis, Hip, and Thigh
Ch 16: The Knee
Ch 17: Biomechanics of the Foot and Ankle
Ch 18: Injuries to the Leg, Ankle, and Foot

• Section III: Age, Gender, and Sport Considerations

Ch 19: The Female Athlete
Ch 20: The Young Athlete
Ch 21: The Senior Athlete
Ch 22: The Extreme Athlete

• Section IV: Special Issues in Sports Medicine

Ch 23: Diagnostic Imaging of Athletic Injury
Ch 24: Sports Nutrition: A Biochemical View of Injury Care and Prevention
Ch 25: Drugs in Sports

About the Author(s)

Thomas E. Hyde, DC, DACBSP

Dr. Hyde obtained his BA in Biology from Florida State University and his DC degree from Logan College. He completed a 2-week sports medicine internship program at the USOC and served as the chiropractor for the 1986 Pan American Games. In his career, Dr. Hyde has worked on athletes around the world in many different sports. He was a chiropractic consultant to the Miami Dolphins for 7 years, as well as a chiropractic consultant for several high schools and universities. Dr. Hyde continues to lecture around the world and consults with athletes and healthcare providers treating athletes.

Marianne S. Gengenbach, DC, DACBSP, FICC

Marianne S. Gengenbach, DC, DACBSP is a graduate of Logan College of Chiropractic and has served the Chiropractic Profession for 24 years. A former Associate Professor and Director of Clinical Education at Logan College, she became a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians in 1994 and continues to teach sports injuries management at the postgraduate level. Her interest in conservative management of sports injuries dates back to her days as a student, and she proceeded to specialize in sports injuries from her first day in practice. Along with other notable chiropractic physicians, including co-editor Thomas Hyde, she helped shape current education and certification in sports injuries management for the chiropractic profession, and continues in part-time practice in Florida. She served in various capacities on what is now known as the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians from 1981-1994, and became the first woman to serve as its President from 1988-1992. She has written numerous publications in addition to helping edit the first edition of Conservative Management of Sports Injuries, including the translation and editing of German chiropractic publications for American release.