Functional Training Handbook

Description

Reach a whole new level of physical training with Functional Training Handbook, whose big-picture approach to movement fosters lifelong health, mobility, and athletic development. This practical guide delivers clear, how-to- information, an array of sport-specific guidelines, and key principles that will keep your clients at peak performance.
Join the revolution to improve sports performance, treat injury, and re-train patterns with this comprehensive guide to the body and its movement.

Features

• Sport specific chapters include Baseball, Basketball, Cycling, Dance, Football, Golf, Hockey, Mixed Martial Arts, Olympic Weight Lifting, Skiing, Soccer, Swimming, Surfing, and Tennis.
• Emphasis on functional exercise explores the physics of weight-bearing and balance to reduce repetitive motion injuries
• Guides to injury prevention, safe workouts, re-injury avoidance, and practical strategies for active athletes

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• Complete content with enhanced navigation
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• Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text
• Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues
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Table of Contents

Part I FUNDAMENTALS
1 The Functional Approach
2 The Role of Musculoskeletal Fitness in Injury Prevention in Sport
3 Bridging the Gap from Rehabilitation to Performance
4 Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization: Exercises Based on the Developmental Kinesiology Model
5 The Clinical Audit Process and Determining the Key Link
6 Functional Evaluation of Faulty Movement Patterns
7 The Fundamentals of Training the Locomotor System

Part II SPORT-SPECIFIC TRAINING
8 Baseball
9 Basketball
10 Cycling
11 Dance
12 Football
13 Golf
14 Hockey
15 Mixed Martial Arts
16 Olympic Weight Lifting
17 Skiing
18 Soccer
19 Swimming
20 Surfing
21 Tennis

Part III STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING CONSIDERATIONS
22 Establishing Functional Baselines and Appropriate Training for Off-Season Conditioning and Injury Prevention
23 Running
24 Off-Season Considerations for Baseball
25 Training the Ice Hockey Player
26 Training the Basketball Athlete
27 Planned Performance Training for Soccer
28 Training Strategies for Developing Explosive Power in Mixed Martial Arts and Other Sports
29 The Dead Lift

Part IV REGION SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS
30 Injury Prevention in Running Sports
31 Prevention of Knee Injury in Women
32 Nonoperative Shoulder Rehabilitation Using the Kinetic Chain
33 The Overhead Athlete

Part V MOTOR CONTROL AND ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT
34 Training Fundamentals – Programming Basics
35 Coaching Fundamentals – A Skill Acquisition Perspective

Craig Liebenson DC
Private Practice, Los Angeles, CA