Instructions for Sports Medicine Patients by Marc Safran

Instructions for Sports Medicine Patients by Marc Safran

This new resource provides easy-to-understand information on over 200 sports medicine injuries and ailments that practitioners can photocopy straight from the book-or print from an accompanying CD-ROM-to give to their patients. For each sports-related condition, it discusses the nature and causes of the injury risk factors injury prevention natural history possible complications general treatment guidelines and when the patient should contact the physician. And, clearly illustrated exercises enable patients to initiate the appropriate exercise program immediately.

Babette Pluim, M.D., Ph.D, is a sports physician and medical director of the Royal Netherlands
Lawn Tennis Association. She is the editor of the newsletter Medicine and Science in Tennis,
a coeditor of Tennis Medicine for Tennis Coaches, and a contributor to the IOC Handbook of
Sports Medicine and Science: Tennis. Marc Safran, M.D., is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon
specializing in sports medicine and biomechanics. He is the coauthor of Instructions for Sports
Medicine Patients and The Spiral Manual of Sports Medicine. He lives in San Francisco,
California.

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ISBN 13	9780721677040
ISBN 10	0721677045
Title	Instructions for Sports Medicine Patients
Author	Marc Safran
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Elsevier Health Sciences
Year published	2003-09-25
Number of pages	768
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.