Routledge Handbook of Sports Therapy Injury Assessment and Rehabilitation

<p>The work of a sports therapist is highly technical and requires a confident responsible and professional approach. The<i> Routledge Handbook of Sports Therapy Injury Assessment and Rehabilitation</i> is a comprehensive and authoritative reference for those studying or working in this field and is the first book to comprehensively cover all of the following areas:</p><ul> <li>Sports Injury Aetiology</li> <li>Soft Tissue Injury Healing</li> <li>Clinical Assessment in Sports Therapy</li> <li>Clinical Interventions in Sports Therapy</li> <li>Spinal and Peripheral Anatomy Injury Assessment and Management</li> <li>Pitch-side Trauma Care</li> <li>Professionalism and Ethics in Sports Therapy</li> </ul><p>The Handbook presents principles which form the foundation of the profession and incorporates a set of spinal and peripheral regional chapters which detail functional anatomy the injuries common to those regions and evidence-based assessment and management approaches. Its design incorporates numerous photographs figures tables practitioner tips and detailed sample Patient Record Forms. This book is comprehensively referenced and multi-authored and is essential to anyone involved in sports therapy from their first year as an undergraduate to those currently in professional practice.</p>