The knee crisis handbook
Subtitle: understanding pain, preventing trauma, recovering from injury, and building healthy knees for life
By: by Brian Halpern, with Laura Tucker ; foreword by Jack C. Hughston ; introduction by Jane E. Brody
Contributors: Tucker, Laura, 1973-
Publisher: Rodale; Rodale Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Emmaus, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781579548711
Subjects: Care and hygiene; Knee Injuries; Arthritis; Knee Joint; Prevention & control; Popular Works; Knee; Prevention; Wounds and injuries
Description: An expert on sports medicine explains how to prevent a severe knee crisis through the use of protective workout techniques, preventive injury methods, and non-surgical self-healing approaches.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: I: The knee: Knee crisis; title: Help! It hurts; title: Anatomy of the knee; title: Part I: Preventing knee injury; title: What puts you at risk: biological factors; title: What puts you at risk: controllable factors; title: Importance of proper training in preventing knee injury; title: Play it safer: an activity-by-activity general knee health guide; title: Part III: Knee pain and injury: Finding a doctor; title: Arriving at a diagnosis; title: Most common knee injuries: Ligament; title: Meniscus; title: Tendon; title: Bursa; title: Bone/articular cartilage; title: Arthritis; title: Patellofemoral joint; title: Part IV: Getting better; title: Preparing for surgery; title: Physical therapy: Exercise workouts:  Stretching workout ; General knee health workout ; ACL health workout ; Patellofemoral health workout ; Core strength workout ; "On the run" stretching and strength workout; title: Complementary medicine; title: Psychological effects of knee injury; title: Part V: Groups with special concerns: Special concerns: Women ; Children ; The elderly ; The disabled; title: Part VI: Conclusion: The future looks bright.