Instructions for Sports Medicine Patients

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. Marc Safran , MD, Associate Director, Sports Medicine, Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA and James E. Zachazewski , DPT, SCS, ATC, Clinical Director, MGH Sports Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Assistant Adjunct Clinical Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Charlestown, MA