Arm Care: Relief and Prevention for Shoulder Tendonitis, Tennis Elbow, Wrist Sprain in Athletics and Other ActivitiesThe book provides a practical and meaningful treatment program for athletes involved in sports which injure the arm or shoulder to a high degree, such as tennis, baseball, swimming, raquetball, pole vaulting, javelin throwing, and weight training. The book's chapters present information on: (1) symptoms of injury; (2) the anatomy of injury; (3) athletic technique factors; (4) pain; (5) treatment of injury; (6) rehabilitative exercise; (7) warm up exercise; (8) flexibility exercise; (9) rehabilitative strength exercise; (10) return to sports after injury; (11) control of force loads; and (12) surgery. An addendum chapter outlines warm-up cool-down routines and practice schedules following injury. (CB) |
Contents
The Anatomy of Injury | 6 |
Athletic Technique Factors | 12 |
Importance of Pain | 26 |
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3/4 maximum abusive overload Acromion Backhand ball baseball pitching Ben-Gay body buffered aspirin CARE Relief cause Coraco-Acromial Ligament cortisone Counter Force brace Cybex dumbbell Dynamometer elevation Exercise Action Exercise Benefit feet comfortably fibro-scar flexibility exercises flexor Carpi Radialis flexor tendinitis forearm Forehand hand horizontal hour A.M. inflammation injured area ISO'-FLEX exercise isotonic javelin throwing LATE STROKES lateral elbow Lateral Tennis Elbow ligament medial elbow Medial tennis elbow median nerve methyl salicylate motion muscles neck Nirschl Note osteoarthritis pain palm pisiform play pounds PRACTICE SCHEDULE problems Pronator Pronator Teres proper grip proper warm-up recommended rehabilitative exercise Repeat Phases repetitions return to starting rotator cuff shoulder tendinitis Speed sport activity sports specific sports technique Stand with feet Starting Position Starting Weight stiff strength training stretch stroke pattern surgery swimming take two buffered tennis racquets throwing tissue triangular cartilage Ulnar nerve pinch uni-weight usually wrist flexor wrist sprain