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Why are some octogenarians competitive athletes while others struggle to walk up the stairs? It isn't luck. It's orthopaedic science. If you're tired of doctors telling you that an injury will prevent you from playing the sports you enjoy, you'll love Dr. Kevin R. Stone's Play Forever.
All great athletes get injured. Only the best of them use those injuries to come back to their sport better-fitter, faster, and stronger than before. Through Dr. Stone's...
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From the authors of the classic Sports Injury Handbook, this top-notch manual of easy-to-follow tennis do's and don'ts is all you need to prevent injuries, treat common symptoms, and improve your conditioning, flexibility, and strength, so you can pick up the pace on your serve or unload a return that won't come back. Dr. Allan Levy's practical knowledge of tennis fitness is indispensable for players at every skill level-from absolute beginners to...
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Discover new ways to heal and to relieve pain. Last year in the U.S., 3 million people were hospitalized for injuries and 30 million more were treated in ERs. Over 20 million people suffer from osteoarthritis. Bone and joint problems account for $850 billion yearly. As the population ages, these figures will rise. Can anything reverse this trend? In Regenerative Healing for Life, Dr. Brian Shiple, a highly respected sports medicine physician, introduces...
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Sports-related injuries have become a public health epidemic. Twelve million student athletes will suffer a sports-related injury this year. Nearly two million injuries will be in recreational softball games and baseball games. The majority of these injuries are preventable. The Awakening of a Surgeon outlines 20 strategies that can be implemented in every community to drastically reduce the possibility of injury and death.
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"Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a sports medicine doctor. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included"--
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By recounting the untold story of the most influential sports campaign in British newspaper history, which turned concussion in professional rugby from a niche issue into front and back page news, Concussed poses the questions all sports lovers need answering as evidence grows linking sports-related concussions to premature deaths and dementia.Written by Sam Peters, the journalist who spearheaded the Mail on Sunday's Cudlipp Prize nominated concussion...
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The authors combine to produce a work that addresses some of the most pressing issues in athletics today. While the book focuses primarily on steroid and supplement abuse, it also covers unethical practices on the part of some coaches and athletes to gain a competitive edge. Finally, it offers healthy alternatives to supplements for athletes wishing to gain size and strength without putting their future health at risk.
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Este libro te invita a un desarrollo personal con una mirada interior que lleva a templar el espíritu venciendo los propios límites. Llevó al autor a participar en las pruebas de resistencias corriendo las maratones más exigentes del mundo. Sus vivencias y experiencias únicas son relatas en un lenguaje simple y ameno para disfrutar su lectura.
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Being your own wilderness doctor for the security of knowing what to do for the best, in case of the worst-a more than first-aid companion that's always there, when a doctor may be too far away.
Angier who knows the outdoors, and Dr. Kodet, who knows people, inside and out, team up to present life-saving, panic-preventing information for times, when making the right decision is most vital.
Here are trip-saving ways to handle the sometimes painful...
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Your Upper Body, Your Yoga is the highly anticipated final book of the Your Body, Your Yoga trilogy - the definitive investigation of how your uniqueness affects your movements, postures and your yoga.
This remarkable trilogy looks at the variations of human anatomy and its effect on the body's biomechanics. Used as a standard text for many yoga teacher training programs it provides yoga students and teachers a system for exploring what asanas are...
14) La Colchoneta
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Cómo conseguir el máximo bienestar y lograr un cuerpo más fuerte y flexible.
En esta colección, Esperanza Aparicio Romero y Javier Pérez Pont, directores del único centro que imparte las enseñanzas originales del maestro Pilates en España, nos muestran, paso a paso y de forma sencilla, las claves para obtener los mayores beneficios de este método, que considera el cuerpo, la mente y el espíritu como una unidad, y tiene como principal objetivo...
15) El Cadillac
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Cómo conseguir el máximo bienestar y lograr un cuerpo más fuerte y flexible.
En esta colección, Esperanza Aparicio Romero y Javier Pérez Pont, directores del único centro que imparte las enseñanzas originales del maestro Pilates en España, nos muestran, paso a paso y de forma sencilla, las claves para obtener los mayores beneficios de este método, que considera el cuerpo, la mente y el espíritu como una unidad, y tiene como principal objetivo...
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These exercises are a series of fundamental core system to complete a session of Contrology. Wall exercises strengthen the spine, improve body alignment and relieve tension in the neck and shoulders.
How to achieve maximum well-being and achieve a stronger and more flexible body.
In this collection, Esperanza Aparicio Romero and Javier Pérez Pont, directors of the only center that imparts the original teachings of the Pilates teacher in Spain, show...
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Your Spine, Your Yoga is arguably the first book that looks at the spine from both the Western anatomical/biomechanical point of view and the modern yoga perspective. It is filled with detail, discussion, illustrations, and practical advice for spines of all types. This emphasis on variety is welcome and necessary: no two spines are exactly alike, and no two people have the same biology and biography. What your spine is able to do may be vastly different...
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Cómo conseguir el máximo bienestar y lograr un cuerpo más fuerte y flexible.
En esta colección, Esperanza Aparicio Romero y Javier Pérez Pont, directores del único centro que imparte las enseñanzas originales del maestro Pilates en España, nos muestran, paso a paso y de forma sencilla, las claves para obtener los mayores beneficios de este método, que considera el cuerpo, la mente y el espíritu como una unidad, y tiene como principal objetivo...
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In this age of same-day surgery and do-it-yourself health, Knee Surgery presents an easy-to-do, well-illustrated program of movement for knee rehabilitation - with a special focus on the mind/body connection - and describes the physical and mental rehabilitation process in complete detail, providing all the guidance you need to decrease pain and increase fitness after knee surgery.
Millions of people have knee surgery each year, and in the years...
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