Clinical Sports Medicine (McGraw-Hill Sports Medicine)
£52.23
Review of DVD not book! - Most of my fellow reviewers here seem to have missed that they are reviewing the book instead of the DVD, as listed.I must say I am very disappointed in the DVD. Whilst it has pretty comprehensive review of examinations of the upper limb, in the lower limb only the knee gets any real attention. The hip and ankle are almost completely left out, apart from taping of the latter!When an area is touched upon it is pretty superficially discussed. Basically there is a quick run through of the examination of that area, but no discussion of the theory accompanying it.In short, for the areas actually included, this DVD would serve as nothing more than an aide memoire and certainly won t teach you examinations of pat.It is a shame - the accompanying book is excellent and this DVD had the potential to be an excellent resource for the student sports practitioner. I hope therefore that the shortcomings are addressed in future editions of this media.
Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Student - This book is a real bible for a student and others practicing sports medicine as a career. I referred to this book on several occasions during a clinical placement and consequently purchased my own copy to enhance my learning. You will not be dissapointed with a purchase, TOP BOOK.
Worth it s weight in gold - I am one of those people who purchase a tonne of books every year without reading half of them. Clinical Sports Medicine 3ed and its predecessors have to be the exceptions. The new edition is substantially upgraded from the 2nd (I own both) and definitely worth the upgrade for anybody involved in sports healthcareIf I have any criticism it would be that the patient handout sheets are fairly useless to me as a sports physio. They describe the condition, background etc but the management is always go and see your Sports Medicine Doctor (or such like - can t remember the exact details as I don t use them). But remember these handouts are a bonus so they don t detract from an excellent book
Definitely worth the upgrade from the 2nd edition - Many of us have the 2nd edition (red cover) and feel it is still providing good service. However, I checked inside my old favourite and found that the 2nd edition was written in 2000! How the time flies! This new edition LOOKS spectacular because of the colour photographs and the lovely artwork. The artist is a real discovery! But what impressed me much more was the amount of new practical material that I can use in my clinic. In the week that I have had this 3rd edition I have noticed that many, many chapters have had major overhauls. So the claim of 6 new chapters really vastly under-estimates how much new material is in there. The knee pain, knee injury, Achilles, wrist pain, and longstanding groin chapters are all very very helpful. And it is great to find so many of the leading authors in various field have contributed to this one book. At over 1000 colour pages it really is terrific value for money and I figured that it will likely last me 5 years. Great value! I didn t buy a copy of the DVD with physical examination and rehabilitation but my partner did - it is great for students. All in all a tremendous upgrade, seems more like a new book really. I m glad I grabbed this copy while in London last week -- apparently copies are still a few weeks away from arriving here in New York.
essential reading - This second edition of the book is much improved, largely due to increased collaboration with sports medicine professionals, mainly from Australia. The chapters are updated and expanded and some new chapters are added. The improvement I liked most was the rehab programs which have been addeed to the text. As a sports physio, I found this invaluable. Essential reading for all involved in sports medicine.