Clinical and Radiological Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine

Managing Sports Injuries is written as a guide for students and clinicians of physiotherapy and other manual therapies involved in the treatment of athletic injuries. The text contains 19 chapters, which are divided into two major sections. The first section outlines the principles of sport injuries including injuries, healing and training. The second section contains chapters related to injuries and conditions specific to regions of the body. Each chapter contains information on assessment, diagnosis and treatment including soft tissue therapy, mobilization and rehabilitative exercises. The chapters are well laid out with subheadings, diagrams and illustrations. Boxes for definitions and key points are present throughout the chapters that reiterate important concepts. The strengths of this book are the helpful illustrations, rehabilitative exercises and clinical pearls that are provided. However, the book has some limitations, which cannot be disregarded. References are provided at the end of each chapter, however, the majority of references are not up to date. Furthermore, the author includes course notes as a reference, which may be unattainable for readers. The author also includes pre-manipulative testing of the cervical spine for which there are no reliable provocative tests to screen for vertebrobasilar insufficiency, according to the most recent literature. An updated version of the book, which incorporates more current evidence and accessible references, has the potential to be a valuable reference for clinicians and students.