Sports Injury Handbook: Professional Advice for Amateur Athletes
by Allan M. Levy, Mark L. Fuerst
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Author: Allan M. Levy, Mark L. FuerstEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1993-06-15
ISBN: 0471547379
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Wiley
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- ISBN13: 9780471547372
- Condition: New
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Book Review: A Bit Weird in Spots...
Summary: 4 Stars
I just got this book today. It's a great idea, a sports injury handbook organized by bodypart **and** sport, but right off the bat, while browsing, I notice a few oddities: on page 221, Dr. Levy claims "exercise machines require you to lift too much weight," which is weird because one can certainly adjust the resistance on most any exercise machine out there -- and he makes that statement while advising free weights! Any bodybuilder or powerlifter knows that it is typically harder to use free weights than a machine: for example, dumbbell curls are much harder than machine biceps curls at the same weight. Also, on page 17 there is an illustration of the behind-the-neck pull-up, which is potentially more dangerous for some people than the regular front-of-the-neck type of pull-up. That's a very strange thing to see in a book on sports injuries! Though it's not exactly a dangerous movement, it does place the rotator cuff at greater risk of injury, especially for people who might have weak muscles and tendons there to begin with. The regular pull-up works the same muscles just as well, but without that slightly higher risk of injury.
I hope I don't find any other strange advice or illustrations in this book....
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