Runner's World Guide to Injury Prevention

Ta książka tak naprawdę powinna nosić tytuł "Podręcznik Survivalu", gdyż zawiera mnóstwo informacji o tym jak przetrwać w treningowym reżimie i nie zrobić sobie krzywdy w realnym świecie sportowca. Z pewnością nie zachęci młodych adeptów biegania, którzy pierwszą kontuzję mają ciągle przed sobą. Zainteresuje natomiast osoby, mające na końcie pewne bolesne doświadczenia. Autor porusza tu zarówno kwestie zabezpieczenia się przed możliwością kontuzji, jak i omawia najczęściej spotykane dolegliwości. Wskazuje jak należy je leczyć w domowych warunkach i kiedy skontaktować się z lekarzem. Kiedy można kontynuować ćwiczenia mimo bólu, a kiedy zaleca się natychmiastową przerwę i wypoczynek.

Książka jest napisana bardzo prostym językiem, mimo częstej konieczności stosowania terminologii medycznej.

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Spis treści

 

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Injury 101: The Big Impact of Little Things

Chapter 2 - The Laws of Injury: How to Train Properly

Chapter 3 - Shoes: The Runner's Equipment

Chapter 4 - Stretching: Investing in Your Body

Chapter 5 - Strengthening: The Icing on the Cake

Chapter 6 - Cross-Training: The Runner's Insurance Policy

Chapter 7 - Forces of Nature: Running Hot, Running Cold

Chapter 8 - I'm Injured. Now What?: Treating the Most Common Running Injuries

Chapter 9 - Alternative Treatment Choices: Going Beyond Convencional medicine

Chapter 10 - Attitude is Everything: The Emotional Side of Injury

Chapter 11 - A New Runner's Safety Primer: Start Slow, Stay Well

Chapter 12 - Young Runners: Looking toward the Future

Chapter 13 - Women Runners: Special Health Issues

Chapter 14 - The Older Runner: Long May You Run

Index

 

Opis wydawcy

 

The last word on preventing and treating running injuries - from the magazine known the world over as the most reliable and authoritative source of running know-how.

The world of running - and running injury prevention - has evolved greatly in the last decade. New research on injury and recovery suggests that runners can continue to train while injured. And alternative practices - such as acupuncture, chiropractic, and massage - are now virtually mainstream and an essential part of any runner's injury arsenal. Not only is the sport dramatically more popular, but women runners and beginning runners - who are a large part of the growth - have very different needs in the areas of injury and health that have not been covered adequately in previous books.

All this - and much more - is covered in this new, comprehensive manual that is quite simply the best, most authoritative guide in the field. Here you'll find:

• The most important stretches for runners - and why you should not stretch an injured muscle
• How (and why) to change your biomechanics and stride length
• How to incorporate cross-training to prevent and heal injury
• The best strength-training exercises for runners
• How to cope with the mental side of injury
• Special concerns for young runners, women, and older runners
• The newest thinking on hydration

DAGNY SCOTT BARRIOS is the author of two previous Runner's World guides for Rodale: Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running and Runner's World Complete Guide to Trail Running.