Sports Medicine Essentials: Core Concepts in Athletic Training & Fitness Instruction
April 16, 2017November 9, 2020

Sports Medicine Essentials: Core Concepts in Athletic Training & Fitness Instruction

  • Author: Jim Clover
  • ISBN-13: 9781133281245
  • Grade(s): 9 | 10 | 11 | 12
  • 768 Pages, Hardcover
  • 3rd Edition  |  Previous Editions: 2008, 2002
  • ©2016 Published

Sports Medicine Essentials: Core Concepts in Athletic Training & Fitness Instruction, 3rd Edition introduces essential skills in Sports Medicine, along with its growing number of career choices. Key topics address fitness assessment, conditioning, emergency preparedness, injury management, therapeutic modalities, nutrition, ethical and legal considerations, and much more. Students will explore careers in fitness instruction, athletic training, exercise physiology, sports management, and even physical therapy, while practicing important, job-related skills. More than a text, this unique hands-on learning tool asks students to perform essential skills, such as taping injuries, researching sports medicine supplies and their costs, and even forming a mock safety committee to mitigate injury risks to athletes.