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Injuries may be an unavoidable part of athletics, but the right knowledge can help coaches and practitioners provide the best treatment for athletes and minimize future risk.
Scroll down to discover selections from the Human Kinetics Health Care in Sport and Exercise collection, a library of digital titles and videos providing instruction for specialized care from corrective exercise and training to injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation.
The best way to avoid injury is to practice smart prevention. Authors David Potach and Erik Meira help coaches and instructors protect their athletes during training and competition with Sport Injury Prevention Anatomy, a practical, illustrated guide examining why injuries occur, how to identify risk factors, and how to proactively address the risk of injuries such as ACL tears, shoulder instability, and ankle, hamstring, and low-back strains.
In this provided chapter, Potach and Meira offer guidelines for designing injury prevention programs that help the body adapt to ranging challenges and reduce risk.
When it comes to common soft tissue injuries, massage can serve as effective treatment if administered correctly. In Sports Massage for Injury Care, sports therapist Robert McAtee provides authoritative instruction for practitioners including assessment and evaluation, recommendations, treatment options, and injury-specific protocols.
Read this provided chapter in which McAtee covers key principles of pre-massage assessment.
From a gymnast hiding ankle pain so she can compete to a basketball player who withdraws from friends after a season-ending injury, it can be argued that every sport injury carries psychological as well as physical effects. Psychology of Sport Injury presents sport injury within a broader context of public health and offers insights into how psychology may affect athletes, including risk culture, resistance to rehabilitation, difficulty returning to competition, and more.
In this chapter, authors and professors Britton W. Brewer and Charles J. Redmond explore the foundations of sport injury, addressing biological, psychological, and social perspectives.
There are right and wrong methods for taping injuries, which can make the difference between an athlete returning to their sport or spending more unnecessary time on the sidelines. Strap Taping for Sports and Rehabilitation presents 50 taping techniques for use on all body areas in both physical therapy and modified athletic training.
In this provided chapter, author and physical therapist Anne Keil offers an introduction to taping, addressing the relationship between taping and anatomy, different types of tape, and application guidelines.
After reading the chapter, view this sample from the book’s companion video series, presenting guidelines for taping an anterior shoulder dislocation.
Elite players, coaches, and trainers rely on plyometrics to improve quickness, speed, jumping ability, balance, and overall performance. But plyometric methods can also help recover from injuries. In this sample chapter from their book Plyometrics, authors Donald A. Chu and Gregory D. Myer present guidelines for plyometric rehabilitation, including illustrations for specific motions that can help athletes recover endurance and agility.
Teaching dance effectively requires knowledge in a range of subject areas, from dance pedagogy to anatomy and biomechanics. Explore these free-to-access selections about the art and science of dance education from Human Kinetics Library, including excerpts from our annual Dance Techniques collection update; and discover fresh insights on dance instruction for students of all ages and skill levels.
For new dance teachers as well as those dancers preparing to teach, being able to envision dance education itself is as important as the practical application of lessons. This means distinguishing dance and dance education, understanding different learning experiences, and being open to new teaching methodologies.
This introductory chapter to Dance Teaching Methods and Curriculum Design: Comprehensive K-12 Dance Education, offers teachers and learners a valuable foundational perspective as they embark on their teaching journey. The second edition of this foundational text uses a holistic approach to dance pedagogy for teaching in school and community environments.
Incorporating improvisational movement into a dance class can help students strengthen their expressiveness, unlock their physicality, and learn fundamentals of choreography. In More Dance Improvisations, dance teacher and choreographer Justine Reeve builds on the success of her previous book Dance Improvisations to offer instructors new improvisation activities to help dancers explore and experience movement.
In this sample chapter, Reeve offers warm-up games that can serve to mobilize the body and help strengthen dancers’ creativity and overall skills.
Developing dance practice is part creative art and part practical science. In the new edition of Brain-Compatible Dance Education, Anne Green Gilbert offers insights drawn from brain research to help teachers empower their dancers, invigorating their minds and bodies.
In this selected chapter, the author explores fundamental principles that can help teachers enrich dance curriculum with a better understanding of the connection between brain and body.
Teaching dance requires deep knowledge of how movement itself works—in particular, fundamentals of anatomy and biomechanics. Dance Anatomy and Kinesiology by Karen Clippinger serves as both a course text and a reference for dance teachers, students, and professionals with anatomical illustrations and action photos addressing key physiological principles.
Read this provided chapter which gives readers a clear understanding of the skeletal system and its movements, including tissues, bones, and joints, vital to both maximizing movement and avoiding injury. Then watch this supplemental video, in which Clippinger offers tips for helping dancers improve standing postural alignment.
Knowledge of motor behavior is foundational in helping dancers learn and master new skills. Motor Learning and Control for Dance is the first resource to address motor learning theory from a dance perspective, offering dance educators practical ways to integrate the science of dance into their pedagogy.
This provided chapter describes key theories of motor development that can be applied to instruction for dancers of ranging skill levels.
