The Knee Crisis Handbook Understanding Pain, Preventing Trauma, Recovering from Injury, and Building Healthy Knees for Life

by Halpern, Brian; Tucker, Laura; Hughston, Jack C.; Brody, Jane

• ISBN13: 9781579548711
• ISBN10: 1579548717
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-10-17
• Publisher: Rodale Books

Summary

They happen to skiers. They happen to cyclists. They happen to basketball players and joggers and football players. They even happen to people out for a simple walk. They are knee injuries, and in 2003, Americans will suffer more than 8 million tears, fractures, and sprains. Many of those patients will eventually develop chronic problems, joining the 30 million Americans whose knees hurt for the duration of their life. Written by leading sports medicine doctor Brian Halpern, The Knee Crisis Handbook will prove especially essential to athletes, who will appreciate sections on individual sports and the knee risks associated with each. But anyone can benefit from The Knee Crisis Handbook's, chapters on preventing injury,maximizing workout results while protecting the knees, and treating a recent break or tear, even without surgery. Co-authored by leading arthroscopic surgeon Dr. David Altchek, and strength-training expert Marty Jaramillo, The Knee Crisis Handbook is the last word on knee injury.

Author Biography

Dr. Brian Halpern is a board-certified sports medicine physician at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He is a former associate team physician for the New York Mets and the nation's first nonsurgical sports medicine fellowship-trained physician.

Laura Tucker is the coauthor of several health and medical books. She lives with her husband and daughter in Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Jack C. Hughston, M.D.	ix
Introduction by Jane E. Brody, The New York Times	xi
PART I. THE KNEE
ONE The Knee Crisis	1	(6)
TWO Help! It Hurts!	7	(12)
THREE The Anatomy of the Knee	19	(12)
PART II. PREVENTING KNEE INJURY
FOUR What Puts You at Risk: Biological Factors	31	(18)
FIVE What Puts You at Risk: Controllable Factors	49	(16)
SIX The Importance of Proper Training in Preventing Knee Injury	65	(10)
SEVEN Play It Safer: An Activity-by-Activity General Knee Health Guide	75	(20)
PART III. KNEE PAIN AND INJURY
EIGHT Finding a Doctor	95	(8)
NINE Arriving at a Diagnosis	103	(10)
TEN The Most Common Knee Problems	113	(86)
The Ligaments	115	(15)
Meniscal Injuries	130	(7)
Tendons	137	(9)
Bursa	146	(4)
Bone/Articular Cartilage	150	(9)
Arthritis	159	(23)
The Patellofemoral Joint	182	(17)
PART IV. GETTING BETTER
ELEVEN Preparing for Surgery	199	(12)
TWELVE Physical Therapy	211	(42)
The Exercise Workouts	231	(3)
The Stretching Workout	234	(3)
General Knee Health Workout	237	(1)
ACL Health Workout	237	(1)
Patellofemoral Health Workout	238	(1)
Core Strength Workout	238	(1)
"On the Run" Stretching and Strengthening Workout	238	(15)
THIRTEEN Complementary Medicine	253	(16)
FOURTEEN The Psychological Effects of Knee Injury	269	(6)
PART V. GROUPS WITH SPECIAL CONCERNS
FIFTEEN Special Concerns: Women	275	(8)
SIXTEEN Special Concerns: Children	283	(8)
SEVENTEEN Special Concerns: The Elderly	291	(4)
EIGHTEEN Special Concerns: The Disabled	295	(6)
PART VI. CONCLUSION
NINETEEN The Future Looks Bright	301	(4)
Appendix	305	(8)
Glossary	313	(2)
Index	315

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