Muscular Injuries In The Posterior Leg: Assessment And Treatment
by J. Bryan Dixon /
2016 / English / PDF
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Taking a multidisciplinary approach to a common and often
frustrating problem for athletes and those with an active
lifestyle, this book is the first of its kind, addressing
muscular injuries to the posterior leg using an in-depth and
expansive style that is uniquely dedicated to ensuring all
content is explicitly linked to the practical care of patients
with calf pain. It is divided thematically into three sections.
The first section covers underlying principles involved in these
issues, including anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology of injury
and neurophysiology of musculoskeletal pain. Clinical assessment
techniques and imaging are covered in the second section. The
third section on treatment is the most expansive, discussing
acute, sub-acute and chronic posterior leg muscle injuries, as
well as surgical management, rehabilitation techniques,
complementary medicine and special populations. Overall, the book
is designed to use muscular injuries of the posterior leg to as a
means to understand the assessment and treatment of muscular
injuries more broadly. Taken together, it is the consummate
source for orthopedists, doctors in sports medicine, podiatrists,
rehabilitation professionals and primary care physicians who
treat muscular injuries in the posterior leg, though reader will
gain a conceptual and practical framework for the assessment and
treatment of muscular injuries in general.
Taking a multidisciplinary approach to a common and often
frustrating problem for athletes and those with an active
lifestyle, this book is the first of its kind, addressing
muscular injuries to the posterior leg using an in-depth and
expansive style that is uniquely dedicated to ensuring all
content is explicitly linked to the practical care of patients
with calf pain. It is divided thematically into three sections.
The first section covers underlying principles involved in these
issues, including anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology of injury
and neurophysiology of musculoskeletal pain. Clinical assessment
techniques and imaging are covered in the second section. The
third section on treatment is the most expansive, discussing
acute, sub-acute and chronic posterior leg muscle injuries, as
well as surgical management, rehabilitation techniques,
complementary medicine and special populations. Overall, the book
is designed to use muscular injuries of the posterior leg to as a
means to understand the assessment and treatment of muscular
injuries more broadly. Taken together, it is the consummate
source for orthopedists, doctors in sports medicine, podiatrists,
rehabilitation professionals and primary care physicians who
treat muscular injuries in the posterior leg, though reader will
gain a conceptual and practical framework for the assessment and
treatment of muscular injuries in general.