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The Female Athlete's Body Book: How to Prevent and Treat Sports Injuries in Women and Girls
 
 
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The Female Athlete's Body Book: How to Prevent and Treat Sports Injuries in Women and Girls [Paperback]

Gloria Beim (Author), Ruth Winter (Author)
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The first authoritative guide for keeping female athletes healthy and injury free

Women's and girls' participation in sports grows exponentially every year, and everyone knows that women's bodies are constructed differently from men's, yet there have been no books on sports injury and health specific to a female athlete's needs.

Until now.

In The Female Athlete's Body Book, Dr. Gloria Beim--orthopedic surgeon, physician for the U.S. National Track Cycling Team, and accomplished athlete--presents the first authoritative sourcebook for every female athlete who wants to get in the game and stay there. She provides sound advice on an array of concerns including:

  • How to minimize injury while enhancing sports performance
  • Nutrition and training for top performance and lifelong health
  • The specific needs of younger, pregnant, and mature athletes
  • How to fight menstrual problems, bone loss, and eating disorders
  • What to do when an injury occurs

About the Author

Gloria Beim, M.D. is an orthopedic surgeon and a physician for the U.S. National Track Cycling Team. She has been widely published in professional journals and has appeared on "Dateline NBC."

Ruth Winter is an award winning health writer, a contributor to major magazines, and the author of 34 popular health books.

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REBECCA LOBO, one of the first women's basketball superstars, knows well the vulnerability of the female basketball player's knee. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars One just for us!, Jun 17 2004
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This review is from: The Female Athlete's Body Book: How to Prevent and Treat Sports Injuries in Women and Girls (Paperback)
Finally a book just for woman athletes! I have had sports related injuries in the past and now I know what to do to prevent them. I thought the information was great and presented in a concise and easy to follow manner. I recommend this book to highly.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not for the serious athlete., Jun 15 2004
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This review is from: The Female Athlete's Body Book: How to Prevent and Treat Sports Injuries in Women and Girls (Paperback)
While this book may be great if someone is just getting started at a certain sport, it doesn't help if you have already been doing that sport for a while. This is because you probably already know all of the things in the book.

Also, more than half the book covers individual sports; if you don't actually play all of these sports (as most of us don't), then a good portion of the book will be useless. (And if the sport you play isn't actually covered in the book, then most of the book is useless.)

Overall, I was disappointed because I am an athlete and hoped that the book would be geared more toward serious athletes, not beginners.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!, Jun 22 2003
This review is from: The Female Athlete's Body Book: How to Prevent and Treat Sports Injuries in Women and Girls (Paperback)
This book is awesome! I just read the section on knee injuries and learned what I should have known last year before I underwent ACL reconstruction. Dr Beim's explanations are very clear and readable. This is the kind of information you need to be your own advocate when visiting the doc to discuss your injury. It's so important to be armed with this kind of powerful information when you are choosing a surgeon. I sure wish I had read this book and knew what to ask my Doc BEFORE my surgery. I'm sure it would have saved me from having to go under the knife twice!
I highly recommend this book for every active female who wants to be proactive in her own health care choices! It's also a pearl for learning how to listen to your body to prevent alot of those self-induced, over use injuries so common to the average athlete.
READ THIS BOOK!
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