1st Edition

Introducing the Core Demystifying the Body of an Athlete

Edited By William C. Meyers Copyright 2019
480 Pages
by Routledge

480 Pages
by Routledge

There is no more important area of the body for an athlete than the core, the region of our body from our chest to our knees. The core is our engine, our hub of activity. Strength there makes life easier for shoulders and knees. It produces speed and explosiveness. Endurance and grit.   The core is so important. So why has it remained such a medical mystery? This book will explain that.... Read more

Dedication

AcknowledgmentsEditors and Illustrator

Contributing Authors

Foreword by Michael William Krzyzewski

Foreword by James Rheuben Andrews, MD

Foreword by Bryan Talmadge Kelly, MDIntroduction?

Section One The Way We Were**from the romantic comedy starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford

Chapter 1 What's the Core? It Seems Kind of Important

Chapter 2 New Eyes—Medicine's Inability to See the Core

Chapter 3 The Eureka Moment for the Core

Chapter 4 The Difficulty Abandoning Old Eyes—Unseeing?

Section Two New Universe**from the book imprint for Marvel Comics

Chapter 5 Presenting…the Core!

Chapter 6 Some Concepts to Keep in Mind

Chapter 7 The Pubic Bone

Chapter 8 The Harness

Chapter 9 The Rectus Abdominis—Our Cinderella Muscle

Chapter 10 The Adductors—Demystifying Them

Chapter 11 The Rectus Femoris—The Rodney Dangerfield Muscle

Chapter 12 The Iliopsoas—aka the Psoas—aka the Eminem Muscle

Chapter 13 The Glutes—The New Beauty Muscles

Chapter 14 The Other Muscles—Hip and Core StabilityAtlas Stargazing—Seeing the Constellation of Core Diagnoses

Chapter 15 So, You Want to Become a Doctor?

Part One—Diagnostic Ambushes

Chapter 16 Fifteen Core Principles

Chapter 17 So, You Want to Become a Doctor?

Part Two—History, Physical Examination, Imaging, and Other Tests

Chapter 18 Nerves in the Core—A Fifth DimensionEnrique Aradillas, MD

Chapter 19 The Universe of Diagnoses

Chapter 20 How the Core Universe Forms

Chapter 21 Optimizing and Fixing the Core Muscles?

Section Three Hip Hop Movement**from the subculture that formed in the early 1970s in the South Bronx

Chapter 22 The Hip—How Far We Have Come!J. W. Thomas Byrd, MD

Chapter 23 Private Eyes on the Hip—Sometimes a Culprit in Pelvic Pain and Pelvic Floor DisordersStruan H. Coleman, MD, PhD

Chapter 24 Traps in Hip ArthroscopyJohn P. Salvo Jr, MD and Kevin O'Donnell, MD

Chapter 25 Special Considerations in AdolescentsFares S. Haddad, MD (Res), FRCS (Orth), Dip Sports Med, FFSEM; Feras Ya'ish, FRCS (Orth), MBBS; and Konstantinos Tsitskaris, MSc, MRCS, FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Chapter 26 Hip Arthroscopy—Frontiers and LimitationsAnil S. Ranawat, MD; Brian J. Rebolledo, MD; and Jacqueline M. Brady, MD

Chapter 27 Complex Core-Hip Considerations in the Athlete— From Lighting the Lamp to Getting Your Face WashedMarc J. Philippon, MD; William R. Mook, MD; and Karen K. Briggs, MPH

Chapter 28 Biomechanics (A) Tilt and VersionEric J. Kropf, MD; Struan H. Coleman, MD, PhD; and Alexander E. Poor, MD (B) Altered Hip Biomechanics and the MusclesMarc R. Safran, MD and Joshua Sampson, MD

Chapter 29 What Lies Behind the Hip—The Deep DerrièreHal David Martin, DO?

Section Four Shared Responsibility**from both Democratic and Republican Presidential platforms

Chapter 30 Fixing Everything—Putting the Core Universe Into Perspective

Chapter 31 Managing the Ruptured Proximal HamstringChristopher C. Dodson, MD and Daniel P. Woods, MD

Chapter 32 Rehabilitation and Performance—From Snake Oil Salespeople to Well-Oiled MachinesAlexander E. Poor, MD; Jim McCrossin, MS, ATC, CSCS, PES, CES, CKTP; and Alex McKechnie, PT, MCSP

Chapter 33 The Final Stage of Rehab—Getting All the Way BackAndrew Small, PT, CSCS, RSCC*D, MPhtySt, BSc (HMS-ExSci)

Chapter 34 Don't Forget the ThoraxTracey Vincel, PT, MPhty, CBBA and Andrew Barr, DPT, MSc Spt Sci, BSc (Hons) Physio, CSCS

Chapter 35 The Yin and Yang of YogaBiz Magarity, MBA, C-IAYT, 500 E-RYT

Chapter 36 Perspectives of Nonoperative Sports Medicine Physicians (A) Nonoperative Interventions for the Management of Hip PainEugene Hong, MD, CAQSM, FAAFP and Sarah C. Hoffman, DO, FAAP, CAQSM (B) We Need More StudiesDavid Stone, MD

Chapter 37 An Osteopath's View of the Core Universe—Manipulative Therapies—A Functional ApproachJason Hartman, DO; Philip J. Koehler III, DO, MS; and Veronica Williams, DO, Illustrator

Chapter 38 A Chiropractor's Perspective—The Knee Bone's Connected to the Thigh BoneMarc Legere, DC, BS, BA?

Section Five Life Is a Journey**from Life is a journey and not a destination, attributed to Transcendentalist poet Ralph Waldo Emerson and revisited by AM O'Shea, a very smart CEO

Chapter 39 Putting It All Together—A Patient's Perspective on the CoreEsra Roan, PhD

Chapter 40 Final

Chapter—Seeing Things a Whole New Way?Quiz AnswersFinancial Disclosures

Index?

Biography

William C. Meyers, M.D., MBA, Founder, President, Vincera Institute, Professor of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Duke University, Drexel University.