The Routledge Handbook of Sports and Exercise Therapy is a methodically detailed, authoritative, contemporaneous and practical reference source for all those involved in sports and exercise therapy, whether students, established practitioners, educators or researchers. This comprehensive handbook cohesively presents foundational subjects and introduces principles and applications to support the development and practice of sports and exercise therapists.
These are presented alongside new essential and evolving topic areas. Such a blend of fundamental underpinning and applied and experiential practical guidance gives this handbook a real sense of relevancy, and a contribution which can help to consolidate the positioning of sports and exercise therapists as key practitioners in an advancing landscape of health, exercise, sport, research and education. The handbook has been produced to create a seamless reference source for readers, but each of its chapters are also designed to be stand-alone presentations in their own right. The following areas are covered:
- Learning and teaching
- Evidence-based practice
- Anatomy and physiology
- Pathology of injuries
- Health and safety
- Clinical assessment
- Therapeutic modalities
- Injury rehabilitation
- Sports and exercise as medicine
- Sports and exercise nutrition
- Sports and exercise psychology
- Professionalism and ethics
- Structural and cultural competency
- Sideline sports injury management
- Management of regional injury conditions
- Case studies in sports and exercise therapy
- Employability and career development
The handbook is comprehensively referenced and multi-authored. Its design incorporates numerous photographs, figures, tables and detailed sample document templates. It can be considered as an essential and topical resource for anyone involved in sports and exercise therapy, whether in their first year as an undergraduate or already working in professional practice.
1. Learning in Sports and Exercise Therapy
Keith Ward
2. Evidence-Based Practice for Sports and Exercise Therapists
Edward N. Stanhope
3. Anatomy for Sports and Exercise Therapy: Contextual Overview
Keith Ward
4. Anatomy for Sports and Exercise Therapy: Regional Overview
Keith Ward
5. Introduction to Exercise Physiology for Sports and Exercise Therapists
Darren Chesworth and Keith Ward
6. Sports and Exercise-Related Injuries and Conditions
Keith Ward and Fiona Higgs
7. Foundations for Clinical Assessment in Sports and Exercise Therapy
Keith Ward
8. Therapeutic Modalities in Sports and Exercise Therapy
Keith Ward, Peter K. Thain, Gareth Bate and Marie Woodward
9. Introductory Principles for Sports Injury Rehabilitation
Paul Robertson and Lee Young
10. Measurement and Evaluation in Sports and Exercise Therapy
Kate Williams and Kate Cady
11. Sports and Exercise as Medicine
Keith Ward
12. Introduction to Nutrition for Sports and Exercise Therapists
Matthew Holmes
13. Sports Psychology and Sports Injury Management
Dale Forsdyke and Adam Gledhill
14. Sideline Injury Management
Tim Trevail, Caroline Cleary and Lee Young
15. Management of Shoulder Injuries
Jeanette Lewis, Sean Lowton-Smith and Rebekkah North
16. Management of Injuries of the Lower Extremity
Andrew Frampton, Callum Davidson, Ryan Graty and Richard Morgan
17. Professionalism and Ethics in Sports and Exercise Therapy
Keith Ward and Paul Robertson
18. From Cultural Competency to Structural Humility in Sports and Exercise Therapy
Michael Cole and Anna Caffrey
19. Case Studies in Sports and Exercise Therapy
Kate Williams and Kate Cady
20. Pathways to Practise in Sports and Exercise Therapy
David Conway and Keith Ward
Biography
Keith Ward is an experienced therapist, lecturer and author in the field. He is a member of the Society of Sports Therapists (SST), the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA), the Primary Care Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine Society, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Keith holds a biomedical BSc Rehabilitation Studies degree; an MA in Learning and Teaching; and qualifications in Sports Therapy, Exercise Referral, Cardiac, Cancer, and Diabetes Rehabilitation, and Musculoskeletal Medicine. He is also a Health Walk Scheme leader and advocate, and Nordic Walking Instructor.
