Athlete's Book of Home Remedies : 1,001 Doctor-Approved Health Fixes and Injury-Prevention Secrets for a Leaner, Fitter, More Athletic Body! Author: Mike Zimmerman | Language: English | ISBN:
B007PJP7ES | Format: PDF
Athlete's Book of Home Remedies : 1,001 Doctor-Approved Health Fixes and Injury-Prevention Secrets for a Leaner, Fitter, More Athletic Body! Description
ENHANCED EDITION INCLUDES OVER 48 MINUTES OF VIDEOWhether you’re a hardcore competitor or a weekend warrior, this book belongs on your shelf.
The Athlete's Book of Home Remedies (Enhanced Edition) is your go-to resource for safe, effective, do-it-yourself treatments whether you have a strain, sprain, or pain that you’ve never felt before.
When you get hurt, you have fears. You have questions. Ice or heat? Should I see a doctor? Will I need surgery? This book answers those questions and allays those fears. Dr. Jordan Metzl, one of the nation’s leading sports medicine physicians, breaks down all the information into easy-to-follow strategies for effective self-treatment—while letting you know in no uncertain terms when you should go see your own doctor, pronto.
The book also answers other common training questions like, "What should I eat to fuel my workouts?" and "What exercises can I do to prevent injury and perform at the next level?" Understand: Metzl isn’t just a doctor. He’s an elite athlete, having completed 9 Ironman triathlons and 29 marathons. He understands the mind of the athlete, how psychologically devastating any injury can be, and what it takes to get you back in your game as quickly and safely as possible.
In The Athlete's Book of Home Remedies (Enhanced Edition), you’ll find:
- Nearly an hour’s worth of bonus video content, including the Iron Strength Workout for Runners
- Eye-popping anatomical illustrations of each injury, detailed symptoms, how the injury happens, and how to fix it
- The secret system of the body that you can tap to boost performance and prevent injury
- Concussions: What you need to know
- The most annoying sports maladies ever—from athlete’s foot to side stitches—cured!
- The Iron Strength Workouts: Intense, total-body exercise routines for all fitness levels designed to build injury-proof athletes
- Two comprehensive eating plans, each with a week’s worth of meals engineered to fit the specific nutrition needs for endurance training or strength training
- Dozens of sneaky tips for gaining an edge in any sport
- File Size: 406646 KB
- Print Length: 400 pages
- Publisher: Rodale; 1 edition (March 29, 2012)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B007PJP7ES
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray:
- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,245 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #10
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- #10
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Professional & Technical > Medical eBooks > Specialties > Sports Medicine - #25
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Safety & First Aid - #38
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Disorders & Diseases > Pain Management
This book covers a lot of ground, and provides many "hopefully" good ideas for curing numerous injuries. I have however a few reservations.
Dr. Metzl claims to have 20,000 patients. Let's do the plain arithmetic here. Let's say he sees 40 patients a week and works 50 weeks a year. That's 2,000 patients a year. At this workaholic pace, it takes him a full decade with little vacation to see each of his patients just once! Good luck if you need two or three follow up sessions. Meanwhile he still has time to train tens of hours a week to do Ironman triathlons in Hawaii and elsewhere. Something does not add up here.
Per the back cover of the book, he claims to be "one of the nation's leading sports medicine physicians." I did a quick search for him on the Internet and did not find a whole lot. However, a doctor rating website gave him only a 2 star rating out of 5, as given by nearly 20 different patients. And, the same site recommended several other sports medicine doctors all with 5 star ratings. This did not make him look like "one of the nation's leading sports medicine physicians."
His approach is interesting, but it may not be for everybody.
His dynamic stretching techniques are associated with vigorous bouncing while carrying heavy weights that will put much pressure on all your joints. If you are a 28-year-old triathlete, this approach may be fine. If you are a 50-year-old weekend athlete, this may be a recipe to injure yourself before you have the opportunity to injure yourself doing the sports you like.
He is really big on hard rolls. That's where you roll the side of your body on some really hard foam cylinder. You have to try it to understand what it is like.
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