(Ebook) Sport Injury Prevention Anatomy by Potach David; Meira Erik ISBN 9781718208285, 1718208286

(Ebook) Sport Injury Prevention Anatomy by Potach David; Meira Erik ISBN 9781718208285, 1718208286

Being active is an important part of a lifelong healthy lifestyle. Physical activity
improves heart and muscle health, boosts stamina and mental acuity, and
helps control blood sugar and weight. Fortunately, many have gotten the message
about the benefits of physical activity: Sport and exercise participation
rates have generally increased over the past 20 years. Looking more deeply
at these numbers, however, reveals that formal team sport participation rates
have steadily decreased and that physical activity participation also decreases
with age. Although reasons for these changes are multifactorial, one of the
common causes is declining health and injury. Many athletes “retire” from
sport participation at a young age because of injury and inability to return
to their previous level of performance. Because of the many advantages of
physical activity, it is beneficial to find ways to reduce the risk of injury and
keep people actively involved in sport and exercise beyond their youth.
When applied to sport, exercise, and physical activity, the goal of injuryprevention is to promote healthy lifestyles by reducing the risk of injury and
improving the health and quality of life of both individual athletes and teams.
This is best accomplished through the performance of specific exercises while
following proper exercise or sport dosage and timing guidelines.
But is injury prevention possible? Before answering that question, it isimportant to appropriately define what is meant by injury prevention; this is
more complex than it would first appear.