sports injuries

After spraining his ankle before the beginning of the baseball season, Sylvester Coddmyer III meets an ex-ballplayer who offers him a solution to his problem.

Provides information about sports injuries for young players, explaining how to know when something is wrong, discussing different types of injuries, and looking at ways to prevent sports injuries.

After Brian injures his wrist playing baseball, he is worried that he will be unable to be a great sports star.

Whether it's innovations like Tommy John surgery for battered pitching arms or a Cheetah prosthesis that lets an amputee run as fast as two-legged sprinters, athletes depend on sports medicine research. This title examines the science behind sports medicine research.

From sprained ankles and broken arms to life-altering brain damage from concussions, sports injuries affect millions of athletes every year. This title examines sports injuries through objective overviews, primary sources, and full-color illustrations.

Provides teen-specific information about sports injuries, discussing emergency treatment, describing sports injuries commonly suffered by teens, and discussing rehabilitation and physical therapy, prevention, sports nutrition, and safety.

Offers teens an overview of Nintendo Wii and video game injuries and fitness, describing what games and devices can be used for exercising and explaining the benefits of motion-based video games, the difference in effectiveness between video fitness and traditional exercises, common injuries, and how big of part video games should play in a fitness routine.

Profiles nine atheletes who overcame difficult challenges and tremendous odds to return to their sports.

Describes how four famous athletes overcame serious injuries or debilitating conditions to become superstars.