Athletic Forever: The Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Plan for Lifetime Fitness

A great book for all athletes and health professionals!

It was a great pleasure to read and learn from "Athletic Forever. The Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Plan for Lifetime Fitness." Dr. Frank Jobe et al have taken on an interesting, contemporary subject in a most timely manner. The glowing forwards from Tommy Lasorda and Magic Johnson illustrate the tremendous respect that professional sports celebrities have for Dr. Jobe and "Athletic Forever." The text is formatted in a logical, concise manner and explores anatomy, injuries and treatment protocol without getting bogged down in needless detail, The KJ facts and closeups clearly add a new dimension to the body of knowledge regarding lifetime fineness. I especially enjoyed the insights with regards to diagnosing the causes of back pain. It is very refreshing to hear from the experts that high tech and costly imaging methods such as MRI's are in many cases unrelated to a patient's back pain. The section on strengthening and flexibility exercises is presented in a straight forward manner yet provides exceedingly valuable information in a refreshingly "low tech" appearance.

Perhaps it is beyond the scope of the text, but it may have been useful to discuss 1 or 2 of the Kerlan-Jobe innovations in the field of sports medicine (For example, I would have been extremely interested in the story of Tommy John, the procedure and rehabilitation used in the "rebuilding of his pitcher's arm.") I would highly recommend "Athletic Forever" to all athletes and health professionals!

Dr. Larry Smith (D.C., B.P.E.)

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