Athletic Taping, Bracing, and Casting, 4th Edition (EPUB)

In a magnificent fourth edition, the best text for sports bracing and taping is back. Athletic Taping, Bracing, and Casting, Fourth Edition, has been updated to include casting procedures. With its excellent photographs and drawings, detailed step-by-step instructions, and laser-like focus on the methods that sports trainers and therapists are most likely to use in clinical practice, HKPropel Access keeps differentiating itself from the competition.

In this fourth edition, seasoned author David Perrin is joined by author Ian McLeod, who contributes additional knowledge of the application instructions and safety measures for splinting and casting. Other improvements include of the following:

• 56 competence testing checklists that outline the procedures needed to demonstrate competency are included in the new relevant online learning resources provided by the HKPropel feature.

• A related web movie that includes six clips devoted to casting and shows examples of correct technique

• Twenty novel casting and splinting methods for common foot, ankle, elbow, wrist, and hand fractures as well as Achilles tendon ruptures

• Information provided by special contributor Carrie Docherty regarding the significance of evidence-based practice for the techniques

More than 650 full-color pictures and diagrams in Athletic Taping, Bracing, and Casting, Fourth Edition, show the most often used techniques in clinical practice; some of these treatments are divided into as many as 16 steps. The book covers standard taping, stiff strap taping, elastic kinesiology taping, and casting and splinting procedures for immobilization in a methodical manner for each major joint and body region. Both experts and students can benefit greatly from the visual assistance provided by the photographs that show taping sequences, which include tape with darkened edges that allow readers to discern the layers and patterns of the tape placed in each phase. Additionally, when a technique is also shown in the accompanying online video, icons within the text will highlight this.

Athletic Taping, Bracing, and Casting eloquently illustrates the mechanisms of injury that are essential to comprehending successful taping, bracing, and casting through succinct anatomical descriptions and intricate anatomical graphics akin to those typically seen in advanced anatomy texts. The book also offers fundamental stretching and strengthening exercises for injury rehabilitation to help reinforce the practice. In addition to the taping, bracing, and casting treatments, these exercises, which are demonstrated for each body area, can help healed patients retain their strength and flexibility and safely resume play.

Both aspiring and experienced athletic trainers will be able to develop proficiency—and eventually mastery—in the application of these procedures thanks to the comprehensive visual aids and unambiguous instructional advice provided in Athletic Taping, Bracing, and Casting, Fourth Edition. Note: Every new print book comes with a code to access HKPropel.