Health and Kinesiology: Books & eBooks

This second edition of The Athlete's Guide to Recovery helps readers sort through the hype to focus on the practices and devices that really make a difference in recovery and lead to peak performance.

A visual reference to the mathematics of sports. Any definition of sport begins with the term "physical". Motion, power, energy and momentum are the driving forces of physics, and numbers govern all sports.

Today's athletes are bigger, stronger, faster, and more agile than ever before. Exhibiting a combination of power, speed, and quickness, they've raised the bar on performance, competition, and training.

This popular text offers the clear, logical discussions of joint structure and muscle action, combined with an evidence-based approach needed to understand joint dynamics in both health and disease.

Author Ian McLeod joins veteran author David Perrin in this fourth edition to lend further expertise in the application guidelines and precautions for casting and splinting.

Foundations of Kinesiology, Second Edition provides a guided introduction to the discipline and professions of kinesiology using a holistic, learner-centered, and skill-based approach.

In Yogabody, author Judith Hanson Lasater focuses on macroanatomy and kinesiology in relationship to asana practice and teaching. Organized into five parts-the locomotor system, the vertebral column, the lower extremity, the trunk, and the upper extremity-Yogabody covers the body's bones, joints, connective tissue, nerves, and muscles.

Meet the ever-changing demands of providing quality nutritional care for patients across the lifespan. This popular text provides a strong foundation in the science of nutrition and a clear understanding of how to apply that knowledge in practice, recognizing the need for nurses to work with other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal nutrition in patient care.

In Kettlebell Strength Training Anatomy, veteran chiropractic physician and former nationally ranked powerlifter Michael Hartle provides an inside look at kettlebell training. Breaking down the muscles and tendons used in each exercise, Hartle helps you better understand the link between muscle development and performance.

Sport Injury Prevention Anatomy offers you a detailed look into some of the most common sport injury conditions and the best exercises to help prevent their occurrence.