Sports Medicine Bible : Prevent, Detect, and Treat Your Sports Injuries Through the Latest Medical Techniques 
Out of the lifestyle revlutiion of the past quarter century has emerged a new kindof recreational athlete,oen more likely to pursue a physical activity that brings health benefits than to tackle a traditional "rough-and-tumble" sport. As a result, "overuse" or "chronic" injuries, such as "runner's knee" and "swimmer's shoulder", are increasingly replacing sprains, strains, and breaks as the badge of the weekend Warrior.
The sports medicine profession has responded to the rise in overuse injuries by placing greater emphasis on injury prevention, developing new diagnostic and treatment techniques, and promoting rehabilitation as an aid to full recovery. This is what Dr. Lyle J. Micheli, one of the nation's foremost sports medicine authorities, calls the "new sports medicine."
In The Sports Medicine Bible, Dr. Micheli responds to the need for more and better answers to the questions posed by recreational athletes desperate for sound medical advice that will help them return to their physical regimens as quickly as possible. He emphasizes strength and flexibility as the keys to injury prevention, encourages early motion rather than immobilization during the rehabilitation process, and recommends other proven techniques that are replacing the sports medicine techniques of past generations.
This book covers the whole spectrum of sports medicine, including special sections on nutrition, female-specific sports injuries, exercise and the elderly, structuring a workout, flexibility and strength, clothing and footwear, and proper equipment. Separate chapters examine causes and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of injuries to the foot; ankle; lower leg; knee; thigh; hip, pelvis, and groin; back; shoulder; elbow; wrist; hand and finger; head and neck; and skin.
By following the guidance and guidelines embodied in The Sports Medicine Bible, the recreational athlete can heighten his or her fitness experience, while learning the most modern techniques for effectively managing sports injuries. Written in clear, straightforward language with hundreds of illustrations, The Sports Medicine Bible is destined to become an essential piece of equipment in every athlete's gym bag.
Reviews
Also, you've found it almost impossible to do leg curls because the pain along the sides of your knees has become unbearable. How did it start and how do you get rid of it? Was it from all the running you did, all the weight trainging, or all the martial arts stuff you've been practicing?
Shoulder pain that won't go away after a few weeks of intense martial arts training. Pain in the bicep that hangs on like ramora on shark. What can be done about it? Should you go to the doctor and maybe get recommended for arthroscopic surgery or leave it alone? Should you try to work through it with more exercise?
Micheli's book is excellent for narrowing down the problem to very specific causes and what to do. Sometimes he says you've got to see the doctor, then start RICE-ing, do special exercises.
The pain behind the knee? Popliteus tendonitis is a good possibility. How do you fix it? Micheli tells you how.
The pain along the sides of the knees that make it impossible to do leg curls? Illiotibial band tendonitis. How do you fix it. RICE it, and do certain stretching exercises to loosen these long bands of muscle and tendon that travel all the way from the hip to the calf.
If you do any kind of sports you are likely to get injured, even the injury of repetitive motion, similar to carpal tunnel tendonitis. These pains won't go away on their own. Young or old (like me), things happen, especially if you're active, that go beyond plain ol' muscular pain. Fractures, sprains, overuse injuries of bursitis and tendonitis. Micheli helps you figure out what's wrong. Yes, sometimes you'll have to go to a sports medicine doc or orthopedist, but many times, you can fix it yourself.
Allan M. Levy and Mark L. Fuerst have a great companion book for Micheli's book with practical applications called Sports Injury Handbook.
If you can get only one of them, get the bible, otherwise you'd be better off with both. A few good stretching books would help too.
Compared to other books I consulted, this one covered more relevant topics and gave better detailed rehab and conditioning information. I heartily recommend it!