Why are some octogenarians competitive athletes while others struggle to walk up the stairs? It isn’t luck. It’s orthopaedic science. If you’re tired of doctors telling you that an injury will prevent you from playing the sports you enjoy, you’ll love Dr. Kevin R. Stone’s Play Forever.
All great athletes get injured. Only the best of them use those injuries to come back to their sport better—fitter, faster, and stronger than before. Through Dr. Stone’s revolutionary approach to sports medicine, you’ll discover how injuries can lead to a lifetime of high-performance fitness and athleticism.
Learn how the musculoskeletal system can be repaired through cutting-edge therapies, then honed and strengthened through semiannual fitness tests, preseason education and training programs, and regular in-season tune-ups. Backed by scientific outcome studies on orthopaedic treatments and implants, Play Forever will become your go-to health and fitness source, helping you play the sport you love to age 100 and beyond.
Author(s): Stone, Kevin R. M.D.
Publisher: Bookbaby
Year: 2021
Language: English
Commentary: How to Recover from Injury and Thrive
Pages: 480
Tags: How to Recover from Injury and Thrive
CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction
PART I: OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE
Chapter 1: Mental Fitness
Mindfulness from Day One
Competitiveness
Grit
Attention
Psyched Up, Let Down: The Harvey Moment
Fantasy
If Horses Could Dream
Patience
Acceptance
Recipe for a Hat Trick: Flow
Grace
Kindness and Competency
When the Train Derails
The Lessons of Tiger Woods
The Eyes Have It
Chapter 2: Physical Fitness and Injury Prevention
Staying Physically Fit
The Abs Have It
The Wizard of O2
Staying Injury Free
Supplements and Sharapova
Tom Brady’s Mouthguard
Chapter 3: Sports-Specific Insights
Sliding on Snow
Schiffrin and Sacrifice
High on Climbing
Running for Life
Cycling: Our Bicycles, Ourselves
Dance Like a Butterfly
The Sport of CrossFit
Standup Paddling
Get Wet!
Natural Gyms
Go Wide and Go Long
PART II: FOCUS ON YOUR JOINTS
Chapter 4: Injuries
Finding the Right Perspective
Why You Should Google Your Symptoms
Shoulders
Diana Nyad Pushes the Limits
Elbows
Ankles
Arthritis
Don’t Go Home and Rest
Chapter 5: Focus on Your Joints: Knees
Biologic Treatments
When Your Knee Goes Snap, Crackle, Pop
ACL Disasters in Football
Opt In
Steph Curry’s Knees
No Meniscus Procedure Is Ever Standard
Why Microfracture Fails
Bionic Knee Replacement
Know the Bias of Your Surgeon
Chapter 6: Anabolic Therapies
How Our Bodies Heal
How Anabolic Healing Works
Ingredients for Healing
Sources of Stem Cells and Growth Factors
Reincarnation: Not Just for the Soul?
Injection Choices for Pain
A Little Prick
Why HA Joint Lubrication Works
Cortisone: The End of an Era
Chapter 7: Surgery, Recovery, and Rebuilding
Becoming a More Evolved Patient
Aligning Expectations
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Post-Surgery Recovery
Surgical Infections
Physical Therapy and Exercise
Sports Injury Depression
Healing Diet
Healing Touch
One and Done Is Not Enough
PART III: MEDICINE TODAY AND TOMORROW
Chapter 8: Enhancing a Current Medical Practice
Creativity, Confidence, and Communication
How to Survive Medical Training
Collaboration in Medical Care
The New Doctor Disease
Studying Outcomes
“New and Cool and Not for You”
Five Lessons My Father Taught Me
Chapter 9: Where We’re Heading
Disease Care vs. Healthcare
Robotics
Artificial Intelligence
All Things Digital Are Public (and Mark Zuckerberg’s Lost Moment)
Virtual Reality
Next Generation Biologic Tissue
Of Pigs, Ligaments, and Tendons of the Future
Longevity Ain’t What It’s Cracked Up to Be
Biodynamic Health
Brain Nutrition
Gene Editing
Nano Communication
Immortality
Top Five Reasons to Avoid Space Travel
Final Chapter
Appendix A
Acknowledgments
