{"id":11203,"date":"2024-07-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=11203"},"modified":"2024-07-15T09:22:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T08:22:38","slug":"the-new-routledge-handbook-of-sports-and-exercise-therapy-2nd-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2024\/07\/18\/the-new-routledge-handbook-of-sports-and-exercise-therapy-2nd-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"The new Routledge Handbook of Sports and Exercise Therapy (2nd ed)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author<\/strong>: Keith Ward<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I am excited to share news that our new multi-authored, second edition of the <\/span>Handbook of Sports and Exercise Therapy<\/span><\/i> has now been published. Designed to be appreciated by all in the field, whether student, lecturer or experienced practitioner, it has been produced by a team of 27 expert practitioners and university lecturers, and features 20 chapters and more than 500 illustrations over 1268 pages. It has ambitiously aimed to cover both foundational and specialised topics within a quite dynamic, contemporary landscape. Steadily, over the past 30 years, the field of sports and exercise therapy has grown and garnered increased recognition for its practitioners\u2019 ability to provide practical, evidence-based support to athletes and teams, and for the general public. As stated by the <\/span>Society of Sports Therapists<\/span><\/a> (SST, 2024), a sports therapist:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026is an allied health professional who has the knowledge, skills and ability to: utilise sports and exercise principles to optimise performance, preparation and injury prevention programmes; provide the immediate care of injuries and basic life support in a recreational, training, occupational and competitive environment; assess, treat, rehabilitate and, where and if appropriate, refer on for specialist advice and intervention; provide appropriate soft tissue interventions in a sport and exercise context; plan and implement appropriate rehabilitation and return to training or work programmes\u201d.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The five so-called pillars or competencies of sports and exercise therapists are: prevention (of injury conditions); recognition and evaluation (assessment of athlete and patient injuries and conditions); management, treatment and referral; rehabilitation; and education and professionalism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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There is still work to be done to further the recognition and integration of sports and exercise therapists and sport rehabilitators, and given the opportunity, their work speaks for itself. This new handbook positions itself so as to provide evidence for what is expected of sports, exercise and rehabilitation practitioners, in terms of their scope of practice, educational and professional standards and responsibilities, specialised skill competencies, and what they can offer in sporting, rehabilitation, physical activity and health promotion settings.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In terms of content, the handbook covers the following topic areas:<\/span><\/p>\n