The Endurance Paradox :: Bone Health for the Endurance Athlete.

The endurance athlete faces a paradox--you're going farther and faster, you're feeling stronger, but your bones are getting weaker. New, compelling evidence shows that the very activities that expand our mental and physical abilities may be reducing the durability of our skeletons. In this...

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Main Author: Whipple, Thomas J.
Other Authors: Eckhardt, Robert B., Putukian, Margot, Heinrich, Bernd, Romanov, Nicholas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek : Left Coast Press, 2010.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The endurance athlete faces a paradox--you're going farther and faster, you're feeling stronger, but your bones are getting weaker. New, compelling evidence shows that the very activities that expand our mental and physical abilities may be reducing the durability of our skeletons. In this book, Thomas Whipple, a leading orthopaedic clinical specialist, and Robert Eckhardt, a scientist specializing in the musculoskeletal system, team up to explain how athletes at any level can maintain the delicate balance between endurance exercise and optimum bone health over a lifetime. Translating important.
Physical Description:1 online resource (222 pages)
ISBN:9781598746181
1598746189

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