Category Archives: Resources, books, websites

Books, articles and websites covering sport and exercise medicine

14 printed copies of Massage Survival Guide available free with online purchase

Been tempted to purchase Rob Granter’s superb Massage Therapist’s Survival Guide? If so, now is the time to do it. The first 14 people to purchase the online guide will also get a copy of the printed version included at … Continue reading

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Full index of all sportEX articles ever published

We’ve had quite a few requests for this and so we’ve put together a fully searchable index of everything we’ve ever published in both sportEX medicine and sportEX dynamics (and obviously it’s free). To get it just log in to … Continue reading

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Massive revamp of ePALs (& 50% of this weekend only)

We have just spent the last month completely revamping our ePALs product and it’s looking stunning even if I say so myself! If you want to check it out for yourself, there’s a free version that we’ve nicknamed ePALs Lite, … Continue reading

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Some good Amazon deals on sports medicine books

Clinical Sports Medicine Third Revised Edition (McGraw-Hill Sports Medicine) by Peter Brukner RRP: £67.99 Price: £50.29 You Save: £17.70 (26%) Pocketbook of Taping Techniques (Physiotherapy Pocketbooks) by Rose Macdonald BA FCSP  RRP: £24.99 Price: £19.44 You Save: £5.55 (22%) Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention by Paul … Continue reading

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New digital guide on Myofascial Vacuum Cupping with Rob Granter

sportEX has produced a ground-breaking digital publication on Myofascial Vacuum Cupping, in conjunction with one of the world’s most respected soft tissue practitioners – Rob Granter – who is based in Melbourne, Australia. For those of you who have been … Continue reading

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Some physio resources of interest (resources)

Sad I know that I have nothing better to do on a Saturday morning but explore the physio groups on LinkedIn. But as it happens I came across some quite interesting ones. The first one is Physiopedia which has both … Continue reading

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Orthopedic Massage: Theory and Technique by Whitney Lowe – a sportEX book review

Title – Orthopedic Massage: Theory and Technique (2nd edn) Author – Whitney W. Lowe Publisher – Mosby Elsevier ISBN – 978-0 443-06812-6 Cost – £29.99 Reviewed by Joan M Watt, physiotherapist, sports massage practitioner and president of the Sports Massage … Continue reading

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Massage for Therapists by Margaret Hollis – sportEX book review

Title – Massage for Therapists (third edn) Author – Margaret Hollis Publisher – Wiley-Blackwell ISBN – 978-1-4051-5916-6 Cost – £28.99 Reviewed by Bob Bramah, MCSP, MSMA – Bob Bramah is dual-qualified as both a physiotherapist and a sports massage practitioner. … Continue reading

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3D Anatomy: Resistance Training (Primal Pictures) – DVD review by sportEX

Title – 3D Anatomy: Resistance Training Author – Jeffrey M. Willardson Publisher – Primal Pictures Ltd, ISBN – 978-1-907061 Cost – £145.00 Reviewer Bob Bramah, physiotherapist and sports massage practitioner Target audience – This DVD-ROM is intended for fitness professionals … Continue reading

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Soft Tissue Release by Jane Johnson – sportEX book review

Title – Soft Tissue Release by  Jane Johnson Publisher – Human Kinetics, ISBN – 978-0-7360-7712-5 Cost – £14.99 Reviewed by Joan M Watt, physiotherapist, sports massage practitioner and president of the Sports Massage Association Target audience – The preface states … Continue reading

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