This is the first book to focus on overuse elbow injuries, giving sports medicine and rehabilitation professionals the information they need to evaluate, treat, and rehabilitate the athletic elbow.
Authors Todd Ellenbecker and Angelo Mattalino, both highly respected sports medicine specialists, share their experience from years of treating elbow injuries in professional athletes. In The Elbow in Sport, they present a comprehensive approach that focuses on treating the elbow as part of a total arm strength rehabilitative program.
The Elbow in Sport provides a thorough understanding of elbow injuries and describes specific rehabilitation methods to treat the five most common overuse elbow injuries:
-Humeral (lateral and medial) epicondylitis
-Osteochondral injury (osteophytes/loose bodies)
-Ulnar nerve dysfunction (neuritis)
-Ulnar collateral ligament injury
-Growth plate injury,
Descriptions of surgical interventions help to enhance understanding of postoperative symptoms and guide subsequent rehabilitation.
The book also contains case studies and specific rehabilitation protocols as well as interval return programs for tennis, baseball (throwing), and golf.
Todd Ellenbecker, MS, PT, SCS, CSCS, is the clinic director at the Physiotherapy Associates Sports Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is certified by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as a sports clinical specialist, one of a limited number in the United States. This distinction requires five years of sports medicine experience and successful completion of an extensive written exam. He has treated elbow injuries in many professional baseball players and elite tennis players, having worked with the Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland A's, San Francisco Giants, and the United States Tennis Association.
A member of the APTA and the American College of Sports Medicine, Ellenbecker has published many articles and research studies pertaining to the upper extremity in baseball and tennis players. He earned a bachelor's degree in physical therapy from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse and a master's degree in exercise physiology from Arizona State University.
Angelo J. Mattalino, MD, is an orthopaedic surgeon with the Southwest Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is an orthopaedic consultant to several professional baseball teams and the medical director of Major League Baseball's Arizona Fall League. He also works with the United States rugby, ski, and soccer teams; the Association of Tennis Professionals; and numerous high school teams.
Dr. Mattalino, who earned a medical degree from the University of Texas, is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Arthroscopy Board of North America. Following his orthopaedic surgical residency at Tulane Medical School, he completed fellowships in sports injuries and arthroscopy.
