Sports injuries: their prevention and treatment, 3rd edn.

To review this book is no easy task. It is a bit like being asked to do a book review of The Bible . It seems like this reference book has been on our shelves since Moses played half back for Egypt, and few sports physicians world wide will not have read it at some stage of their career. Many of us have used the extensive pictures from earlier editions of the book to illustrate our lectures. The authors and publishers are to be commended that one can also now purchase these illustrations on a separate CD ROM. Bowing to the inevitable consumer demands, nevertheless this makes an important “value added” aspect to the book. The fact that …