The Ultimate Guide To Preventing And Treating Mma Injuries: Featuring Advice from UFC Hall of Famers Randy Couture, Ken Shamrock

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MMA is one of the world's fastest growing sports. The Ultimate Guide to Preventing and Treating MMA Injuries offers professional and amateur fighters and fans alike the sound professional advice they need to prevent and treat injuries, find a good training camp and partners, train smarter - not harder - and choose the right equipment. Dr. Jonathan Gelber translates complicated medical topics into a guide full of practical, easy-to-follow information, complete with step-by-step photos and diagrams.

Jonathan Gelber, M.D., M.S., received his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and a Masters degree in biomedical engineering from Columbia University. He was trained in orthopedic surgery at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and completed a sports medicine fellowship at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic. A lifelong interest in combative sports has led him to a black belt in Shito-Ryu Karate, a blue belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, and to become the founder of both FightMedicine.net and the Mixed Martial Arts Research Society. He has written numerous articles for MMA websites and magazines. He lives in New York.

"Advice from professionals for professionals. This book is a guide for the long journey to becoming a championship fighter." -- Carlos Newton, UFC Welterweight Champion "As a lifelong athlete and now MMA coach, I know it is absolutely necessary to understand every aspect of combat sports, including injury prevention. Dr. Gelber's book is required reading for all combat athletes and coaches that want to reach their highest potential in the rugged world of competitive fighting." -- Greg Nelson, head coach of UFC champions Sean Sherk and Brock Lesnar "Dr. Jon Gelber's book is is full of interesting behind-the-scenes stories and a must-have for any MMA athlete that wants to prolong their career." -- Javier Mendez, head coach AKA and UFC Champions Cain Velasquez and Daniel Cormier "MMA is a very young sport. The evolution of MMA, along with both the training and physical therapy regimens, is taking place at a highly accelerated rate. Dr. Jonathan Gelber does an outstanding job of translating complicated terminology into easy-to-read layman terms for the first-time enthusiast or the veteran practitioner. Simple and easy-to-follow diagrams will help all levels of combat sport athletes in reducing injuries through proper exercise and healing some of the sports' more common afflictions. I highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to make MMA a part of their life." -- Big John McCarthy "A great book with great advice that will help every athlete train smarter and perform better." -- Mike Winkeljohn, head striking coach elite Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA camp