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Book SynopsisAttempts to reflect the cutting-edge research in the area from several countries in terms of causes, experiences, and outcomes of sport-related pain and injury.
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Sports-Related Pain and Injury: Sociological Notes (K. Young). Part I. Pain Cultures. Sport and Risk Culture. (P. Donnelly). The Politics of Sports Injury: Hierarchy, Power, and the Pain Principle. (D. Sabo). Cultural, Structural and Status Dimensions of Pain and Injury Experiences in Sport. (H. L. Nixon II). Professional Athletes Injuries: From Existential to Organizational Analyses. (J. A. Kotarba). Weight Management as Sport Injury: Deconstructing Disciplinary Power in the Sport Ethic. (D. P. Johns). Part II. Pain Zones. English Professional Soccer Players and the Uncertainties of Injury. (M. Roderick). Risk, Pain and Injury: 'A Natural Thing in Rowing'? (E. C. J. Pike). Why English Female University Athletes Play with Pain: Motivations and Rationalisations. (H. Charlesworth, K. Young). Normalising Risk in the Sport of Cycling. (E. Albert). Scars on the Body: The Risk Management and Self-Care of Injured Female Handball Players in Denmark. (L. F. Thing). Risk and Injury: A Comparison of Football and Rodeo Subcultures. (J. H. Frey et al.). Pain and Injury in a Youth Recreational Basketball League. (R. L. Singer). Welsh Rugby Union: Pain, Injury and Medical Treatment in a Professional Era. (P. D. Howe). Part III. Pain Parameters. Athletic Trainers: Between Care and Social Control. (S. R. Walk). Negotiating with Risk: Exploring the Role of the Sports Medicine Clinician. (P. Safai). Sport, Health and Public Policy. (I. Waddington). The Costs of Injury from Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity: A Review of the Evidence. (P. White). The Role of the Courts in Sports Injury. (K. Young). Afterward. About the Editor and Contributors. Index.
