DESCRIPTIONS

Muscle Testing for Weight-Training Lower Extremity Injuries is an edited transcript of a presentation delivered at the International Weight-Training Injury Symposium.<br /><br />In this book, Dr. Leaf demonstrates how muscle testing can help to diagnose injuries. It also reviews; lower extremity stability, the effects of orthotics, the importance of symmetry, analyzing gait, muscle testing, including the glutes maximus, rectus femoris, psoas, quadriceps, and hamstring.<br /><br />Dr. Leaf educates through audience participation and demonstration of various injuries and how he would go about testing and/or treating them. He touches on knee injuries, including the effects of ankle positioning and dropped arches, femoral nerve syndrome and the inguinal ligament, normal movement of the patella, obturator nerve, the effects of having a weak abdominal wall, peroneal nerve syndrome, the effects of taping, ankle injuries and palpation, knee surgeries, including the effects of scars on strength, and tips on rehabing an injury.<br /><br />Lastly, this book includes a question and answer section.