specific clinical information about specific surgeries. The reader is not only given descriptions of each surgery, but also rehabilitation protocols for each surgery. Information provided in this unique text allows the reader to formulate specific rehabilitation outcomes for individual patients, including treatment protocols and troubleshooting with various patient populations.Provides both surgical and rehabilitation information, so the physical therapist understands the surgical event in order to provide a safe and optimal rehabilitation program and anticipate what to expect postoperativelyIncludes treatment ideas with rationale to support treatment suggestionsContains surgical pictures and drawings to promote a more in-depth understanding of the surgical procedureProvides easy to access, clinically applicable information for both students and practitioners in clinical practiceIncludes rehabilitation guidelines in a table format that are easy to identify and read quickly.Contains clinical vignettes in each chapter that raise clinical reasoning issues for the readerIncludes a unique, heavily illustrated appendix, Return to Throwing Program, that provides a detailed rehabilitation program for those therapists that work with athletes, such as pitchers, after surgical treatmentSections of the book are written by well known physical therapists and orthopaedic surgeons, including Frank Jobe, MD, James Andrews, MD, and Luga Podesta, MD

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