Minimize Injury, Maximize Performance: A Sports Parent's Survival Guide

by Dr. Tommy John, Myatt Murphy, Tommy John Jr. Narrated by Dr. Tommy John

Overview

Dr. Tommy John's unique program: a diet, lifestyle, and movement plan (Rethink. Rebuild. Replenish. Recover) for injury — and performance-proofing young athletes in every sport

Beginning as early as age six and continuing through the teenage years and on into their 20s, both male and female athletes are more at risk of serious injuries at younger ages than ever before. Dr. Tommy John, son of lefty pitcher Tommy John and also a sports performance and healing specialist, offers an invaluable diet, lifestyle, and movement plan (Rethink. Rebuild. Replenish. Recover) for injury — and performance-proofing young athletes in every sport. Dr. John explores the sudden rise of Tommy John surgeries being performed on young athletes today, as well as the many injuries — and the surgeries required to fix them — increasing at an alarming rate in baseball and all youth sports. Dr. John's audiobook outlines the three top causes behind this "injury epidemic": The American lifestyle, the business of youth sports (from coaches to corporations), and the decisions we believe as parents are truly benefiting our children.

Minimize Injury, Maximize Performance focuses on prevention, and also offers tips on how to tailor the advice for athletes coming back from an injury.

Foreword by Tommy John, Jr.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

05/07/2018
John, a baseball player and coach turned chiropractor specializing in injury prevention and rehab, offers parents a straightforward, sensible program of strength-building, nutrition, and injury avoidance for young athletes. He identifies an epidemic of preventable injuries among kids who now practice and compete in organized sports more intensely than ever before. His solution comprises four parts: Rethink, Replenish, Rebuild, and Recover. The program begins with John’s nine-move test for parents to assess their kids’ fitness level, then continues, in Part I, with advice to Rethink the motivation behind kids’ participation, and in Part II, with guidelines for a nondairy, organic, whole-food regimen to Replenish. Part III, Rebuild, focuses on bringing young bodies into balance with breathing and corrective chiropractic techniques and workouts, and Part IV, Recover, outlines the right steps for repair and recovery in case injury does occur. Exercises are illustrated with black and white photos, and a recap of salient info appears at the end of each section. While there isn’t much new information, this guide wisely warns parents against “pushing a passion on their progeny” and will help them ensure their active kids’ health. Agent: Heather Jackson, Heather Jackson Literary Agency. (June)

From the Publisher

"Too much organized sports at a young age is bad for nearly all American tweens and teens. Dr. Tommy John's Minimize Injury Maximize Performance is an invaluable guide to reducing young people's orthopedic problems associated with contemporary sports mania.'
—Gregg Easterbrook, author, The Game's Not Over

"Tommy John was one of the fiercest competitors I've ever managed in my career. He never quit—and his son has that same spirit when it comes to protecting kids from what's wrong in youth sports today."—Tommy Lasorda, two-time World Series champion manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers

"Parents are worried about their children being cut from the team, when they should be concerned about needless surgery and an epidemic of injury due to overuse. This book serves as a wakeup call for us all!"—Randy Cross, three-time Super Bowl Champion and football analyst

"A straightforward, sensible program of strength-building, nutrition, and injury avoidance for young athletes...[It] wisely warns parents against 'pushing a passion on their progeny' and will help them ensure their active kids' health."—Publishers Weekly

"This book will serve as an excellent primer for any sports parent (or coach) who needs a real guidebook on how to train and train properly."—Rick Wolff, Ask Coach Wolff

"A great prescription for movement, diet, and other exercises that will help your athletes stay healthy and perform better."—Changing the Game Project

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173578310
Publisher:	Hachette Audio
Publication date:	07/23/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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