"The premier text for athletic taping and bracing is now revised in a stunning third edition. Athletic Taping and Bracing retains its emphasis on the techniques most commonly used by athletic trainers and therapists while integrating the science of anatomy and injury mechanisms with the practice of athletic taping and bracing. Plus, the third edition expands on traditional taping by including the methods for rigid strap taping and elastic kinesiology taping.

Athletic Taping and Bracing, Third Edition, includes more than 480 full-color illustrations and photos, providing invaluable visual aids for both students and professionals. The photos that depict taping sequences feature tape with darkened edges that enable readers to distinguish the layers and patterns of the tape applied in each step.

Detailed anatomical descriptions and illustrations clearly highlight the mechanisms of injury that are crucial for understanding effective taping and bracing. Each major joint and body region is covered, and step-by-step instructions are provided for the 46 most frequently applied procedures in clinical practice, including 10 techniques for rigid strap taping and elastic kinesiology taping. To emphasize rehabilitation as well as prevention, Athletic Taping and Bracing, Third Edition, also presents basic stretching and strengthening exercises to help rehabilitated athletes maintain strength and flexibility and safely return to play.

The book also features a newly added image bank and practical testing checklists, available to instructors online at www.Human Kinetics.com/ Athletic TapingAndBracing."