Ahmad, Dr. Christopher 34
American College of Sports
Medicine 12, 16, 18
American Physical Therapy
Association 20
athletic trainer 9, 10, 18-19, 30-31, 44-45
Brown, Dr. Charlie 49
Chicago Blackhawks 53, 56, 57
Cook, Emily 59
Dahlkoetter, JoAnn 59
Detling, Nicole 59
Howard, Bob 9, 13, 32, 44, 55, 60
McCann, Dr. Sean 27, 35, 37
Murphy, Dr. Daniel 34
National Athletic Trainers
Association 16, 18
New York Giants 15, 19
New York Yankees 34
Northwestern University 58
Olympics 27, 59
Richardson, Dr. Sean 13, 25, 49, 60
Seattle Seahawks 11
salary statistics 43, 46, 48, 50
sports psychologist 23, 24, 35,
36, 37, 49, 50
Steigbigel, Keith 28, 39, 60
Surgeon, sports 11, 21, 22, 34, 35, 46, 47
Terry, Dr. Michael 53, 56, 58
Physical therapist 11, 12-13, 20, 21,
28, 29, 40-41, 42-43, 54-55
Weiss, Leigh 15, 19, 33
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Credits
Dollarphotoclub.com: Emiliau 36; Muratolmez 57. Dreamstime.com: Corepix
VoF 13; Goldenkb 19; Ame9001 21, 40; Matthew Ennis Photography 22; Błażej
Łyjak 24; Tomaslav Pinter 29; Lars Zahner 35; Aspenphoto 44, 47; Anika
Salsera 48; Aykut Erdogdu 54; Photographerlondon 61. Newscom: UPI/Rich
Kane 11, 31; Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire DAL: 14; David Eulitt/Kansas
City Star/MCT 26; Ric Tapia/Icon SMI 269 41. Steve Slade/UConn Athletics:
8, 32. Courtesy Dr. Keith Steigbigel 38, 43. Steve Woltmann/University of
Illinois Alumni Association Photo: 52.
About the Author
Michael Burgan
has written more than 250 books for children
and teens, as well as newspaper articles and blog posts. Although
not an athlete, he has written on amateur and professional
sports, including books on the Basketball Hall of Fame, the
Olympics, and great moments in baseball. And although not
a medical professional, he regularly writes Web content on a
variety of health topics. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.