This unique text focuses exclusively on the ever-growing population of aging and masters athletes, both professional and amateur, presenting both operative and nonoperative management strategies for the range of sports-related injuries. The book is thematically divided into three sections. Part I describes the science of musculoskeletal aging and the benefits of remaining active as we age, including proper nutrition, supplements and medical therapies and adjuvants. Injuries common to the masters athlete are presented in part II, from the upper and lower extremities to the hips and spine, with special considerations for these injuries and treatments noted. Recommendations for how to thrive as a masters athlete comprise the final section, including return to sport, injury prevention and exercise as medicine.
An ideal resource for clinicians who treat active adults who won't slow down, Masterful Care of the Aging Athlete is a compilation of clinical, technical and research approaches aimed at keeping active people moving, returning them to sport rapidly and durably and protecting them from a sedentary lifestyle.

Part I: Defining the Aging Athlete.- Who is the Masters Athlete and How are they Changing the Face of Sports?- The New Science of Musculoskeletal Aging in Bone, Muscle, and Tendon/Ligament

Total Body Changes and Benefits of Exercise
Structural Brain Benefits of Maintained Fitness
Psychological/Mental Benefits of Maintaining Activity and Exercise
Maximizing Nutrition and Supplements for Masters Athletes
Anti-aging and Performance Enhancing Drugs
Injectables, Biologics, and Stem Cells
Part II: Injury, Treatment, and Return to Sport Considerations.- Knee Injuries: Conservative Management, Operative Management and Return to Sport
Hip Injuries: Conservative Management, Operative Management and Return to Sport
Shoulder Injuries: Conservative Management, Operative Management and Return to Sport
Hand and Foot Injuries: Conservative Management, Operative Management and Return to Sport
Back Injuries: Conservative Management, Operative Management and Return toSport
Return to Sport Following Total Joint Arthroplasty
Part III: Injury Prevention and Fitness.- Maximizing Performance and Minimizing Injury
Exercise Prescription for Active Agers
Importance of Core and Gluteus Strengthening
Mental Stamina and Building a Better Brain
Longevity and Epigenetics.