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About this book
Knife in the Fast Lane charts the history of care for sportspeople from the expert view of a doctor and orthopaedic surgeon with over 40 years' experience. Bill Ribbans gives you the inside track on the life of a surgeon operating on some of sport's biggest names. From looking after world champions from eight different sports and Olympians with 27 medals between them, to having his actions scrutinised by millions at Twickenham, Bill's experiences are interwoven with fascinating, surprising and controversial subjects from the annals of sports medicine. The book explores the legal minefields and ethical dilemmas faced by medics in sport. It deals with current issues like concussion, depression, drug-taking and the dangers of sporting academies. It also asks whether the enormous resources poured into elite medical care have really reduced harm to athletes or made them so fit, fast and strong that it threatens their long-term health.
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Sport & Exercise ScienceTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Running Repairs
- Foreword – The Athlete
- Foreword – The Coach
- Introduction
- 1. Wealth, Health and Sport
- 2. Sport and the Surgeon
- 3. The Call of the Changing Room
- 4. Do Athletes Help Themselves and Their Doctors?
- 5. A Surgeon for All Seasons: The Sporting Calendar
- 6. Shrinking Violets?
- 7. The Young
- 8. The Young at Heart
- 9. Oh, the Games People Play!
- 10. Saturday … or Any Night … Is Alright for Fighting!
- 11. Monkey Glands, Metatarsals and the Medic Manager
- 12. What a Load of Cobblers
- 13. The Healing Powers of the Placenta
- 14. The Wisdom of Teeth
- 15. The Feudalism of Football … and Most Other Sports!
- 16. Chasing the Egg
- 17. Scrambling the Egg
- 18. Bloodgate and the Mighty Quins
- 19. When Is a Broken Leg Not a Broken Leg?
- 20. The Fields Are Green, the Skies Are Blue …
- 21. The Skies Are Grey?
- 22. Big Hearts and Big Bottoms
- 23. Schumi and I: 11 July 1999
- 24. Best Foot Forward – a Dance Odyssey
- 25. Golden Girls and Leaping Lords
- 26. The History of Sports Medicine in Britain and Beyond
- 27. The Chrysalis Becomes the Butterfly
- 28. You’re Simply the Best!
- 29. ‘Sister! Boil Me Up a Solicitor’
- 30. Publish and be Damned!
- 31. What Goes on Tour Comes Back from Tour
- 32. COVID-19 and Sport
- 33. Great (and Not so Great) Strides Forward
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index
- Photos