Sports Injuries: Conditioning

Synopsis

Demonstration of muscle stretching and contraction routines to be used by sportsmen and sportswomen as warm-up and cooling-down exercises to prevent muscle damage. The importance of gentle exercises and relaxation is stressed together with the need to adapt exercises for individual athletes physiologies.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 17 min.

Year of production

1981

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Subjects

Medical sciences

Keywords

sports medicine; sports physiology

Credits

Producer

Martin Hayden

Writer

P McNaught-Davis

Sponsor

Name

Brighton, Polytechnic, Chelsea School of Human Movement

Distributor

Name

University of Brighton Media Services

Notes

NB. This distributor is no longer active