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About The authors |
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Gloria
Beim, MD is an orthopedic surgeon from the slopes
of Colorado. In her three offices, she not only treats
elite athletes but also weekend warriors. Gloria is
also an accomplished athlete herself and has competed
in ice hockey, racquetball, volleyball, equestrian
jumping, cycling, gymnastics and track events.
She
also snow skis, water skis, rollerblades and surfs.
The 38-year-old surgeon skipped high school and went
straight to college. Doctor Beim has a terrific personality
and is often asked to appear on TV Newscasts as an
authority on sports medicine. Doctor Beim has been
published in numerous professional journals and has
contributed to textbooks and training videos designed
to teach current and future physicians how to perform
certain procedures.
Ruth
Winter, MS. is the author of 34
popular health books, a number of which have been
taken by book clubs. All of her books have sold foreign
rights. In addition, Winter regularly contributes
health and science stories to major national magazines. |
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A highly respected female orthopedic surgeon and nationally known
health writer have teamed-up to produce the first authoritative guide
for keeping female athletes -from elite competitors to working mothers
trying to fit in a work-out - healthy and injury free.
The need for this book is
tremendous. The enactment of
Title IX, in 1972, the federal legislation that prohibited sex
discrimination in sports, has spectacularly fueled female participation.
For example:
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Girls are getting into
softball in such large numbers that the Louisville Slugger Bat Company
introduced an entire line of women's softball bats.
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40 percent of new golfers are
women
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Nike has formed a new unit to
focus specifically on its women's line.
The number of women in sports has increased 22 percent in ten years.
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Girls involved in some kind
of high school athletic activity leaped from one in 27 in 1971 to one in
three today.
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Female college athletes'
participation in sports is growing at 9 percent a year while male
athletes' participation is growing at only 3.3 percent.
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Women are contributing to a
10.3 percent increase in soccer equipment sales
Today's emphasis on health and
fitness has encouraged women of all ages to participate in sports -most
of them just for fun.
The
Female Athlete's Body Book: How to Prevent and Treat Sports Injuries
in Women and Girls (click
here to order) presents sound advice on an array of gender-specific
concerns including:
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How to minimize injury while
enhancing sports performance
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The explicit needs of young,
mature, and pregnant athletes
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How to deal with menstrual
problems, bone loss and eating disorders
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Nutrition and training for
top performance and lifelong health
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What to do when an injury
occurs and more.
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