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Women's and girls' participation in sports is growing exponentially every year. This will be the first authoritative guide for these female athletes on keeping their bodies healthy and strong and dealing with sports injuries that will inevitably occur. Why a book just for female athletes? The simple answer is that women's bodies are constructed differently than men's. Aside from the obvious, women's knees are more vulnerable to injury, women who overtrain are likely to stop menstruating and experience bone density loss, female athletes are more prone to eating disorders, and women's sports performance is affected by hormonal cycles. Yet many coaches and trainers have not been educated on how sports training must be different for female athletes to prevent injury. This is the book that will show athletes, coaches, and trainers how female athletes should train to minimize injuries and enhance performance, and what to do when injuries do occur. The book has chapters on the most popular sports and how women and girls can best enjoy them injury-free, and special sections on the specific needs of adolescent athletes, pregnant athletes, and mature athletes. The book will also cover injuries that are the same for men and women so that it is a complete resource for any female athlete.

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