(Part 2) Best physical therapy books according to redditors
We found 38 Reddit comments discussing the best physical therapy books. We ranked the 24 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
220-Age is a gross estimation of Heart Rate max (HRmax). It is used in a sense that BMI is used to quickly evaluates body composition. I think there is a disconnection between HRmax and Exercise Intentisty that needs to be made. HRmax % is only a part of the equation of VO2 (volume of oxygen consumption in the human body). HRmax is used in exercise prescription because, without laboratory equipment you can't measure the other parts of VO2. Is HRmax the true absolute beats per minute a heart can achieve? Most likely no, but prolonged activity at the rate will lead to MVO2 (heart oxygen consumption) not being able to keep up with demand (ischemia).
The second part and edit of your question has to deal with what your targeting to exercise. Exercise intensity can come from volume, time, mode, and strain of activity (aka intensity). I would argue if you can go for 30mins at 90% of HRmax that is not your true maximum. Your ie. training question deals with which energy system you want to target.
A more accurate measure in calculating your HRmax/VO2max would be a Bruce Protocol along with a measure of HR and blood pressure at each stage.
Paraphrased Sources:
Therapeutic Exercise: Moving Towards Function
Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy: Evidence to Practice
Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning - 3rd Edition
Tidy's Physiotherapy is a good general text.
As for other things you could do to prepare I would suggest:
a) Try and hone your musculoskeletal anatomy as sharp as possible, literally the more you know the easier your first year will be. Prioritise memorising the articulating bones and bony points, and muscles and their attachments and you will have a massive headstart on everyone else.
b) Similar for physiology - prioritise cardiovascular system, respiratory system, musculoskeletal, and CNS in broad terms.
The Physiotherapist's Pocket Book is a good resource for what kind of things to learn by rote - and lists a lot of very useful essential knowledge, but is designed for people who already know and just need reminding rather than learning from.
c) Dip into neurology a bit further and start familiarising yourself with some concepts, as this may be the area most different from exercise science. Basic neuroanatomy and reading about some common disorders (MS, CVA, Parkinsons).
d) Get used to palpation and generally being 'hands-on'. You will become very intimate with your fellow students - the quicker you lose any nerves the more you will get out of it.
e) Visit and shadow some physiotherapists if possible - creating a rapport with patients is half the job and you can learn a lot from observing, particularly body-language, patter, what questions to ask and how to frame them. Depending on your course you may not be going on placement in the first term, but the people skills needed are very difficult to learn from a book.
The most useful books other than the above for me were basic medical anatomy and physiology textbooks which you may know already. I used Tortora and Sherwood, but there are other similar and just as good. Instead of buying one of those tomes it may be better to browse a library for a more specific text when you need it, though.
Big fan of Lachman's Case Studies in Anatomy Amazon Link and Clinical Anatomy: A Case Study Approach Amazon Link. There is a new Case Files: Anatomy coming out in October that might be decent, but wasn't a huge fan of the 2nd Edition.
[This] (http://www.amazon.com/Orthopedic-Physical-Examination-Tests-Evidence-Based/dp/0132544784/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374630859&sr=8-1&keywords=chad+cook) is a pretty good book.