The Awakening of a Surgeon

By David H. Janda

Book Overview

Sports-related injuries have become a public health epidemic. Twelve million student athletes will suffer a sports-related injury this year. Nearly two million injuries will be in recreational... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1886947953
• ISBN13: 9781886947955
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Pr
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.8" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Awakening of a Surgeon

This is an essential book for parents and weekend sportsmen, an inspirational book for anyone who has ever believed in or fought for a cause, and a good story for just about everybody. It is also a good mystery: why haven't the recommendations of Dr. Janda and the Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine been widely implemented nationally? It seems like a no brainer: the recommendations don't seem to interfere with the enjoyment of the sports, they have been proven to dramatically reduce injuries, and they greatly reduce health care costs. The recommendations seem to make everybody happy. What's the problem? Read the book to find out. I may be prejudiced because Dr. Janda saved my arm, but I loved this book and so has everyone to whom I have given it. I even have something to tease Dr. J about next time I see him: initially entertaining the thought for even a brief second that he had a prayer of taking sliding out of softball.

David vs. Goliath

This true to life David versus Goliath story will make you cry, laugh, and then MAD!! As you experience Dr. Janda's life from that moment in the emergency with his daughter's life on the line, through the formation and growth of the Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine, you will feel his intense passion for preventative measures in all sports related activities. Your anger will then form through his dealings with sporting goods manufactures and insurance companies to implement preventative measures. Being a former employee of a large HMO insurance company, as well as a two-time patient of Dr. Janda's, this book details the struggles that I have experienced personally in fighting the bureaucracy with incredible accuracy.

The Awakening of a Surgeon

This book tells the story of one man's crusade to help the public prevent sports injuries. While it is hard to understand why anyone would want to stand in the way of these efforts; the reader gets a first hand look at the many roadblocks that have been encountered along the way. In addition to the story of his personal journey, Dr. Janda also includes a helpful list for parents, grandparents and community leaders of important safety issues to check into before allowing loved ones to participate in sports.

The Awakening of a Surgeon

I enjoyed learning the complexity of the forces that limit the possible intervention to minimize injuries to athletes. The author's description of manufactures and medical insurance companies is enlightening. This is a very good book.

Sports Injury Prevention: Empower Yourself!

From Dave Janda's spiritual awakening as he holds the limp body of his daughter in his arms, Janda makes a deal with higher powers to pursue preventative sports medicine in exchange for the recovery of his daughter. The Awakening of a Surgeon details the evolution of Janda's vow to research and promote sports injury prevention, reports his studies, and provides an inspirational and witty chronicle of this dedicated physician's endeavors to spread his prevention message to policy makers: politicians, educators, sports equipment manufacturers, health care providers, insurance executives, and most importantly, the common man and soccer moms. Janda reveals the astounding problem of convincing the establishment to adopt preventative measures based on the independent research and data from scientific studies developed by his institute. From studies of the incredibly effective break-away bases, moderately effective helmets and face guards, and the harmful heading practices in children's soccer, to the actually dangerous soft baseballs and chest protectors, Janda's information and recommended solutions are invaluable knowledge for every responsible parent with a child interested in sports. Janda's encounters with public figures and his humorous anecdotes, which reveal both the character and support of his close knit family and provide an insight to this dedicated surgeon's drive to benefit mankind, illuminate the data he reveals in his studies. Countering the frustration Janda faces in his advocacy and dealing with HMO's, Janda proposes an 8 point national health care reform highlighted by his radical proposal of medical savings accounts. Anyone frustrated with the limitation of his own current HMO will benefit from considering Janda's solutions. When the reader puts the book down, they have gained information to empower themselves and their communities to drastically reduce unnecessary injuries that are occurring in epidemic proportions across the country.