| Part I | Principles of Chinese Sports Medicine | |
| Introduction to Part I | 3 |
| Chapter 1 | A Tooth from the Tiger's Mouth: Martial Origins, Modern Alternative | 7 |
| How to Use This Book | 11 |
| Chapter 2 | Sports Injuries East and West | 14 |
| Modern Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine | 14 |
| Anatomy of an Injury-East and West | 18 |
| To Heal or Not to Heal | 27 |
| Healthy Organs/Healthy Tissues | 29 |
| Recovery Times | 31 |
| Chapter 3 | Sprains, Strains, and Pain: The Three Stages of Healing Sinew Injuries | 39 |
| Stage 1 | Acute | 40 |
| Stage 2 | Post-Acute | 45 |
| Stage 3 | Chronic | 48 |
| Chapter 4 | Down to the Bone: Fractures and How They Heal | 57 |
| Fracture Healing | 57 |
| Treatment | 60 |
| Part II | Injury Prevention: Exercise, Diet, and Health Preservation | |
| Introduction to Part II | 69 |
| Chapter 5 | Stretching and Flexibility | 71 |
| The Problem with Stretching | 71 |
| Mind and Movement | 74 |
| Breathing and Flexibility | 74 |
| The Daily Dozen | 77 |
| Chapter 6 | Strength Training | 96 |
| Too Many Muscles | 96 |
| Tendon Strength vs. Bulging Muscles | 97 |
| Muscles Don't Work Alone | 99 |
| Resistance Training Can Cause Injury | 101 |
| What Is Strength? | 103 |
| The Eight Brocade Plus | 107 |
| Chapter 7 | Diet and Health Maintenance | 124 |
| Diet | 124 |
| Commonsense Eating | 126 |
| A Balanced Diet | 128 |
| Controlling Fluid Intake | 136 |
| Nutritional Supplements: Help or Hindrance? | 136 |
| Chinese Herbs | 138 |
| Fasting, Liver Detoxification, and Colon Cleansing | 139 |
| Lifestyle and Health Maintenance | 142 |
| Balancing Work and Rest | 142 |
| Adapting Athletic Training and Exercise to the Seasons | 142 |
| Sex, Health, and Athletic Performance | 144 |
| Health Preservation Exercises | 145 |
| Healing Meditation | 150 |
| Part III | The Therapies of Chinese Sports Medicine | |
| Introduction to Part III | 153 |
| Chapter 8 | Cuts and Lacerations | 157 |
| Yunnan Paiyao | 158 |
| Avoiding Stitches | 161 |
| Preventing Scarring | 162 |
| Nosebleeds | 162 |
| Chapter 9 | Cupping and Bleeding | 164 |
| Bleeding | 165 |
| Cupping | 165 |
| Cupping Indications and Contraindications | 170 |
| Cleaning Your Cups | 170 |
| Disposing of Lancets | 172 |
| Chapter 10 | Liniments | 173 |
| Trauma Liniment | 175 |
| Tendon Lotion | 179 |
| U-I Oil | 181 |
| Chinese Massage Oil | 182 |
| Black Ghost Oil | 183 |
| Summary | 183 |
| Chapter 11 | Poultices and Plasters | 185 |
| Poultices | 185 |
| San Huang San: The Herbal Ice | 186 |
| Sinew-Bone Poultice | 190 |
| Plasters | 192 |
| Wu Yang Pain-Relieving Plaster | 193 |
| Yunnan Paiyao Plaster | 193 |
| 701 Plaster | 194 |
| Hua Tuo Anticontusion Rheumatism Plaster | 194 |
| Gou Pi Plaster | 194 |
| Summary | 195 |
| Chapter 12 | Herbal Soaks | 198 |
| How to Make and Use Herbal Soaks | 199 |
| Tendon-Relaxing Soak | 200 |
| Warming Soak | 202 |
| Summary | 203 |
| Chapter 13 | Sports Medicine Acupoints | 205 |
| How to Stimulate Acupoints | 207 |
| The Limb Energizers | 208 |
| The Limb Gate Points | 210 |
| Shoulder Injury Point | 211 |
| Ankle Injury Point | 211 |
| Master Points | 212 |
| Special Hand Acupoints for Pain Relief | 213 |
| Influential Point of the Tendons and Ligaments | 215 |
| Respiration Points | 215 |
| Groin Injury Points | 216 |
| Nausea Point | 216 |
| Ear Acupressure | 217 |
| Stimulating Ear Points | 221 |
| Chapter 14 | Massage for Sports Injuries | 223 |
| Massage Techniques | 224 |
| Bruises | 227 |
| Tight and Sore Muscles | 227 |
| Sprains and Strains | 228 |
| Fractures and Suspected Fractures | 229 |
| Chapter 15 | Internal Herbal Formulas | 231 |
| Herbal Formulas for Acute Injury | 232 |
| Trauma Pills | 232 |
| Resinall K | 234 |
| Fractures | 234 |
| Rib Fracture Formula | 235 |
| Bone-Knitting Powder | 237 |
| Bone Spurs | 240 |
| Chapter 16 | Moxibustion | 244 |
| Using Moxa Poles | 246 |
| Common Uses of Moxibustion | 247 |
| Part IV | Treatments for Common Sports Injuries and Miscellaneous Injuries | |
| Introduction to Part IV | 253 |
| Treatments | 255 |
| Achilles' Tendonitis | 255 |
| Ankle Sprain | 258 |
| Arthritis | 261 |
| Back Sprain/Strain-Lower | 263 |
| Back Sprain/Strain-Upper | 266 |
| Back-Herniated Disc | 270 |
| Burns | 273 |
| Concussion | 274 |
| Contusions/Bruises | 275 |
| Cuts, Lacerations, and Punctures | 277 |
| Dislocations | 278 |
| Elbow-Tennis and Golfer's | 280 |
| Eye-Contusion (Black Eye) | 283 |
| Finger-Jammed/Sprained | 284 |
| Foot Pain-Plantar Fascitis | 286 |
| Fractures | 288 |
| Groin Muscle-Pulled/Strained | 290 |
| Hamstring-Pulled/Torn | 293 |
| Heel Spur | 297 |
| Hip Pain | 299 |
| Knee-Pain Under the Kneecap (Chondromalacia and Runner's Knee) | 301 |
| Knee-Torn Ligament (Torn ACL or Medial Collateral Ligament) | 304 |
| Knee-Torn Meniscus | 308 |
| Muscle Cramps/Spasms | 311 |
| Neck Strain/Sprain | 313 |
| Nosebleed | 315 |
| Piriformis Syndrome and Sciatica | 316 |
| Poisonous Bites | 319 |
| Shoulder-Bursitis | 320 |
| Shoulder-Frozen Shoulder | 325 |
| Shoulder-Rotator Cuff Tear | 328 |
| Wrist-Sprain/Strain | 331 |
| Wrist-Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 334 |
| Appendix 1 | Chinese Sports Medicine First-Aid Kit | 337 |
| Appendix 2 | Where to Buy Chinese Herbs and Equipment | 339 |
| Index | 345 |
