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ACSM's Sports Medicine: A Comprehensive Review, 2nd Ed.
ACSM’s Sports Medicine: A Comprehensive Review, 2nd Edition, spans the full spectrum of sports medicine, from medical to skeletal conditions related to the athlete. Using an easy-to-follow, bulleted approach, it approaches the content with two guiding objectives 1) to serve a premier educational primer for the clinician embarking on a career in sports medicine, and 2) to provide the foremost resource to assist clinicians preparing for their subspecialty sports medicine certification examination. A multidisciplinary team of authors and editors, led by senior editor Dr. Francis G. O’Connor, ensures that you’ll benefit from the who’s who of sports medicine talent from nearly all medical specialties and leaders in athletic training and physical therapy.
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Expanded to 136 chapters, divided into seven sections: general considerations, evaluation of the injured athlete, medical problems in the athlete, musculoskeletal problems in the athlete, principles of rehabilitation, sports-specific populations, and special populations.
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Uses an easy-access, bulleted format that makes important concepts simple to locate and recall, highlighted by numerous tables, figures, and algorithms.
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Features over 1,300 refreshed board-style practice questions online, with rationale for correct and incorrect responses.
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Includes additional online-only content include chapter addenda, Radiographic Lines and Angles resource, and the most recent guidance by the Team Physician Consensus Conference (TPCC).
Perfect for Sports Board CAQ Exam study!
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The 3-Minute Musculoskeletal and Peripheral Nerve Exam, 2nd Ed.
“This is a unique book, not because of its content, but because its format is designed to be quick and easily accessible to practitioners and trainees. The numerous and very well-constructed tables and figures are genuine stand-outfeatures of this book." ---Doody's Review Service, 4 stars
New edition of the premier quick reference to conducting thorough musculoskeletal and neuromuscular examinations, now in full color with video.
Comprehensive and concise, the 3-Minute Musculoskeletal and Peripheral Nerve Exam, Second Edition, is a lifeline for beginning learners and a trusted point-of-care reference for seasoned practitioners. Consistently formatted, every exam includes detailed color photographs and step-by-step instructions to describe patient and examiner actions, findings that indicate a positive test and what a positive test signifies--now with sensitivity and specificity data for specific diagnoses.
Organized for rapid retrieval of essential information, the book traverses basic and advanced techniques for joint, muscle, reflex, and nerve exams and includes 180 videos demonstrating the maneuvers. Sections on gait and posture, spinal cord injury, scales and assessments, and a muscle atlas with origins and insertions offer additional diagnostic support. Packed with practical tables and illustrations, including anatomic pathways of peripheral nerves and the structures they innervate, this indispensible guide belongs in the pocket of any provider performing musculoskeletal or peripheral nerve examinations in the office, hospital, or clinic.
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Full color photographs and drawings clearly illustrate exam techniques and enhance understanding of surface anatomy
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180 videos put you in the exam room to see how it is done
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Quick reference guide by diagnosis and tables for localization of common problems
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Purchase includes access to the ebook for mobile use on most devices
Editors:
Kimberly DiCuccio Heckert
Nethra Sridhara Ankam
Alyssa Neph Speciale
Alan Miller
Brian A. Davis
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Awards & Honors
➢ Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society; Junior inductee, April 1991, Meharry Medical College
➢ Intermountain Health Patient Care Award, April 2023
➢ Top Doctor 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, Castle Connolly, New York, NY
➢ Best Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Doctors 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, Sacramento Magazine
➢ University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, Department of PM&R, Teacher of the Year, June 2015
➢ Top MD, Consumer’s Checkbook, 2012
➢ Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ-NJMS), Dept. of PM&R, Newark, NJ, Alumnus Award, 2011
➢ SuperDoctors Sacramento, 2011
➢ America's Top Physicians, Consumers' Research Council of America, Washington, DC, 2006 Edition
➢ USA Boxing, Colorado Springs, CO, Dr. Ray Wesson Physician of the Year 2005 ➢ Metropolitan Who's Who, Deer Park, NY, Metropolitan Professional Honor Society (Sacramento Representative), 2005
➢ International Biographical Centre, Oxford, England, 1000 Great Americans, 2004
➢ USA Boxing, Colorado Springs, CO, Dr. Charles 'Gino' Signorino Outstanding Physician for 2004 Everlast Men's National Championships, January 12-17, 2004
➢ American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chicago, IL, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Education and Research Foundation (PM&R-ERF) New Investigator Award – 2001
➢ University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, Dept of PM&R, Teacher of the Year, 2001
➢ USA Boxing, Colorado Springs, CO, Certificate of Recognition (for National Championship Event Coverage) – January 2000 and 2004
➢ American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chicago, IL, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
➢ Education and Research Foundation (PM&R-ERF) Best Scientific Research Paper Award 1999
➢ National Registry of Who’s Who – inducted 2000
➢ City Center Boxing Club, Salt Lake City, UT, Plaque of Recognition – 1999
➢ Missouri Arthritis Rehabilitation Research and Training Center/ University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, Research Enrichment Program for Physiatrists Scholarship for 2000-2001
➢ USA Boxing, Colorado Springs, CO, Nominee for Dr. Ray Wesson Physician of the Year, 1999, 2004 and 2005
➢ Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, NJ, Who’s Who in the World, 1997 ➢ International Biographical Centre, Oxford, England, 20th Century Award for Achievement in Medicine,1997
➢ Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, NJ, Who’s Who in America, 1997 ➢ Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ, Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 1997
➢ American Medical Association (Chicago, IL)/ Glaxo Wellcome Leadership Award, 1997
➢ New Jersey Society of PM&R Annual Research Award - March 23, 1996 (for best research/ presentation)
➢ University of Medicine and Dentistry – New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, Department of PM&R Resident Research Award - June 14, 1995 (for best research/ presentation)
➢ Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, Department of Infectious Disease Certificate of Recognition – 1992 - 1993 (for contributions to the Department of Infectious Disease)
➢ Honors Graduate, 1992, Meharry Medical College ➢ Dean's List - all semesters, Meharry Medical College
➢ Cap and Gown Award - May 1992 (academic achievement as a graduating medical student), Meharry Medical College
➢ Merck Manual Award - May 1992 (academic achievement as a graduating medical student), Meharry Medical College
➢ Phi Delta Kappa, Nashville, TN, Certificate of Recognition - Spring 1990, 1991, and 1992 (for coordination and leadership of Hypertension and Nutrition Screening for the Poor and Medically Underserved)
➢ High Achievement Award in Pharmacology - Spring 1990 (academic achievement), Meharry Medical College
➢ Michael Dalton, San Antonio, TX, Scholarship Award - Spring 1990 (academic achievement and leadership among medical students nationwide)
➢ Guerney D. Holloway Prize in Clinical Pathology - Spring 1990 (academic achievement), Meharry Medical College
➢ Philip A. Nicholas Scholarship Award - Fall 1989 (academic achievement), Meharry Medical College
➢ School of Aerospace Medicine/ United States Air Force, San Antonio, TX, Plaque of Recognition - Fall 1989 (for contributions to Circadian Neurology Research Program)
➢ AT&T Scholarship, 1988 – 1992, Meharry Medical College
➢ Magna Cum Laude, Northern Illinois University
Sports Medicine Evaluations & Personal Training
Evaluation for sports medicine injury: 60 minute complete evaluation
When you schedule a 1-hour Sports Medicine Clinical Evaluation with Dr. Davis, you receive far more than a routine appointment. Your visit includes a comprehensive review of your medical history, a detailed physical examination, and a personalized discussion of your injury, training history, and performance goals. If you’ve had imaging done, it will be reviewed directly with you—not handed off or summarized.
Following your evaluation, Dr. Davis develops a customized treatment and performance plan designed to help you move better, train smarter, and recover faster—while prioritizing non-surgical and non-medication-based solutions whenever possible. Dr. Davis can order imaging and labs, where needed.
With over 25 years of leadership experience in Sports Medicine, Dr. Davis brings expertise in diagnosing complex injuries, reducing injury risk, and guiding athletes back to peak performance safely and efficiently.
Whether you're recovering from injury, training through pain, or simply aiming to perform at a higher level, our goal is simple:
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At B.A.D. Method Fitness, personal training is built on a foundation deeper than workouts—it’s built on medical expertise, injury understanding, and long-term health strategy.
Led by a physician, B.A.D. Method Fitness offers a personal training approach that goes far beyond sets and repetitions. Dr. Davis understands injury from the ground up—not just where pain occurs, but why it happens, how it develops, and how to train around it safely and intelligently.
Our philosophy emphasizes alternative and movement-based treatments whenever possible, using exercise as medicine to restore function, increase resilience, and improve overall health without unnecessary reliance on medications or invasive procedures.
This is training for real life and real longevity.
Whether you’re rebuilding after injury, managing chronic pain, or simply committed to a higher standard of health, our goal is for you to be stronger, more capable, and healthier in your next phase of life than in any previous one.