Dedication
Acknowledgments
Editors and Illustrator
Contributing Authors
Foreword by Michael William Krzyzewski
Foreword by James Rheuben Andrews, MD
Foreword by Bryan Talmadge Kelly, MD
Introduction

Section One The Way We Were*
*from the romantic comedy starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford

Chapter 1 What’s the Core? It Seems Kind of Important
Chapter 2 New Eyes—Medicine’s Inability to See the Core
Chapter 3 The Eureka Moment for the Core
Chapter 4 The Difficulty Abandoning Old Eyes—“Unseeing”

Section Two New Universe*
from the book imprint for Marvel Comics

Chapter 5 Presenting…the Core!
Chapter 6 Some Concepts to Keep in Mind
Chapter 7 The Pubic Bone
Chapter 8 The “Harness”
Chapter 9 The Rectus Abdominis—Our “Cinderella Muscle”
Chapter 10 The Adductors—Demystifying Them
Chapter 11 The Rectus Femoris—The “Rodney Dangerfield Muscle”
Chapter 12 The Iliopsoas—aka the Psoas—aka the “Eminem Muscle”
Chapter 13 The Glutes—The “New Beauty Muscles”
Chapter 14 The Other Muscles—Hip and Core Stability
Atlas Stargazing—Seeing the Constellation of Core Diagnoses
Chapter 15 So, You Want to Become a Doctor? Part One—Diagnostic Ambushes
Chapter 16 Fifteen Core Principles
Chapter 17 So, You Want to Become a Doctor? Part Two—History, Physical Examination, Imaging, and Other Tests
Chapter 18 Nerves in the Core—A “Fifth Dimension”
Enrique Aradillas, MD
Chapter 19 The Universe of Diagnoses
Chapter 20 How the Core Universe Forms
Chapter 21 Optimizing and Fixing the Core Muscles

Section Three Hip Hop Movement*
*from the subculture that formed in the early 1970s in the South Bronx

Chapter 22 The Hip—How Far We Have Come!
J. W. Thomas Byrd, MD
Chapter 23 Private Eyes on the Hip—Sometimes a Culprit in Pelvic Pain and Pelvic Floor Disorders
Struan H. Coleman, MD, PhD
Chapter 24 Traps in Hip Arthroscopy
John P. Salvo Jr, MD and Kevin O’Donnell, MD
Chapter 25 Special Considerations in Adolescents
Fares S. Haddad, MD (Res), FRCS (Orth), Dip Sports Med, FFSEM; Feras Ya’ish, FRCS (Orth), MBBS; and Konstantinos Tsitskaris, MSc, MRCS, FRCS (Tr & Orth)
Chapter 26 Hip Arthroscopy—Frontiers and Limitations
Anil S. Ranawat, MD; Brian J. Rebolledo, MD; and Jacqueline M. Brady, MD
Chapter 27 Complex Core-Hip Considerations in the Athlete— From “Lighting the Lamp” to “Getting Your Face Washed”
Marc J. Philippon, MD; William R. Mook, MD; and Karen K. Briggs, MPH
Chapter 28 Biomechanics
(A) Tilt and Version
Eric J. Kropf, MD; Struan H. Coleman, MD, PhD; and Alexander E. Poor, MD
(B) Altered Hip Biomechanics and the Muscles
Marc R. Safran, MD and Joshua Sampson, MD
Chapter 29 What Lies Behind the Hip—The Deep DerriÈre
Hal David Martin, DO

Section Four Shared Responsibility*
*from both Democratic and Republican Presidential platforms

Chapter 30 Fixing Everything—Putting the Core Universe Into Perspective
Chapter 31 Managing the Ruptured Proximal Hamstring
Christopher C. Dodson, MD and Daniel P. Woods, MD
Chapter 32 Rehabilitation and Performance—From Snake Oil Salespeople to Well-Oiled Machines
Alexander E. Poor, MD; Jim McCrossin, MS, ATC, CSCS, PES, CES, CKTP; and Alex McKechnie, PT, MCSP
Chapter 33 The Final Stage of Rehab—Getting All the Way Back
Andrew Small, PT, CSCS, RSCC*D, MPhtySt, BSc (HMS-ExSci)
Chapter 34 Don’t Forget the Thorax
Tracey Vincel, PT, MPhty, CBBA and Andrew Barr, DPT, MSc Spt Sci, BSc (Hons) Physio, CSCS
Chapter 35 The Yin and Yang of Yoga
Biz Magarity, MBA, C-IAYT, 500 E-RYT
Chapter 36 Perspectives of Nonoperative Sports Medicine Physicians
(A) Nonoperative Interventions for the Management of “Hip” Pain
Eugene Hong, MD, CAQSM, FAAFP and Sarah C. Hoffman, DO, FAAP, CAQSM
(B) We Need More Studies
David Stone, MD
Chapter 37 An Osteopath’s View of the Core Universe—Manipulative Therapies—A Functional Approach
Jason Hartman, DO; Philip J. Koehler III, DO, MS; and Veronica Williams, DO, Illustrator
Chapter 38 A Chiropractor’s Perspective—The Knee Bone’s Connected to the Thigh Bone
Marc Legere, DC, BS, BA

Section Five Life Is a Journey*
*from “Life is a journey and not a destination,” attributed to Transcendentalist poet Ralph Waldo Emerson and revisited by AM O’Shea, a very smart CEO

Chapter 39 Putting It All Together—A Patient’s Perspective on the Core
Esra Roan, PhD
Chapter 40 Final Chapter—Seeing Things a Whole New Way

Quiz Answers
Financial Disclosures
Index

Reviews

“Strength, power, and endurance all flow from the core. This book, and the work Bill Meyers has done in the field, will bring good core health to the forefront and help everyone—elite athletes and others.”
—Michael William Krzyzewski

“Even in baseball, injury patterns in the shoulder and elbow are related to core imbalance. This book has been needed for a long time… Bill has helped the idea of core strength become more popular, and this book could be what is needed to get it more attention.”
—James Rheuben Andrews, MD

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