Mobility, Flexibility and Injury Prevention

The Evidence-Based Science of Range of Motion, Stretching, and Staying Resilient

Mobility, Flexibility and Injury Prevention is Book B6 of The Performance & Human Physiology Encyclopedia — a 93-volume, university-level library on how the body produces, transmits and controls movement. It is written for coaches, strength athletes, physiotherapists and kinesiology students: deep enough that a professional already trained in the field keeps learning, structured clearly enough that a motivated reader can follow every step.

What you will find inside

• Introduction: Mobility, Flexibility, and Range of Motion
• The Determinants of Range of Motion
• The Science of Stretching: How ROM Increases
• Neurophysiology of Stretch
• Methods of Stretching
• Stretching, Performance, and Warm-up
• Stretching and Injury Prevention: The Evidence
• Mobility Training and Self-Myofascial Release
• Assessing Mobility and Flexibility
• Region-by-Region Mobility
• Flexibility Across Populations and the Lifespan
• Injury Prevention: A Mechanical and Load-Based Framework
• Applied Mobility and Injury Prevention

How this book is written

• University level, without dilution. Exact scientific terminology, defined at first use — mechanisms, not just conclusions.
• Evidence graded, not asserted. Major claims carry a level, from A (strong) to D (expert opinion), so you always know how much weight to give them.
• Numbers, formulas, worked examples. Reference ranges, equations and solved calculations you can apply the same day.
• Myths confronted directly. Where a popular claim does not survive the evidence, the book says so — and shows why.
• Fully referenced (APA 7). References at the end of every chapter, plus a master bibliography.

13 chapters · approx. 142 pages · Book B6, Collection B — Anatomy, Biomechanics & Kinesiology.