Acknowledgments
This is a welcome opportunity for me to thank a great number
of people who supported the completion of this text in many
different ways.
Anyone who has undertaken a project of this magnitude
knows that it cannot be done without the support of family,
and for that I will be forever grateful. I would like to give a very
special “thanks” to my beautiful wife, Heather, who was forced
on many occasions to suffer the load of raising five children
while her husband disappeared into “the cave” to write.
Thanks for helping make this dream come true.
A huge “thanks” to my co-author and mentor Dr. Donald
Neumann for his endless support and guidance through this
process. His never-ending quest for educational excellence is
as contagious as it is inspirational. Don, you are the best
teacher I have ever known—and now I know why.
I would also like to thank my children: Rachael, Daniel,
Megan, Hannah, and Beckett. Your continuous flow of hugs,
smiles, and laughs keeps the sparkle in my eyes.
My parents, Jack and Betty Mansfield, whom I credit for
my love and respect for education, also deserve a great deal of
thanks for pulling “grandma and grandpa duty” whenever it
was needed. Dad, I guess your constant analysis of the
“running motion” rubbed off on me. I’d also like to send a
“shout out” to my brother Dan, who taught me the importance
of pushing yourself mentally and physically; and to my sister
Julie, who taught me how to read and write.
Brian Axtell, who is responsible for many of the illustra-
tions, including the front cover and the detailed muscular ren-
derings within this text, played a significant role by developing
the art that truly drove the writing. I would also like to thank
Jodie Bernard and her team for their excellent work on color-
izing numerous figures within this text.
I would like to acknowledge my “compatriot in arms,”
Kathy Tomczyk Born, for her continuous assistance and guid-
ance in running the physical therapist assistant program at
Milwaukee Area Technical College.
To Jim Sewald, who can still throw a “frozen rope” from
left field to home plate. Thanks for staying up late numerous
nights to discuss the nuances of the perfect pitching motion.
We’ll try to get to the “perfect jump shot” on the next edition.
To my fabulous editors: Megan Fennell, Rachel McMullen,
and Jolynn Gower. Thank you so much for your hard work and
strong commitment to making this book a great one. You have
made a potentially complicated process easy and enjoyable.
A final thanks goes out to Mike Adler, Matt Mulder, Bart
Bohne, Jeff Druley, and Spencer Mayhew. Thanks for serving
as my own personal think-tank and for your continuous
support throughout this project.
Paul Jackson Mansfield
I thank my wife, Brenda, for her kind understanding of my
commitment to writing. I also wish to thank Paul Mansfield
for his extraordinary perseverance throughout the arduous
process of completing this text. And finally, I thank Elisabeth
Rowan-Kelly for her fantastic art, much of which continues
to live on in this text.
Donald A. Neumann
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