Emotional response/ Mental skills

Question 1

explain microtrauma graph

Answer 1

1st- period of abusive training (false adaptations
2nd- high level of pain that goes down after a while
3rd- spikes in pain when attempting to return (also highest risk time)

Question 2

What influeces emotional response and need to be aware of

Answer 2

internal thoughts (how it impacts goals)
Injury concerns ( severity)
Rehab
Looking ahead to future

Question 3

Problem focused coping

Answer 3

Finding out specifics about injury and actively incorporating strats to alleviate sources of stress
(GS + ST)

Question 4

Emotional coping

Answer 4

Utalizing self regulation to manage what is causing stress
(relaxation/ meditation)
can be bad too (withdrawl/ self blame)

Question 5

Avoidence coping

Answer 5

range of thoughts/actions purposingly avoiding ppl/activities

Question 6

role of mental skills in rehab

Answer 6

• can practice mental skills
• anticipate challenges and how to respond
• healing imagery

Question 7

Some interventions to facilitate positive emotional adjustment

Answer 7

Biofeedback
GS
Imagery
Progressive relaxation
ST
Pain reduction strats (breathing/relaxation)

Question 8

Imagery in sport (how and when do athletes typically use it)

Answer 8

Limited in rehab

-athletes who use imagery in sport report using it less for rehab then comp or sport

Question 9

Keys to successful imagery (3)

Answer 9

1. Polysensory- visual + kinestetic senses wil provide atthlete w most useful feedback
2. Controlability- ability to imagine exactally what is inteded
3. Vividness- how clear the image is (more senses=beter)

Question 10

Effects of imagery pre injury/onset/rehab

Answer 10

pre- stress management, enhances relaxation
onset- knowledge of pot. outcome, maintainence of attitude
rehab- decrease negative thoughts, performance modeling, specific healing imagery

Question 11

Healing imagery

Answer 11

Images that represent an injury, the physiological coping responses + physiological affects from treatment
–can reduce somatic anxiety

Question 12

Emotive imagery

Answer 12

Use images to trigger emotions

Question 13

Top 3 mental skills

Answer 13

MI, GS, SS

Question 14

SS and its role

Answer 14

-Feeling a part of something

• -helps to set goals, hold u back til fully recovered, increase confidence in coming back
• important to have good communication, support and athlete knowledge

Question 15

Emotional SS (3types)

Answer 15

listening
support- give comfort
challenge- challenge them to evaluate attitude, values

Question 16

Informational SS (2types)

Answer 16

reality confirmation- seeing things the way they are,helps keep things in focus

Task challenge- challenge way of thinking to motivate

Question 17

Tangible support

Answer 17

giving time, skills, knowledge, expertice