Sports injury Flashcards

1
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to be an applied and registered psychologist

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1600 hours and an interview

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hardi ind

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when confronted with stressful changes, disruptions, or failures, react with a renewed attempt to control the situation and appraise the experience as interesting and worthwhile and concentrated on the growth in knowledge and wisdom that is taking place

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stress

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imbalance between the demands that someone feels that his/her feelings of capability to meet those demands

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anxiety

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a state consisting of psychological and physical symptoms, brought about by a sense of apprehension of a perceived threat - fight or flight

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5
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cognitive arousal time lines

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mental arousal 10-14 days before an event

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6
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somatic arousal timelines

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butterflies, sweaty palms, 24 hours before competition then 1 hour to right before the event

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7
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trait arousal

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all the time

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8
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hardiness and anxiety

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they have less, combination of attitudes provide necessary courage, motivation and capability to turn developmental and environmental stressors into opportunities for growth

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3 steps to hardiness

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Commitment - goal and commit, have a plan
control - look at what you can control and control it
challenge - how you help people look at obstacles as an opportunity for growth

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10
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michael jordan

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i’ve failed over and over again in my life and thats why im succeeded

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growth

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risks and failures are opportunities for growth, the ability to bounce back

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12
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what did you not do because you were afraid?

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you didnt want to look incompetent,

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13
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get an ind to be hardi

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reframe their mindset to get uncomfortable

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14
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emergent therapy

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put them in anxiety situations so they have to cope with it - cut the weak links so you get used to it and is not triggered

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15
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young players

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people dont leave things to chance - they do everything possible to succeed
anxious/performance anxiety because they didnt think they were prepared - skipped out on elite training and visualization and relaxation can only get you so far.
self awareness to manage anxiety but still execute

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16
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3 characteristics for goal setting

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provide direction
play an important role in cognition and problem solving
important for outcome evaluation
*cant get back on track if you dont know where you’re going

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types of goals

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SMART - specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely
outcome - win/lose
performance - be able to do this (within your control)
process - what youre gonna do to get there

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18
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goal setting and stress

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less because you know you have done everything you could do so now focus on everything you can do

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19
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why do we feel incompetent

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people get rewarded in public what they do in private

20
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cognitive distortions

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inaccurate thoughts that are used to reinforce negative thinking or emotions

21
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common cognitive distortions (15 but 5)

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filtering
black and white 
overgeneralization 
jumping to conclusions 
carastrophizing
22
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filtering

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filtering out all the pos, everything you didnt do

23
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black and white thinking

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you won or you lost, doesnt matter you beat you PB you lost so you suck

24
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overgeneraliztion

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you missed one you will miss all

25
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jumping to conclusions

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not going to talk to the coach because you know what they are going to say

26
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catastrophizing

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miss a shot you get lost in your head and miss another one

27
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to counter cognitive distortions

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write down all your negative thoughts and think of a positive one to challenge everyone

28
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traumatic sporting experience

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any life event causing significant physical and or emotional injury and distress, in which the person powerfully experience being overwhelmed, helpless, trapped, can become a traumatic experience

29
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what can cause traumatic sporting experience

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sprains, concussions, torn ligaments, broken bones, witnessing another athlete get badly injured

30
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Roots of significant problem in an athlete’s performance

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sport trauma history esp injuries with simultaneous physical/emotional traumas

31
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reminiscing a traumatic event can

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trigger anxiety

32
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what can one to to get rid of the traumatic anxiety

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EMDR resensitizing treatment that taps into CNS to access memories and refile so they dont trigger responses

33
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8 impacts of injuries

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grief/loss - feelings if not dealt with
loss of anything important
complicated grief causes stress
tense muscles - elevated stress does not help with healing
elevated stress response
injury produces immediate imbalance in athlete’s life
chronic pain can alter moods, disturb sleep, affect cognitive processes and profoundly affect relationships

34
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3 pronged approach of coping with injury

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focus on physical problem
focus on emotional strategies
reframing and distraction

35
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strategy for injury rehab

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set goals - treatment options - what can YOU do and what CAN you do
do the other part of the body
come up with a plan for the season, dont treat yourself like litmus paper and have control by doing things that you can do

36
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whats detrimental to the injured athlete

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lack of structure and disconnection to the team

37
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visualization and imagery

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one of the most important mental skills

38
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6 things athletes use visualization for

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prepare for competition 
deal with errors in technique 
learn new skills 
relaxation 
increase motivation 
attention/focus
39
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what do you create in visualization

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functional equivalence to fire all the synapses in your train to trick your brain into thinking that the imagery is the experience

40
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relaxation

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calm mind cant have a restless body so promote rest, recovery and recuperation
removal of stress related reactions like increased muscle tension

41
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what has an increased receptivity to positive mental image

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physical and mental state

42
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what to establish before warming up for a competition

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set level of physical and mental arousal

43
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how to get from fight flight freeze to rest and digest

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4 second breaths for 5 minutes

44
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progressive muscle relaxation

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somatic anxiety
active contracting and relaxing of muscles
4-6 seconds then relax

45
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everything you need is already inside -

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look at what you did not do well and do it better