sports medicine cq4; rehabilitation procedures Flashcards
What are the rehabilitation procedures?
- Progressive mobilisation
- Graduated exercise (stretching, conditioning, total body fitness)
- Training
- Use of heat and cold
What is rehabilitation?
The process of restoring the athlete to pre-injury level of physical fitness by aiming to restore optimal function of the injured area and return the athlete to competition and safely prevent re-injury.
What is progressive mobilisation?
The period of the rehabilitation stage in which aims to restore the range of movement within the injured site
What should an athlete do within progressive mobilisation?
- Both passive and active movements specific to the injured site with limited pain
- In the early stage ice and compression from RICER can help remove waste products and reduce swelling
- After waste products and swelling is gone, gentle static stretching will help to increase muscle fibre length, joint mobility and breakdown accumulated scar tissue.
What is graduated exercise?
The step in the rehabilitation process in which increases the strength and flexibility of the injured site.
What are the factors of graduated exercise?
Placing increased physical demands on the body through; stretching, conditioning and total body fitness.
Why is stretching essential for graduated exercise?
Due to the accumulation of scar tissue apart of the natural process for recovery, it can make the injured site inflexible and increase the risk of secondary injury.
- This is why stretching is required in order to reduce scar tissue and return flexibility and range of motion to the injured area.
What is an example of graduated exercise stretching for a basketball player suffering a hamstring injury?
They should implement static and PNF stretches of the hamstring to help restore the flexibility and muscle length that is lost through inactivity.
What is conditioning in graduated exercise?
Conditioning refers to strengthening the injured site through the introduction of more demanding exercises (this should be done pain free) which is aimed at restoring the full range of motion and flexibility.
Is specificity essential at the stage of conditioning within graduated exercise?
Specificity is essential at this stage so that the regime targets the appropriate areas.
For example;
- For a shoulder dislocation, exercises should target external rotation and abduction such as shoulder press, rear deltoid raises and lightly weighted arm raises.
What is total body fitness in graduated exercise?
The maintenance of overall physical fitness during the rehabilitation stage in order to prevent reversibility.
How would an athlete conduct total body fitness?
The program must progressively overload the muscle groups and energy systems specific to the sport without detrimenting recovery.
What are adaptations that must be regained during total body fitness?
- Hypertrophy of muscles
- Strengthening of tendons and ligaments
- Increased joint mobility
- Increased elasticity of fibres
- Absence of pain
- Fully restored coordination
What are examples of total body fitness for a basketball player?
If a basketball player has injured their ankle and are on crutches, they can work on their upper body strength by doing exercises such as shoulder press, bicep curls or seated ropes as upper body weight training.
What should an athlete in rehab start to incorprorate in the rehabilitation process after graduated exercises?
Training, the athlete should undertake modified training activities and progressively increase the level of competition on the physical demands.
