Pre season / competition Injury Screening is designed to highlight intrinsic factors (e.g. muscle imbalances, limited range of motion & leg length discrepancy) and extrinsic factors (eg. running technique, duration and frequency of training, playing surface, footwear, playing position etc) that may predispose to injury. The Injury Screen includes a Comprehensive Questionnaire and assesses both static and dynamic posture and may include the Functional Movement Screen developed by American Physical Therapist Gray Cook which assess the squat, in line lunge, hurdle, hamstring and hip flexor length, trunk rotation, core stability and shoulder mobility and Primary (Primal) Movement Patterns as promoted by Paul Chek. Other criteria specific to your sport will be included in the over all screening e.g. dynamic flexibility, ability to decelerate rapidly and your ability to cut without loss of momentum plus static posture. Still photography and video analysis both real time and slow motion are used to give a complete picture of your movement patterns and potential injury risks. It must be stressed that the injury screen's primary purposes are to highlight injury risk factors, prevent injury and thereby help improve your performance.
Below is an an example of what is assessed and the contents of the report for a Running Injury Screen.
Included in the report are all the static stretches you need to include in your current routine that will address the shortened / overactive muscles. Remember these muscles are largely responsible for the muscles imbalances that may lead to injury as an over active muscle inhibits its opposite or antagonistic muscle, destabilizes the joint / joints that both the muscles act on and causes injury through forcing the inhibited muscle to work harder or causes synergistic muscles to have to work harder to compensate for the weakness in the inhibited one. The results are INJURY and LOSS OF PERFORMANCE. Movement Patterns Assessed In The Functional Movement Screen
My Injury Screens are specific to each sport and therefore the contents will vary slightly, in particular with the movements I assess using video analysis. For example when analysing distance runners I only need to video you from the front, behind and both sides, running at your normal running speed while a footballer will be videoed doing a selection of movements typical of their sport e.g. sprinting, cutting, jumping and kicking. If you have a coach it would be a good idea to share the results of your screen with him / her. If you are a coach it is very important that you encourage your squad to have an Injury Screen. Remember the injury screen's primary purposes are to highlight injury risk factors, prevent injury and thereby help improve your performance. |
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My booklet entitled "Static Stretches Part 1" will provide all the stretches you wil need in the initial stage. |
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Overhead Squat front view showing; probable overactivity in the latissimus dorsi, pectoralis major, pec minor, teres major, glute medius, TFL, glute maximus, soleus and gastrocnemius. |
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Head Neck Shoulder Upper Arm Elbow Wrist & Hand Back Abdominals Hip & Groin Thigh Knee Lower Leg Ankle Foot Miscelaneous |
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