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Sal has led the High Performance Specialists with more than ten years of consulting experience in the fitness and health industry. He has had the privilege of working with a ... read more |
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Chronic Injuries II | Tuesday, April 11, 2006 |
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 The last column talked about what chronic sports injuries were.
I mentioned that the most important step in beginning to treat these
injuries was to determine the main predisposing and precipitating
factors for the particular injury.
1/ TRAINING -The most common cause of overuse injuries are in fact
training errors. Most of us have fallen victim to the ""TOO MUCH-
TOO SOON"" adage. The most common and exaggerated example of
this is what I call the CLUB MED syndrome. This is where the people
do very little during the year and then go and play 5 hours of
tennis a day for 6 days straight and then wonder why their elbows
are sore. On a smaller scale a people may develop an injury by increasing
their training too quickly such as increasing the volume or intensity
of their running too quickly while training for a race.
2/BIOMECHANICS- Unfortunately, very few of us are blessed
with perfect bodies. Inherent structural imbalances may lead to unusual
stresses on parts of our body and cause it to break down. The most common examples
of this are runners with flat feet or a bit of a torsion in their legs which may cause
a lower limb injury as they increase their distance. Muscle imbalances, weakness,
or inflexibilities can also lead to injury.
3/ EQUIPMENT-Overuse injuries can come from faulty, worn out, and/or improper
equipment. Running with the wrong or worn out shoes can lead to biomechanical
problems and overuse injuries. The wrong or inappropriate tennis racquet can cause a
tennis elbow.
4/ PREVIOUS INJURY- A previous injury which is not totally healed and rehabilitated to full strength and flexibility can lead to re-injury or a new injury to another body
part.
The next column will discuss how to treat these chronic overuse injuries.
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