Attending a talk by David Tiberio in October gave me a new insight into how to rehabilitate a patient looking to return to normal function, let a lone returning to sporting function. Tiberio discussed about loading and exploding, explaining that in order to carry out any movement, a small opposite movement occurs first. For example, when getting out of a seat, you almost sit deeper into your chair, loading the muscles needed to get you out of the chair (quadriceps, gluts etc) by applying a small stretch. This enables them to explode allowing you to carry out the movement of getting out of the chair.
I also completed a course held by Robin Lansman on Sports biomechanics and muscle chains. Here we looked at developing the standing exam, the squat test, muscle chains (open and closed chains), sport muscle chains.
I was fortunate enough to have a patient who presented with multiple inversion ankle sprains. Using these two tools, along with my knowledge as a personal trainer I carried out some rehabilitation exercises on this patient. An example of the notes can be seen below.
Certificate of the CPD course
Sports rehabilitation is very important, and it normally begins with a pain management treatment program. Usually, sports rehabilitation consists of highly trained professionals like physical therapists, athletic trainers, chiropractors, and massage therapists. Their goal is to help people regain their strength and mobility.
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