Unlocking Athletes

Episode 10 - Dealing with injuries


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In Episode 10, we discuss the highly polarized topic of injuries in athletes.⁣

Anyone who has been training longer than a day knows that it is a matter of time before an injury occurs.  Whether it is a blistered hand, strained muscle, or something much more serious, it is not a matter of IF but WHEN you will deal with an injury.  ⁣

In this episode we discuss how we use training to prevent injuries where we can, minimize them if possible, and return our athletes to full function after they occur.⁣

Some topics we cover are:⁣

- The training and injury paradox.⁣

- Training smarter AND harder.⁣

- Training load, allostasis, and injury prevention.⁣

- Methods for optimizing recovery.⁣

- Bridging the gap between rehab and performance.⁣

- Leading Indicators of injury⁣

- Defining individualized movement.⁣

- The gift of injury.⁣

Rapid Fire Q&A from our social media questions:⁣

Adapting Mindset while training alone - Maintaining intensity ⁣

REFERENCES for your own research.⁣

Assessment of fatigue and recovery in male and female athletes following six days of intensified strength training. J Strength Cond Res. RAYSMITH, B. P. & DREW, M. K⁣

 The relationship between training load and incidence of injury and ilness. RAEDER, C., WIEWELHOVE, T., DE PAULA SIMOLA, R. A., KELLMANN, M., MEYER, T., PFEIFFER, M. & FERRAUTI, A. 2016. ⁣

 Has the athlete trained enough to return to play safely? The acute:chronic workload ratio permits clinicians to quantify a player's risk of subsequent injury. Br J Sports Med.⁣

HULIN, B. T., GABBETT, T. J., BLANCH, P., CHAPMAN, P., BAILEY, D. &ORCHARD, J. W. 2014. ⁣

Spikes in acute workload are associated with increased injury risk in elite cricket fast bowlers. Br J Sports Med, 48, 708-12. HULIN, B. T., GABBETT, T. J., LAWSON, D. W., CAPUTI, P. & SAMPSON, J. A. 2015.⁣

The acute:chronic workload ratio predicts injury: high chronic workload may decrease injury risk in elite rugby league players. Br J Sports Med. PIGGOTT, B. 2008.⁣

Assessment of fatigue and recovery in male and female athletes following six days of intensified strength training. J Strength Cond Res. RAYSMITH, B. P. & DREW, M. K. ⁣

Performance success or failure is influenced by weeks lost to injury and illness in elite Australian Track and Field athletes: a 5-year prospective study. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport.⁣

SAW, A. E., MAIN, L. C. & GASTIN, P. B. 2015. ⁣

Monitoring the athlete training response: subjective self-reported measures trump commonly used objective measures: a systematic review. Br J Sports Med.

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