6. • Understanding your body
• Understanding the physical and psychological side of an
injury
• How does inflammation effect recovery
• Differential diagnosis
• Quick overview of two key body parts: the spine and
shoulder
• Do you use ICE or HEAT
• Stretching and how it works
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Lose weight
Increase strength
Simply become more physically active
Overall better health
The thrill of something new
Competition/Personal Challenge
What are your goals?
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Pain and exercise
High speed, high impact can cause injury - fact
Careful not to push your body to fatigue….regularly
Don’t compromise form for speed and numbers
Vomiting and exercise
Continued inflammation
The older you get, the longer it takes to heal
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9. • The body’s response
to injury.
• Beginning stage to
healing.
• 5 cardinal signs of
inflammation:
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Heat
Redness
Swelling
Pain
Loss of Range of
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Inflammation
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17. • What does ICE do?
• Constricts blood vessels to decrease blood flow
• Decreases Inflammation
• Decreases muscle spasms
• Decreases pain
• What does HEAT do?
• Increases blood flow to treatment area for healing
• Improves flexibility and stretching abilities
• Relaxes soft tissue (muscles)
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18. Use Ice
Use Heat
• Acute injury (new)
• Presences of swelling,
discoloration, and loss of
function.
• Pain
• Contusions
• First degree burns
• Pain has diminished
• No presence of
discoloration or swelling.
• Chief Complaint:
stiffness, loss of ROM
Ice vs. Heat
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21. • How does a muscle
work?
• Muscle guarding –
Protection
• Stretching muscles
means you are
lengthen nerves too
Stretching
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22. • Do not bounce!
• Slow steady hold. Hold for at least 20 seconds. Repeat 3-5
times.
• Stretches are more effective after a warm up.
• Protect your joints when stretching.
• Breathe normally when stretching.
• Cool down and stretch post exercise.
• You shouldn’t be in pain. Go until you feel a moderate
stretch and hold it. Repeat. Each repetition you should go
further.
Tips on Proper Stretching
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29. Current Concepts in the Treatment of
Impingement Problems
75% of shoulder
impingements are treated
non-operatively
Classical pinching of
anterior or superior
rotator cuff or bursa
manifested by pain
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30. Shoulder Impingement
• Saran wrap folded on itself
with oil between layers
• 1/3 have down slopping
acromions
• Anterior 1/3 create
impingement
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31. 4 Major Curves in the
Spine
• 7 Cervical Vertebra
• Forward curve (lordosis)
• 12 Thoracic Vertebra
• Backward curve (kyphosis)
• 5 Lumbar Vertebra
• Forward curve (lordosis)
• Coccyx
• Backward curve (kyphosis)
Lifting and Back Injuries
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34. Damaging Disc Life
Caused by both
repetitive stress and
microtrauma
Faulty posture and
inflexibility
Poor lifting mechanics
Most common at L4/L5
and L5/S1
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Understanding your body – makes you a healthier person.
Listen to your body – it doesn’t lie.
No Pain, No Gain is not true for strength training
Inflammation won’t go away- cause you won’t let it!
Recovery and Rest are ignored but key to injury healing.
Active Rest – Requires exercise modification, not
stopping.
Take Home Points
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39. THANK YOU!!!!!
• What questions do
you have?
• What topics would
you like to learn
about?
What Questions Do You Have?
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