Instead of addressing this after the injured, the above should be a proactive
conversation with your child before injury occurs.
- These are all factors that contribute to an injury free performance
- Chances are, in sport, at some point you will be injured.
- If/when you do get injured we’re going to talk about these things and together decide which ones we think contributed so we can limit the likelihood of them recurring.
- This way, the responsibility is being shared with the athlete rather than being assumed by the parent (and meaning little to the athlete)
Proactive Injury Management
- Pre/in/post season training. With proper coaching, programming and guidance at higher levels is effective injury management.
- Stretching is a great habit to develop early. ex: many teams are signing up for team yoga and seeing the benefits to stability & mobility.
- Nutrition & hydration are KEY influencers of injury management as we’ve already spoken about.
- Sleep is essential to optimal performance & injury management. 8hrs min / 10hrs max.
- Rehabilitation. We’re almost at the age where ‘suck it up’ needs to be shelved. Getting a proper diagnosis & exercises can be the difference between being out for 2 days or 2 months.
- Proper Warm Ups and Prep Movements: Essential to the activity or sport at hand. The days of lying on your back and static stretching are over. Movement prep for sport is essential.
Burn out.
Many of our children are in
multiple sports at the same time. This can lead to stress (trying to fit
them all in) and burn out (if we can fit them all in)
We need to be both conscious
& realistic about our children’s capacity to handle the volume of
activities as well as see when they’re doing too much.
- Disengagement – they don’t really care
- Not passionate - they are not as excited
- Lack luster effort – they’ve given up.
- Resentment to going to ‘another thing’
- Fatigue – they are chronically tired.
A Message to the Players/Children
When you
are in practice or at a group training class, please adhere to the following:
Let’s listen to your bodies. Pain
and discomfort are completely different things. If something is not right
or really hurts, tell your parents/coaches. Deal with it directly. I
played football for years, played through broken fingers and separated
shoulders. Never told anyone. It was an unwritten rule back then that you
should suck it up. Problem is, I’m 37 years old now and still dealing with
issues that I could have addressed back then.
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