Injury Mitigation Project Content
Using all of the information gathered in your Discussion paper, previous research, and information on corrective exercise in class/your book, you are going to create a team based injury mitigation program. Many times, athletes in a given sport/position have similar compensations and injury risk, so we are able to create a group injury mitigation plan to do what we can to lessen the chances of those injuries actually occurring.
So, what do we include in this injury mitigation plan? Think pre-warm up activities. Athletes need to focus on range of motion, strength, and endurance they tend to lack, as well as balance/proprioception. You can always include more than this, but this is a good base for most programs. Your program should attack the main issues that tend to cause the injury. Think: what strength or range of motion is typically lacking in someone who gets repetitive ankle sprains?
You are to create 20-30 minute program that can be done by an entire position group or team (meaning this plan should not have hands-on components like joint mobilizations, unless they are done by the patient themselves). In this plan, include:
Range of motion exercises
Strength/endurance exercises
Balance/proprioception exercises
Parameters for all exercises
Any equipment needed to complete the exercises
There is no requirement for the number of exercises, but it should attack the main compensations/issues associated with your chosen injury and sport. Be creative! You don’t need multiple “days”, just one solid plan they can use before they warm up for a practice or game.
Once you create your plan, discuss your rationale. There always needs to be a reason for your choice! This should include evidence, which may or may not be some you found in the initial portion of this assignment.
Lastly, put your discussion paper and this paper into one document. It should flow well, giving a background on your sport, the movement analysis and common injuries, and finishing with the plan you created and why you created it. It is expected that you have a solid draft of your final paper at this stage. You will be provided with feedback to implement into your final submission! A grading rubric can be found below.
Grading Criteria
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Student included all requirements listed in the assignment description
Missing 1 or more requirements
All requirements present
Injury mitigation program is applicable to the injury and sport, all requirements present
Missing aspects of the program listed above, not applicable to the injury or sport
Program is fully complete and applicable to the injury and sport
Rationale is complete and uses appropriate evidence
Rationale is incomplete or doesn’t use evidence (no citations may result in a zero on the assignment)
Rationale is complete with evidence (AMA format)
Paper is professional with a clear flow
Paper is disorganized or does not use professional terminology
Paper is easy to follow and uses professional terminology
Student used proper grammar and mechanics
2-3 grammatical errors
0-1 grammatical errors
Sources are provided and its in AMA
