Overview

This topic equips students with essential skills for understanding and managing injury prevention and rehabilitation practices in sport. Students will explore the roles of support staff, the benefits of a multidisciplinary approach, and strategies for effective injury prevention and rehabilitation practices. Key skills include injury risk profiling, screening protocols, data … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to understand the principles and practice of injury prevention and rehabilitation practices by examining:

  • The roles and structure of support staff involved with injury prevention and rehabilitation practices
  • The impact of a multidisciplinary approach in optimising athlete recovery
  • How to conduct Injury risk profiling and screening protocols to assess injury risk factors or triggers in different sports
  • How to interpret data for prevention and rehabilitation strategies
  • The implementation of corrective exercise strategies for injury prevention
  • How to manage the rehabilitation process from injury occurrence to return to competition for common sporting injuries
  • The unique anatomical, physiological, mechanical and environmental factors that influence injury risk, training approaches and adaptions

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