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Neave Gilpin Unit 18 Task 4 Rehabilitation Programme Rehabilitation programme for an athlete who is suffering from mild shin splints, their main sport is long distance running. Their usual training sessions include bleep tests and hill sprints. Firstly, I would strongly suggest that the athlete stops any intense exercise and sport. This is because quick stops and starts are most likely to be the cause of the athlete’s injury. It may have been because he trains by doing the bleep test, which is an intense sport involve many quick turns when changing direction at speed. The athletes shin splints may have also occurred due to the fact that he does a lot of long distance running on roads and hard ground. Running on hard ground causes the lower shin to have to absorb a lot of the shock, and over a long period of time, and high intensity can cause shin splints. Hill sprints may be a less likely cause of shin splints but whilst the athlete is in his rehabilitation process, I would strongly suggest that he doesn’t do any intense exercise for the next 2 weeks. For the rehabilitation programme, I would suggest to the athlete that he will need to wear shock absorbing insoles inside his trainers, this will help him to do strengthening exercises without doing further damage to the lower shin from shock. It is important that the athlete follows the rehabilitation programme to be able to make a full recovery. Athletes can often feel denial towards their injury and don’t feel the need to spend up to 6 weeks recovering from an injury. If my athlete is feeling denial, they could do exercises and movements that will make their shin splints worsen and lengthen their recovery time. Having to rest for a possible 4 to 6 weeks might also make my athlete feel frustrated and unmotivated, therefore it is important that I make a rehabilitation programme that isn’t too easy or too hard. A rehabilitation programme that is too easy would lengthen the rehabilitation programme and the athlete wouldn’t make much healing progress, likewise if the programme was too hard, they would over train leading to further injury.Week 1 of the rehabilitation programme On the first day of the diagnosis, I would suggest to the athlete to have a rest day. The first rest day is going to involve applying ice to the affected area. This needs to be done for 10 minutes every two hours. This helps to reduce any inflammation around the area and also helps to reduce the pain levels. Pain levels could be reduced by taking pain killers. Also on the first or second day, the injury will need to be looked and examined by a doctor or a podiatrist.Throughout the rest of the week, low intensity exercises need to begin to help begin re strengthen the ligaments connecting to the bone. The main exercises in the first week will involve stretching the lower calf. As well as doing lower limb stretches, on one or two of the days, the athlete will need to complete low intensity muscle building exercises. This will involve doing repetitive squats whilst holding onto a counter top or chair for support. To reduce the intensity of exercise, two days of the first week will involve doing aqua aerobics. Doing 15 reps of 45 second jogging in a swimming pool will help to strengthen the muscles in the lower limb without the damage of exercising on hard floor. Week 2 of the rehabilitation programmeThe second week will be fairly similar to the first week, with less stretching and more low intensity exercises and aqua aerobics. Aqua aerobics will involve more reps for a longer period of time. The athlete should begin to do walking exercises on treadmills, at a low pace and low gradient, helping to slowly strengthen the muscles in the lower calf. At the end of week 2 there will be a rest day. Week 3 of the rehabilitation programmeThe third week will focus mainly on more intense exercises with very little or no stretching. The first day will involve a treadmill run of 3 reps of 20 seconds with a minute rest in between. This is the first medium intense exercise of the rehabilitation programme and could be painful. At this point the athlete may begin to feel challenge or even stressed and under confident about the programme. At this stage it is important that the athlete pushes themselves slightly towards recovery without giving up, however if the athlete is suffering from too much pain, the intensity of the exercises will have to reduce to the level of the second week. If they are able to increase the intensity, another two aqua aerobic sessions will be in place, again increasing the reps and the period of time. Towards the end of the week, there will be two more treadmill sessions, gradually increasing the period of running time each session. This week may be difficult for the athlete, so it is important that they stay motivated and encouraged. Week 4 of the rehabilitation programmeThe last week of the programme will be the most intense, eventually leading up to the athlete’s previous exercises such as hill sprints and bleep tests. At the start of the week the athlete will be doing long treadmill sessions as well as moving onto running on roads. At this point the athlete shouldn’t suffer from pain when running on hard ground. This week won’t involve any aqua running sessions and will mainly focus on high intensity exercises on hard ground. There will be one rest day in the middle of the week, ending with one last long road run of 40 minutes. This week may feel tough but rewarding as the athlete will begin to see significant results in the pain relief from the shin splints. In most situations, shin splints take up to four weeks to recover. If the athlete is still suffering from pain, they will need to go back to their podiatrist or doctor to lengthen their rehabilitation programme. rehabilitation programme for someone who has a severe ankle sprain. Their main sport is hockey, and they do a variety of training methods a few nights a week. To minimise the risk or re-injury, I would suggest that the athlete follows the PRICE method. The first step of this would be to protect the ankle, this will protect it from bumps and knocks. This helps to begin the healing process efficiently and effectively. The second step is to rest the ankle, to allow it to recover, this stage is often ignored as people sometimes think they can walk and use the ankle. The next step is using ice therapy, this is a method that helps to reduce the level of pain as well as reduce inflammation and swelling. This method is known as cryotherapy and should be done for no longer than 15 minutes, using a towel around the cold object to avoid and ice burn. The next step is compression, again helping to reduce the level of swelling. Compression should be applied in the first 24 to 72 hours from when the injury occurred. The last step of the price method is elevation; this reduces blood flow to the ankle meaning there is less swelling around the affected area. Following the price method in the first 72 hours greatly helps to reduce the pain and the symptoms of the injury. However, the ankle will still need to go through a rehabilitation programme to follow up the healing and to strengthen the muscles back to normal. ................
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