1. Physical therapy, in and of itself, serves to improve a person’s quality of life by reducing pain and improving or restoring mobility so that positive functional outcomes may be achieved. Injury prevention through education, evidence based activities and the facilitation of correct body mechanics further assists in promoting these physical therapy principles albeit in a decidedly pro-active way. As the body is connected in a kinetic chain, preventative strategies help reduce the risk of injury while prompting a carry-over effect. That is, these learned behaviors and practices allow for improved movement in everyday activities which, in turn, are responsible for inhibiting injuries and improving response to treatment when injuries do occur.
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We took care to ensure that our community group would be addressed by implementing an appropriate learning style. Since the community group we were presenting to was a girl’s high school soccer team, we focused on breaking the exercises down step by step. According to Tiffany Kiphart’s lecture, “Principles of Motor Control and Motor Behavior”, from Physical Rehabilitation Procedures, teenagers learn best by breaking tasks down, and while they may over-shoot, they learn from their mistakes (Kiphart). Breaking down the exercises was also beneficial because it allowed our group as instructors to emphasize the correct technique and body positioning during the exercises, as we frequently stressed to “keep the body aligned”. In addition, breaking the exercises down also allowed us the extra time to correct any problems as we saw them and to reinforce the proper techniques, such as preventing valgus collapse at the knee. Emphasizing the correct techniques and body positioning is additionally important because it ensures that the team players are getting all of the benefits of the exercises, as well as preventing injury, such as ACL tears. Preventing ACL injury is especially important because these injuries are 3 times higher in females vs. male soccer players (Geier, 2015). Our teaching style was designed to meet the needs of the learning style the community as teenagers, and was additionally able to allow further instruction for proper technique and prevention of …show more content…
Our project had many strengths including organization, presentation, and synergy. All group members gave suggestions for a topic and we were able to discuss and quickly agree upon a relevant topic. Ultimately and unitedly we chose to Melissa’s topic. Once that was decided, Melissa graciously made arrangements with the Labrae soccer team in order to move our project forward. We worked cohesively as a team to brainstorm and plan for the project. We narrowed our focus to injury prevention, the safe play act, and the connection between sport and rehab with an emphasis on evidence based research and application of our acquired knowledge. We followed our outline precisely, but not inflexibly, and were able to adapt and as new ideas, circumstances and group research arose. Our meetings and rehearsals were not only extremely stimulating but also decidedly
We took care to ensure that our community group would be addressed by implementing an appropriate learning style. Since the community group we were presenting to was a girl’s high school soccer team, we focused on breaking the exercises down step by step. According to Tiffany Kiphart’s lecture, “Principles of Motor Control and Motor Behavior”, from Physical Rehabilitation Procedures, teenagers learn best by breaking tasks down, and while they may over-shoot, they learn from their mistakes (Kiphart). Breaking down the exercises was also beneficial because it allowed our group as instructors to emphasize the correct technique and body positioning during the exercises, as we frequently stressed to “keep the body aligned”. In addition, breaking the exercises down also allowed us the extra time to correct any problems as we saw them and to reinforce the proper techniques, such as preventing valgus collapse at the knee. Emphasizing the correct techniques and body positioning is additionally important because it ensures that the team players are getting all of the benefits of the exercises, as well as preventing injury, such as ACL tears. Preventing ACL injury is especially important because these injuries are 3 times higher in females vs. male soccer players (Geier, 2015). Our teaching style was designed to meet the needs of the learning style the community as teenagers, and was additionally able to allow further instruction for proper technique and prevention of …show more content…
Our project had many strengths including organization, presentation, and synergy. All group members gave suggestions for a topic and we were able to discuss and quickly agree upon a relevant topic. Ultimately and unitedly we chose to Melissa’s topic. Once that was decided, Melissa graciously made arrangements with the Labrae soccer team in order to move our project forward. We worked cohesively as a team to brainstorm and plan for the project. We narrowed our focus to injury prevention, the safe play act, and the connection between sport and rehab with an emphasis on evidence based research and application of our acquired knowledge. We followed our outline precisely, but not inflexibly, and were able to adapt and as new ideas, circumstances and group research arose. Our meetings and rehearsals were not only extremely stimulating but also decidedly