PHRE 3045 – Sports Injuries

This course focuses on post injury prevention and reconditioning exercises for clients that have had or are at risk of having an athletic (sports) related injury. Functional anatomy, postural evaluation and muscle imbalances will be used to develop exercise strategies for common sports related injuries.

Target population:

  • Course Instructor: Tim Rush
  • Lab Technician:
  • Semester: Four

Lab Sections:

  • Section 1:
  • Section 2:
  • Section 3:
  • Section 4:
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Lab Schedule
Course: PHRE 3043 - Functional MovementMovement Pattern: HingeTarget: GlutealsSynergist(s): Hamstrings
Exercise
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Key Teaching PointsExpectation: [if 456 equals="Supervised Practice"]Supervised Practice [/if 456][if 456 not_equal="Supervised Practice"]Independent Learning[/if 456][579]
Description:

Set-Up:

  1. Grasp dowel with hand in lower back and hand behind neck
  2. Perform a hip hinge with a dowel against your back to full flexion and extend back to standing.
  3. The dowel must touch your tailbone (coccyx), hand against lower back, dowel touches upper back, hand behind neck, and dowel touches head throughout the entire movement. Record angle where any contact point is lost.

Scoring:

3 – Client is able to achieve >60° hip flexion with dowel remaining in contact at all points.

2 – Client able to achieve 45-60° hip flexion before dowel loses contact.

1 – Back rounds or dowel loses contact before client achieves 45° hip flexion.

0 – Client unable to hinge OR pain occurs

Common Error(s):
Spotting:
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