Injury prevention and rehab

Tony Carbonette, CAT(C)

FunctionalBalance and Awareness

The Journey8th season – Men’s National Sledge

Hockey program

Paralympics : Torino 2006,

Vancouver 2010

World Championships: Sweden

2004, Boston 2008, Czech Republic

2009

HC’s U18 program Czech Republic

2007

Core Training manual for sledge

Sports Performance Zone

• Definitions

• Tools

• Considerations

• Scenarios

• Sport / activity / lifestyle specific scenarios

• Special Needs / Para

What’s Ahead

Definitions

DefinitionsBalance

• A state of bodily equilibrium

• balance is an ability to

maintain the center of

gravity of a body within the

base of support with

minimal postural sway.

DefinitionsAwareness

• knowing or realizing

DefinitionsStability

• resistance to change

• the capacity of an object to

return to equilibrium or to

its original position after

having been displaced

DefinitionsProprioception

• The awareness of posture,

movement and changes in

equilibrium and the

knowledge of position,

weight, and resistance of

objects in relation to the

body

• Position sense when the

body is stationary;

kinesthetic sense during

movement

DefinitionsFunction

• the kind of action or activity

proper to a person, thing, or

institution; the purpose for

which something is

designed or exists; role.

DefinitionsCore

• The balanced development

of the deep and superficial

muscles that stabilize, align,

and move the trunk of the

body, to provide proper

function

• dynamic and static

stabilization of the spine

• functional stability of the

trunk

Failure

• an act or instance of proving unsuccessful

• lack of success

• The inability of a system or system

component to perform a required function

within specified limits. A failure may be

produced when a fault is encountered.

(computing definition)

• The inability to function or perform

satisfactorily

Definitions

Tools

• Bosu balls

• Stability balls

• Foam rollers

• Balance boards

• therabands

Tools

• Previous experience

• Lifestyle

• Risk factors

• Sport

• Para – athletes ( what can’t they do)

• Progression!!!! Allow them to succeed!!!

• Creativity

• Have a process / guidelines / structure

• Failure points – Educate!!

Considerations

Scenarios

4 groups!

Gr. 1 1 leg stance – 3x progressions

Gr. 2 lunge – 3x progressions

Gr. 3 pushup – 3x progressions

Gr. 4 sitting – 3x progressions

Scenarios

4 groups!

Gr. 1 MMA

Gr. 2 wheelchair athlete (out of chair)

Gr. 3 Tennis

Gr. 4 Elderly

Scenario

Para-athletes

Para-athletes

Faves

Faves

Questions?

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Thank you!