Injury Rehabilitation Sport Rehabilitation Why do we use sports rehabilitation Athletes coaches and physiotherapists all aim to successfully rehabilitate the injured performer Performer will be allowed to ID: 779247
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Slide1
A2 PE
PHED 3Exercise PhysiologyInjury Rehabilitation
Slide2Sport Rehabilitation
Slide3Why do we use sports rehabilitation?
Athletes, coaches and physiotherapists all aim to successfully rehabilitate the injured performer.Performer will be allowed to return to training as quickly as possible and
minimise fitness losses.
Variety of methods can be used to help athlete to recover from injuries such as the following;
Slide4Types we will be addressing…
Oxygen tent
Hyperbaric chambers
Ice baths
Slide5Oxygen (hypoxic) Tent;
Used to mimic conditions of high altitude and are used by performers to maintain fitness levels while injuredWidely used by endurance athletes
in order to
mimic the environmental conditions of altitude
.
Oxygen tents help to rehabilitate the injured performer by replicating low-oxygen conditions.
It causes the body the body of the athlete to
produce more red blood cells
rich with haemoglobin resulting in more O2 being transported around the body
maintaining cardiovascular fitness despite injury.
All in all oxygen tents are therefore used to preserve the fitness of the injured athlete rather than to treat the injury itself.
Usually used when the athlete has injury to the legs or feet
.
Slide6Hyperbaric Chambers
A Hyperbaric Chamber is a chamber
that
delivers
100% pure oxygen at very high pressure to promote recovery of injured athletes
.
Oxygen given in a hyperbaric chamber is
2.5 times greater than normal atmospheric pressure
.
Haemoglobin within red blood cells quickly become fully saturated with oxygen. Any excess oxygen is dissolved into plasma component of the blood.
With the use of these chambers, there is
improved blood supply
, an
increased formation of new blood cells
and
faster rate of cell turnover
enhancing growth and
repair of tissue cells
.
These chambers can recover:
Soft tissue (muscular) injuries and oedema (swelling).
Tissue infections
Tendon and ligament damage.
Slide7Ice
Baths; ( more of a recovery method that rehabilitation)
Used by a variety of athletes; from marathon runners to Rugby
players,
t
his is
the immersion of performer’s body
‘usually legs’ in
ice cold water
which is believed to
reduce muscle soreness
and
tissue swelling
that accompanies
hard training and competition
and DOMS which are accompanied by micro trauma .
Thus, allowing for an
even and controlled constriction
of blood vessels which surround all the muscles. Effectively squeezing and
draining waste products
and blood from the submersed area.
On exit from the ice bath,
after about 6 minutes of being
submersed, we can see that this
invokes a blood rush
. Thereby flushing the muscle with
fresh oxygenated blood carrying the nutrients
and components necessary to
revitalise the damage and sore tissue
. This would allow a sports performer to recover from hard training and competition quickly.
Slide8Past Questions
How may Hyperbaric Chambers aid injury rehabilitation? 3marks, June 2012How can a performer reduce the effects of delayed onset of muscle soreness (DOMS)?
(
3
marks, June 11)