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🌟 Meet Athletic Trainers: Julianna Oehrlein & Africa Harper 🌟 JULIANNA OEHRLIN From Oakland, NJ, with 1.5 years at CU, Julianna integrates a James Madison University education into her care. She's propelled by a love for sports, a nursing legacy from her mom, and the drive to combine healthcare and athletics. Transitioning from high school football fields to pediatric orthopedics, Julianna enjoys the dynamic, impactful nature of athletic training. "Growing up in a sports-loving, healthcare-oriented family, becoming an ATC was a natural step. It blends my passions perfectly. Seeing a full recovery—from injury on the basketball court, through surgery, to leading rehab—that's the real win." AFRICA HARPER Dedicated to athletic training for 4 years with CU and hailing from the Bronx, NY, Africa brings a SUNY Cortland education to Dr. Roberts' team. Aiding recovery from orthopedic injuries is more than a job—it's her calling, inspired by helping her mother. Every athlete's unique journey keeps her challenged and fulfilled, wearing many hats in her diverse role. "Stepping into athletic training let me help others return to their everyday life. I adore the variety and challenges each day brings—no injury is the same, and the solutions are just as diverse. There’s a thrill in the unpredictability." #AthleticTrainer #SportsMedicine #HealthcareHeroes #ATC #NATM2024

"Return to Training and Competition Recommendations for Postpartum Athletes" You need to Log In to Register for this course! Date & Time 02/19/2024 8:00 PM ET Contact Hours 2 Hours $55 Course Description This course will provide an overview of current guidelines for postpartum athletes who wish to return to training and competition. An extensive overview of the “fourth trimester” and a detailed guide for designing a personalized, sports specific return to training program will be covered. Guidelines for assessing client postpartum recovery and readiness to return to exercise will be provided, as well as best practices for ensuring appropriate exercise loading and progression. https://lnkd.in/gGTPW4mH

Rec #20-28 of 29 Best Practices for EAPs in Athletic Settings: DOCUMENTATION This is Part EIGHT of a Nine-part series #EAPtogether https://lnkd.in/gtkcQeG6

🔎 Rodíguez-Perea et al. (2023) aimed to synthesise scientific evidence to determine the effect of core training on ⚖️ balance, 🏈 throwing/hitting velocity or distance, and 🤾♂️ jumping in healthy subjects. 📑 The inclusion criteria were randomised control trials with healthy subjects >12 years old. Isolated (ICT) or combined core training (CCT) ≥4 weeks for athletic performance outcomes for balance, throw/hit, and jump, and there was sufficient data to calculate effective sizing. 🧪A total of 3,223 studies were identified, 22 were included in the systematic review, and 21 in the meta-analysis. Rodíguez-Perea et al. Showed evidence that the core represents the functional term of the trunk muscles...and connects the upper and lower extremities. The authors results showed that core training improved: ✔️Balance (ES = 1.17). ✔️Throwing/hitting velocity (ES = 0.30), ✔️Throwing/hitting distance (ES = 3.42). ✔️Vertical jumping (ES = 0.69). ✔️Horizontal jumping (ES = 0.84). The jump ability is a requirement for success in several sports. 🙌 This meta-analysis shows a moderate and significant effect on jumping performance with core training. In conclusion: 🔚 The systematic review suggest that core training should be included in athletic performance sessions, and found that ICT and CCT have a moderate and large effect on athletic performance, with no significant differences. CCT performed better in balance and throwing/hitting, while ICT performed better in jumping performance. Lastly, the authors findings for training recommendations for balance improvement are inconclusive for coaches of different sports.⏰ 💡 However, it is recommended to train twice a week, with a duration of 6 weeks or less. #Prehab #Rehab #InjuryPrevention #SportsRehab #InjuryPrevention #SportsInjury #SportsRehab #RehabRecovery

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📢 Proud to present - STRENGTH & CONDITIONING FOR REHAB PROFESSIONALS Featuring Guest Lessons from Ben Ashworth Dan Howells Jonas Tawiah Dodoo Erik Meira Scot Morrison Jesse K. Wright ⁉️Why did I create this course? The physical demands & athletic standards an athlete must achieve in elite sport far exceed the scope of traditional clinical education. Then educational options traditionally available to up-skill on strength and conditioning (where you could learn about greater athleticism) is never contextual to rehab. So there’s a large knowledge gap to overcome before you can confidently provide rehab to high-performers... 🫵 Why you should take this course The Strength & Conditioning for Rehab Professionals Course shares essential S&C knowledge that is contextually specific and transferable to your professional context immediately. 🤔 IMPROVE YOUR REASONING Certifications & common content is often based on methodology and whilst that’s tempting, it becomes expensive, noisy and creates more confusion than clarity. Elite practitioners are outcome driven and that allows them to plan backwards to identify the right strategy at the right time. This course is about refining your reasoning to be efficiently prescriptive not overwhelm you with tricks 🧠 LEARN TO THINK NOT COPY Don’t just listen to experts presenters - Learn how they think! The expert contributors on this course don’t just tell you what they do, they explain how and why they do what they do. This allows you to model and integrate their way of thinking into own your practise 🚀 FEEL CONFIDENT AT THE ELITE END There is no longer a reason to feel intimidated or lost about how to rehab and manage physically high performing athletes. This course not only covers the physical capacities athletes need to perform, but how to test, make objective decisions and then ultimately improve those capacities or physical qualities. 🏁 SIGN-UP NOW & SAVE $250 (Offer Ends April 30th) https://lnkd.in/e9eZbTnp #physiotherapy #physicaltherapy #sportsphysio #strengthandconditioning #sportscience #sportsmedicine #coaching #highperformance #sport #athletictraining #sportsinjuries #injuryrehab #sportsrehab #sportsperformance #orthopedics #rehabscience

Teaching more advanced plyometrics to athletes recovering from injury is a must if return to sport or performance is their goal. However, fear on re-injury and a lack of trust in their power production on the injured lower extremity are all too often encountered patient athlete obstacles by the rehabilitation professional. Hence, the sports medicine professional often must alter the surrounding environment of the patient athlete in order for them to feel confident in their ability to perform the prescribed plyometric task. Below is an easy way in which I like to better enable a patient athlete to perform a type of continuous bounding while utilizing hoops as external targets. Feel free to use as indicated or to reach out with questions! If you are looking to learn more about how to blend rehab with reconditioning principles for return to sport, check out the courses down below as both are accredited for CEUs for both physical therapists and S & C coaches! For a limited time, BOGO free as well! Periodized ACL Program: A Reconditioning Masterclass (2.0 CEUs by NSCA) https://lnkd.in/gP7HhcA3 Periodized ACL Program: Rehab to Performance (30 CE credits in 42 states) https://lnkd.in/gEJ-xtm3 #training #physicaltherapy #coaching #learning #sportmedicine #sportsperformance #sportscience #sports #coaching #performance #sportsmedicine #physicaltherapy #rehabilitation #StrengthandConditioning #rehab #fitness #S&C #training #physicalpreparation #PT #health #training #coaching #environment #sportsmedicine #physicaltherapy

Perspective is everything. What looks like an obvious and apparent choice to some people with regards to intervention selection is anything but to others. This is in part due to the fact of the preconceived notions that some clinicians and coaches have with regards to the utilization capabilities of certain pieces of equipment. How often do you see some coaches and clinicians use foam rollers for just soft tissue work or SMR? Or some coaches using sleds in the sagittal plane only for pushing and pulling interventions? Obviously, nothing is wrong with the above use of equipment, but the fact of the matter is creativity with regards to intervention selection can stimulate the patient athletes we serve much more than the same old boring and repetitive interventions that they are accustomed to. Sure, the basics have stood the test of time for a reason and in no way am I insinuating they should be disregarded entirely, but introducing variability in a rehabilitation or training program through progressively specialized interventions should occur also. The video below encapsulates some less commonly used intervention variations for sled and foam roller work. Feel free to use as indicated or to reach out with questions as needed! And as always, never perform interventions for the sake of being different..... perform interventions with the intent of doing things better than they are currently being done so that we coaches and clinicians can better serve the patient athletes we train and rehabilitate, respectively. If you are looking to learn more about how to blend rehab with reconditioning principles for return to sport, check out the courses down below as both are accredited for CEUs for both physical therapists and S & C coaches! For a limited time, BOGO free as well! These courses are the easiest way to satisfy all of your PT or PTA license needs for a renewal period while also obtaining 2.0 CEUs for the NSCA. The courses are very similar, as the reconditioning course omits the first 16 weeks of the program when compared to the original one, otherwise there is no difference between them, so it’s like taking one course in all to receive your CEUs for those of you that are dual credentialed providers! Periodized ACL Program: A Reconditioning Masterclass (2.0 CEUs by NSCA) https://lnkd.in/gP7HhcA3 Periodized ACL Program: Rehab to Performance (30 CE credits in 42 states) https://lnkd.in/gEJ-xtm3 #training #physicaltherapy #coaching #learning #sportsperformance #sportscience #sports #coaching #performance #sportsmedicine #physicaltherapy #rehabilitation #StrengthandConditioning #rehab #fitness #S&C #training #physicalpreparation #PT #health #training #coaching #environment

When you look at this video I want you to see kids having an egg and spoon race over some obstacles having some fun. That is also what I want them to experience. What I won’t ever tell them is that we are working on - balance - core stability - motor planning - fine motor skills Gross motor skills To deliberately work on these skills in isolation with boring repetitive exercises would ruin the experience for the kids and reduce compliance and engagement. Not to mention that integrating skills achieves much more in less time. . Play-based paediatric physio may, at face value look like we’re just having a whole lot of fun playing games.. but we’re building strength and skills that will improve endurance, strength and capacity and most importantly suelf esteem in our kids for their futures. The smiles at the end are the most important part. #playbasedpaediatrics #peterbishopphysioandrehab #NDaffirming #NDIS #paediatricphysiotherapy

A new study led by UF Health musculoskeletal and sports medicine specialist Jason Zaremski, M.D., moves beyond pitch count in assessing the risk of chronic, overuse-arm injuries in high school pitchers. The study, which was published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine and funded by the Orthopaedic and Research Education Foundation and the Aircast Foundation, is a window into the race to throw harder and faster in high school as teens seek an edge to advance to college competition and, just maybe, the pros. Learn more at https://go.ufl.edu/eza4rei