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Off Season Conditioning Program for Middle
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Off – Season
Conditioning Program for Middle and High
School Athletes
 In
today’s athletic society our preadolescent
and adolescent athletes are working out and
training year round. Many professionals
report that the results of these year-round
conditioning and training regimens are
bigger, faster, and stronger athletes. These
results are not in question. However, the
question isn’t fully answered. Our
preadolescent and adolescent athletes are
getting other results also…
According to
the November 2000 issue of the USA Today,
knee ligament injuries for females have
increased by 172%. Additionally, a study
chronicled in the December 2006 issue of the
Journal of the American Medical Association
(JAMA) indicated that 1.4 million injuries
occurred during the 2005 - 2006 school year.
What should be
done about these alarming injury rates?
Should our athletes work out and train even
more? Should they continue to do more of the
same? Athletic Training & Conditioning, Inc.
proposes, “If you always do what you’ve
always done, you will always get what you’ve
always got”. Something different must be
done to decrease the probability of injury
for our athletes.
The “something
different” is a Performance Based Functional
Assessment performed by Athletic Training &
Conditioning, Inc. A Performance Based
Functional Assessment is an evaluation of an
athlete’s movement patterns designed to
identify any underlying physical imbalances
that would affect an athlete's competitive
edge or predispose an athlete to injury. An
athlete performs a series of functional
movements designed to identify orthopedic
and neuromuscular deficits that would
adversely affect his/her athletic
performance. From the results of the
assessment a specific corrective exercise
program is designed to assist the athlete in
gaining a competitive edge and to
begin to realize his/her athletic potential.
Contact
Athletic Training & Conditioning, Inc.
www.athletictrainingandconditioning.com
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