The human body is a wonderful, complex and organised machine. Movement is at the heart of everything we do from 60” box jumps to sitting down breathing watching game of thrones. Movement is achieved by the interaction between bones, ligaments, tendons, muscles and of course the brain. With so much attention placed on certain exercises to improve the strength and function of certain muscles, it’s important to understand the fundamentals of movement. These include the origin and insertion of certain muscles and the roles and functions that those specific muscles have. Understanding these concepts are key to understanding the why and how behind movements and not just the what.
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ACL Injuries and Female AthletesThe anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most commonly injured areas of the knee. For those of you who have sustained one, will know it's a difficult (but not impossible one to come back from). There are roughly 1000 new ACL injuries every year in Ireland. So with approximately an 80% success rate from surgery, that's almost 200 people every year who may not play sport again! Not even beginning to talk about the implication to movement alone, work etc. So let's talk about it in more detail.
Fatigue: What Is Stress?Homoeostasis, is a mechanism within the body that keeps physiological processes functioning optimally. Stressors, are external events which essentially alter the processes in some form. For example, the weather becomes really hot and you begin to sweat. The stressor here is the heat, the homeostatic response is the body producing sweat to act to cool the body down. The human body is an amazing thing, constantly changing and adapting to the external environment to contain and preserve its internal well-being.
Recommendations for Programme PrescriptionThis week’s instalment is aimed at providing you with a better understanding of HOW to integrate resistance training into a youth athletes training programme. It is not only enough to know the benefits but also how to safely implement it, considering all the variables that go along with programme prescription.
The prescription of a strength and conditioning programme integrating some form of resistance training depends on a variety of different factors. As spoken about in the previous article, youth athletes should only begin resistance training when they are adequately able to follow instructions and are correctly supervised by an educated and experienced practitioner. The notion that children are too young is farfetched and unfortunately is negatively affecting the development of the majority of them. Strength Training and Youth AthletesIn the past decade the amount of time our kids are outdoors playing has dramatically decreased. Owing to an increase in school work, increased ownership of handheld devices (tablets, iPads, mobile phones etc.), lack of open space and increased worry on behalf of the parents. 10-15 years ago children were climbing trees and playing street football, and nowadays they’re not, and as a result there are several implications for this. The biggest consequence of this is that their musculoskeletal system does not naturally develop, hence leading to a greater risk of injury during competitive sport. Now this doesn’t apply to everyone, there are some that are out 18 out of 24 hours of the day, 7 days a week, but that’s a discussion for another day.
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