Rehabilitation of Athletes

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Rehabilitation of Athletes

• Mike Shaffer
• PT, ATC, OCS

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T/F Pre- test

• Athletes sustain unique injuries which are
  different from their non-athletic counterparts?
• Athletes have unique needs or circumstances which
  require sports medicine specialty care?
• Athletes are more motivated than most regular
  patients?
• Athletes heal more quickly than other regular
  patients?
• Athletes should be afforded special perks (ex.
  convenient appointment times, rapid scheduling of
  radiology, surgery, etc)
• Athletes should have access to the best medical
  personnel and equipment?

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Dont cry for me Argentina!
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Costa do Saiupe
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Definition of Athlete
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Athletes sustain unique injuries which are
different from their non-athletic counterparts?

• Sprains
• ACL
• Shin splints
• Stress fractures
• SLAP tears

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Athletes have unique needs or circumstances which
require sports medicine specialty care?

• Quick return (short seasons/ careers)
• High demands
• Know their sport (earlier return)
• Know rules of their game (bracing)
• Psychology

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Athletes are more motivated than most regular
patients?

• Pain (everyones motivated to decrease)
• No incentive to be out
• Except psychological issues
• Parental/ peer pressure
• Small fish/ big pond
• Coach/ teammate conflict

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Athletes heal more quickly than other regular
patients?

• Biologic healing rates
• Athlete vs. non
• Healthy vs non
• Associated factors
• Regain strength
• Higher level to start with.but higher demands
• Knowledge

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Athletes should be afforded special perks (ex.
convenient appointment times, rapid scheduling of
radiology, surgery, etc)

• Busy, friends

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Athletes should have access to the best medical
personnel and equipment?

• University allocation of resources
• Student/ resident training
• Professional team physicians

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What is different?

• Stress

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What is different?

• Activity modification/ relative rest.

You dont have an injured body, you have an
injured body part- Chris Doyle
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What is different?

• Time frames

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What is different?

• Resources

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What is different?

• Communication 101
• How bad is it?
• How long am I going to be out?

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What is different?

• Education

• Terminology
• I think you need to

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What is different?

• Communication 102

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What is different?

• Multiple voices

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What is different?

• NM control

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What is different?

• Young and fun

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The Truth

• Chicks dig the team Doc- anonymous

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The Truth 2-

• So do dudes.