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Soccer Conditioning & Testing -- A Little More Common Sense Renato Capobianco, MA, CSCS It's that time of year again when college and high school soccer players are given summer training programs by their coaches complete with a list of tests that will greet them when pre-season starts. I look back at my own experience as a player with this ritual. As my high school coach was also my college coach, I dealt with the same routine for 8 years. . . . keep reading
UNDERSTANDING CHRONIC KNEE PAIN
PART 2: THE "WHAT" By Jennifer Lewis, Performance Physical Therapist In Part 1 we examined the various causes of knee pain and highlighted the relationship between the knee, hip and trunk. When combined, these elements make up the lower extremity kinetic chain. In any sport activity it is essential that the muscles of these regions work together in a coordinated effort in order to appropriately produce and transfer energy from the ground to the body. Energy production begins distally in the feet and is transferred through the knees to the hip and trunk. At this point, if the athlete's desired action is running, the energy is transferred to the contra-lateral limb and returned to the ground as the athlete propels himself forward. If the athlete is an overhead thrower the energy is transferred up the kinetic chain as the distal feet remain in contact with the ground and the gluteal, back extensor and abdominal muscles amplify the force adding to the movement with a significant rotational torque. When there is a defect in the kinetic chain, or a lack of coordination between the lower extremity musculature, that is when injury will occur. As we spoke about in Part 1, weakness of the gluteal muscles can create an increased strain on the knee at the patellofemoral joint. Repeated strain at this location during running leads to a chronic overuse injury. While weakness of proximal stabilizing musculature may be one cause of an overuse injury, poor running form, more accurately stated as improper kinetic chain coordination, is often another. The continued stress put on a proximal joint to make up, or compensate, for lack of force production in a distal joint often leads to injury. We will now take a further look into specific components that are significant contributors to the kinetic chain, and how their function or dysfunction can impact kinetic chain coordination. . . . keep reading
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