Gymnastics Training and Treatment: Strength, Flexibility, Physiology, Injury Diagnosis and Rehab Technique Application

Course overview

The sport of gymnastics requires an immense amount of strength, balance, flexibility, and skill that need to be progressively taught and mastered before advancing. Also, proper treatment for gymnastics-based injuries often include teasing out acute vs chronic etiology and possible biomechanical contributions. The algorithm of narrowing dozens of possible outcomes per body part to a select few prior to proper diagnostic imaging needs to be efficient and is supported by both experience and evidence-based practice. Proper primary and secondary diagnoses can determine treatment applications, total rest/ relative rest times, and proper return to sport protocol. Combining sport specific mechanics of injury knowledge, clinical assessment, movement/video performance analysis, and diagnostics will give practitioners the most accurate diagnosis. Specific knowledge of mechanism of injury, mechanics of performance, and skill progression in order to treat the primary, secondary and tertiary effects of acute or chronic diagnosis is also imperative. This course will walk the medical professional through advancing the understanding of body shaping, strength demands for the sport in general and event-specific, flexibility techniques in training and in the clinic as well as periodization suggestions/research summaries. Participants also will get a review of manual therapy techniques and modalities that are effective and culturally accepted within the sport. The topics of injury identification, treatment and sport progression will also be included