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Apsychopproaches to athletic injuries |
Periods of rehab, difficult to transition back into sport |
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Psycho-Social perspective |
Psychological factors are thought to influence - the occurrence of an injury , the process of healing and the eventual rehab outcomes |
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How injuries happen - primary causes |
Physical factors - Muscle imbalance, high speed collisions, over training |
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Psychological factors - injuries occurrence |
Stress levels, certain attitudes, personality factors, 18% of all injuries can be explained by psychosocial factors |
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The stress injury relationship |
Attentional disruption - stress can disrupt athletes attention by reducing peripheral attention, increased anxiety can also cause distraction and irrelevant thoughts |
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Increases muscle tension |
High stress can accompany considerable muscle tension, that interferes with the normal coordination and can increase the muscle tension |
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5 stage grief response |
1. Denial 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance and reorganisation |
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General categories or response 1 - Injury relevant information processing |
processing - athlete focuses on information related to the pain and injury |
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General categories of response - 2 Emotional upheaval and reactive behaviour |
Realisation of injury, emotionally agitated, experience negative emotions, feel shock |
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General categories or responses - 3 - Positive outlook and coping |
Athlete accepts injury and deals with it, positive coping methods exhibits a positive attitude |
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Other reactions to injury |
Loss of identity, Fear and anxiety, Lack of confidence, Performance decrements |
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Signs of poor adjustment |
Obsession with when they can return, guilt, mood swings, anger , confusion, depression, denial |