Athletic Training and Preventing Injuries

Evidence of weight lifting can be traced back to the origin of humans. Early in the cave paintings and scrolls there is proof of weight lifting. Originally expressed as strength, competition, and functional training, weightlifting has gone through history. It has played a new role in the modern world; sports training. Sports has new emphasis on speed, strength, and flexibility, weight lifting is more popular than ever. Unfortunately, young athletes often hurt themselves and exert more harm than good.

High school students need special training of sports to prevent injuries. Regular adjustments that begin before the official sports season can prevent many injuries. Normally damage will occur when an athlete suddenly increases the duration, intensity or frequency of his or her activity. Young athletes who are distorted at the beginning of the season should gradually raise their activity level and slowly return to higher level fitness. As many young athletes concentrate on one sport and are training throughout the year, the doctor sees an increase in injury abuse. American College of Orthopedic Surgeons will work with STOP Sports Injury to help educate parents, coaches, and athletes about ways to prevent undue use of injuries. Specific techniques to prevent damage caused by abuse are as follows.

Exercise training includes prevention, examination, diagnosis, treatment and recovery of urgent, acute or chronic injuries and medical conditions. Sports training has been recognized as a joint medical expert by the American Medical Association (AMA), the Health Resources Administration (HRSA), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Sports trainer (AT) is a highly qualified, skilled medical professional who works with doctors to provide preventive services, emergency medicine, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and rehabilitation of injuries and medical conditions. The exercise trainer functions under the guidance of a doctor under the National License Regulations. The NATA Code of Ethics defines the principles of ethical behavior to follow in the practice of sports training.

Sports trainers are specially trained to prevent emergencies and care for, especially in the sports population. Using AT in the field in case of a direct mechanism of fatal injury will make it more certain that the athlete will be taken care of immediately in the right place to limit the degree of injury. They can perform lifesaving skills while taking into account the correct way that exercises may require equipment that may not be familiar to other healthcare professionals. It is estimated that about 25% of spinal cord injuries worsened during assessment and transport due to inappropriate handling of personal wearable devices (24). Sports trainers are familiar with equipment of various types and models and have training and experience of appropriate equipment removal techniques.