10/14/2018 0 Comments Reflective Journal #7The little clinical question for this semester is: In endurance athletes, what is the most effective program to prevent medial tibial stress syndrome?
My partner, Laura, was the mastermind behind this question, and it originated from her past experiences with athletes that she has worked with. Even though she had the original idea for this question, it resonated with me in a different way. My roommate’s boyfriend had a chronic injury that put his future career at risk. He was training to be an officer in the Marines when he was in college, and thankfully is now continuing to pursue that career now after his graduation. He had quite a scare for his future while running cross country in college. He had experienced leg pain for quite a while, but did not think it was too much of an issue. Eventually he went to get the pain evaluated, and it turned out to be a stress fracture in his femur. This stress fracture lead to the finding of a tumor in his femur. Thankfully, the stress fracture healed and the tumor has not proven to cause many more issues since its original finding, and the doctors say at the moment that it does not need to be removed. Stress injuries hit a soft spot for me, partly because of watching my friend become so worried, regardless of how related the stress fracture and tumor. Additionally, at the beginning of football season, we tried to implement a program to help prevent ankle injuries. For most of the preseason, the athletes were showing up to participate in the prevention program and the numbers were high. Unfortunately as practices went on, fewer and fewer people would show up to complete the steps of the program. It was very difficult to create buy-in from the athletes. I believe it would be extremely helpful to look at a program and its effective, while also digging into how to create buy-in from the athletes, so they do not become weary and burn out from the program. Beth Funkhouser was selected as one of our committee ATCs, Joe Lynch was selected as an ATC, and Mike Caro, CSCS, was also selected. All the members of this committee are heavily involved with current literature, and I believe that they will have very insightful and up to date information to offer. I am excited to see what helpful information can be found and hopefully implemented to Emory’s athletic training setting.
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