Orthotics and Rehabilitative Exercise
and rehabilitation of lower limb injuries,
there was more focus on diagnosis and orthotics has not been found to be effective
identification of contributing factors. in the prevention of soft tissue injuries.
This is where my further study as a
strength and conditioning coach has really
helped me in a clinical setting. Being able
sit down with a patient and map out a
As previously mentioned, the use of custom
sustainable exercise program which best
prepares them for the up-coming season
or identifying a spike in the patient’s
acute vs chronic workload that may have
Therefore, developing and conditioning those
soft tissues is of the upmost importance.
When developing a strength and conditioning
program for a patient, it is important that you
have an accurate description of past injury (of
any kind) and physical activity levels over the
last four weeks, as a minimum.
Rehabilitative exercises should be put in
contributed to the injury is a skill I wish more place for any injury which has occurred.
practitioners had available to them. Within the rehabilitative process the
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