EDKP 498 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sport Psychology, Becky Mode, Overtraining
17 Jan 2018
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What is injury: trauma to the body resulting in at least temporary (but sometimes permanent) physical disability and inhibition of motor function, speaks more towards trauma than so aches or pains, fine line between injury and discomfort. Physical factors: muscle imbalance, collisions, overtraining, physical fatigue. Social factors: (cid:862)no pai(cid:374) (cid:374)o gai(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:373)e(cid:374)tality, perception that playing with pain is characteristic of a strong, determined athlete, view that they will be held with a higher value by friends, coach, family, Identity: self-worth, must understand that recovery is impacted by stress and outlook. Causes of injury: flow chart of psychological factors. Model of stress and athletic injuries an explanation of how injury can come about. Pays homage to athletic injury: so many things to pay attention to, all impacting recovery time. Physical factors are extremely important, cannot discount: medicine will dictate certain things. However, must be aware that certain psychological factors will raise the risk of injury.
