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Rehabilitation Team Recovery Case Study

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include sports physicians, physiatrists (rehabilitation medicine practitioners), orthopedists, physiotherapists, rehabilitation workers, physical educators, coaches, athletic trainers, psychologists, and nutritionists (Physiopedia contributors, 2018). Communication within the team, the injured athlete, and the coach can hinder the recovery and possibly cause long term issues. Thus communication is paramount if the athlete wishes to return to the field of play in peak performance. When taking part in the course of rehabilitation, seven principles that can assist can be remember with ATC IS IT. The first ‘A’ is to avoid aggravation, which simply means to not do actions that could possibly cause more inflammation or further the damage that has …show more content…

If the injured person is difficult to work with, or shows little to no drive to take the rehabilitation seriously, the team will struggle. To help gain compliance, the team must keep the patient informed. This applies to the overall course of the rehabilitation, along with the expectations and any changes that may take place to better help the patient on the road to recovery. Individualization stands with the fact that each person is different, meaning that every program for recovery will be at least, slightly different. Each person’s physiological and chemical difference mean that two patients may have similar injuries, yet they have vastly different recovery programs. ‘S’ brings the principle of specific sequencing which states that a recovery or rehabilitation plan shall have a specific sequence of events that are predetermined by the team to ensure the best outcome from the program. Intensity is the next principle which stresses that a therapeutic exercise should challenge the patient as well as the injured area, but not to the point where the exercise would cause aggravation. Knowing when to make the exercises more of less intense is based on the amount of communication that happens between the team and the

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