Hello Newschoolers around the globe,
My name is Nick and I am a licensed Physical Therapist.
Its been really cool to see the site become more active during the Pandemic lockdown.
I would like to contribute and give back to the skiing community with posts like these.
Ideally, I will share information that is backed by high quality research.
As of now, I am by no means an expert in any specialty of Physical Therapy.
I have over a year of experience of clinical work and an actual job in various options.
I have had various injuries myself and I have seen the direct benefit from PT as a patient.
What is a Physical Therapist, what do we do, and how can we help skiers?
PTs, aka Physical Therapists, in the USA are at a Doctorate level of education termed DPT.
It is a clinical doctoral degree.
PTs are experts in human movement, biomechanics, the musculoskeletal system and the neural muscular system.
We work in options including hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home care, outpatient offices, and gyms.
Being an athlete for most of my life, sports PT and orthopedics interest me the most.
PTs in this area are experts in movement analysis for different sports and rehabilitation after injuries or surgeries.
An area that I find of particular interest for skiers is injury risk reduction.
Can skiers prevent injuries?
The easiest and simple answer is no.
Freestyle skiing involves such speed, power, falls and technique that preventing injuries is impossible.
What we can do however isreducethe risk for injuries.
What skiers can do is increase their fitness to help reduce muscle, tendon and ligament strains/ sprains.
The muscle-tendon tissue is more easily injured when fatigued.
I am sure most of you do not throw your craziest tricks on your last lap, right?
Improve your endurance and strength in ways that are fun for you.
Get with buddies to bike, workout and lift.
We have plenty of downtime right now.
I would like to post about different topics once a week.
I would love to hear from the community about topics they may be interested in.
yo give my IG @SkiingPhysicalTherapy a follow for exercise video posts and such.
References:
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Audet O, Hagel BE, Nettel-Aguirre A, et al.
A systematic review.British Journal of Sports Medicine.
