Friday, October 9, 2009

The Pain and Symptom Mangement Trap in Sport Performance and Wellness

While some individuals chose to participate in sports activities such as run, cycling, swimming, triathlon as well as other multi-sport activities for the sake of competition, the majority of participants participate in such activities with the goal of improving their health, wellness and longevity. With a heightened enthusiasm for the public to participate in such activities, statistics indicate that 80% of these who participate shortly, become injured after initiating their training regime. "Pain" was the most common indicator these individuals used to evaluate their state of condition. Clinical studies in functional and sports science indicate...while "Pain" or Symptoms are often the first sign or wake up call that most individuals use to determine something is wrong, the "symptom of pain" is actually the last sign in a chain of events that an underlying un-recognized problem, imbalance or detrimental condition has been in existence for an extended period of time. Statistics also indicate interesting enough, that the majority of conventional healthcare practitioners and personal trainers use the same symptom criteria to evaluate the health of their patients and clients. While this may be the norm it does not provide a very effective system for prevention of injury.

Clinical trials indicates that there are 7 principle areas of focus that need to be objectively accessed, evaluated and reconciled inorder to effectively prevent occurrence or to expedite recovery to proper function.

To schedule a consult or evaluation on your individual case you may contact my office via:www.wellsport.com.

Hope this helped,

Dr.W

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