It is now recognized that psychological variables influence the treatment adherence, the athlete’s rehabilitation and return to sport. Among the influencing factors, several elements specific to the athlete and the situation are decisive, but it is above all the attitude and the evaluation of one’s own injury situation that will influence the way in which the athlete will engage in the healing process.
Mindfulness and acceptance are core concepts of the third wave of cognitive and behavioral psychotherapies. Their aim is not to overpower thoughts and emotions by suppression and using control techniques but to change the relationships with them. This article focuses on mindfulness- and acceptance-based approaches in sports.
Mental health (MH) does not only mean the mere absence of psychiatric disorders but also the presence of well-being. Competitive athletes are exposed to risk factors for poor MH specific to the competitive sport context. One such risk factor are athletic career transitions, whereby the junior-to-senior-level transition (JST) is considered one of the most difficult of within career transitions.
The early and long-term development of promising young athletes is a decisive factor in being internationally competitive in top-level sports. Among the multitude of talent criteria suggested in the literature, motivation plays a prominent role in the area of psychological characteristics. It is recognised in practice and research as a relevant criterion for performance development across all sports.
The right balance between stress and recovery is important to improve an athlete’s performance (e.g., super compensation) and prevent overtraining and injuries. Although there are a number of objective (e.g., physiological or biochemical) indicators for the stress-recovery balance, they are outperformed by subjective indicators (i.e., self-reports on strain and recovery).
Sport psychology in Switzerland looks back on a history of over 50 years. Founded in 1969 as a loose working group, the Swiss Association for Sport Psychology SASP became an association in 1987. The focus was on supporting athletes in their performance, but also on questions of rehabilitation and health sport.
Sport medicine is not offered as a separate specialist medical training in the German-speaking countries, and for this reason Danube University Krems has aimed to establish an innovative, interdisciplinary master’s program. The goal is to offer physicians a practice-oriented continuing education that covers a broad spectrum.
Covering all female sports teams poses particular challenges. Since the Title IX established in the U.S. in 1972 ensuring that men and women have equitable participation opportunities, as well as access to scholarships in sport programs, and since UNESCO recognized sports and physical activity as a human right in 1978, the world and the global sports communities have come a long way in pursuing gender equality in sports.
As a Sports Mental Coach, I would like to support athletes in their performance, in change processes as well as competently accompany them to their way and goals. Coachings at the Limmatfeld Physiotherapy Centre, will include Thematic areas for methodo1ogical implementation and at the same time the personal development process. Mental Training in sports is about process accompaniment to success. I accompany athletes in both grassroots and competitive sports. People in the economic environment can also benefit from sports psychology interventions in a sustainable way.
n this article, the most important aspects of team coverage of Karate athletes with special focus on medical care of competitions are highlighted. A proposition of what a doctor’s case for martial arts competition should contain is given. According to the Swiss accident insurances, extremities are most frequently seen. During competitions, in our own series, over 70% of injuries are mild and do not need further treatment.
The man who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client. And the physician having himself for a patient? One of the biggest challenges in team coverage is to cover and direct oneself – and that is particularly true for medical professionals. This article serves as a first hand report of the ways and vagaries of winning the IRONMAN age group world championship while working as a self employed orthopedic surgeon.
Im Kinder- und Jugendsport bewegt man sich vorwiegend im nonprofessionellen Umfeld. Meist gibt es noch keine definierten Strukturen in der sportmedizinischen Betreuung der einzelnen Sportarten. So kommen die jungen Athleten meist durch Zuweisung der Haus- und Kinderärzte oder durch Empfehlung der Trainer in meine Sprechstunde. Im Kunstturnen, wo ich für das Leistungszentrum verantwortlich bin, ist dies bei dem hohen Trainingsumfang der noch jungen Sportler und früher Spezialisierung schon professionell organisiert.
Team coverage of adolescents in sports includes preventive tasks parallel to competition. In addition to the sports medical examination, regular evaluations of the sport’s risk profile should be recorded. To achieve efficient and effective prevention, intrinsic and extrinsic factors have to be considered. Especially during puberty, there is an increased risk for epiphyseal and apophyseal joint injuries.
Team sports performance is highly demanding in terms of physiological and psychological aspects. Furthermore, the competition schedule is often time constrained and athletes need to travel between games during recovery. Therefore, it seems very important to optimize nutritional strategies around training sessions as well as while traveling or competing. This review discusses a variety of different aspects, which are important in the development of a nutritional strategy in a club.
Team coverage is a difficult and responsible duty for athletic trainers and physical therapist. A particular challenge is team coverage of a national team, which is build with temporary recruits for other teams. In this role multiple objectives have to be considered, not the least to direct load in training and performance in competition in parallel to the responsibilities the players have for their home teams. The article aims at delineating this task using a real-life example.
Unlike in the hospital or the physiotherapy practice, the sports physiotherapist is a allrounder. From planning regenerative treatments and treating minor complaints to complete rehabilitation programs and consultations in all areas of life, everything is required. It is not enough to know wound healing and training science, the sport must be analyzed in detail. This article describes the challenges of a performance focused world with the athlete at the center. Everything that goes with it demands a lot of commitment.
