Psychological Controversy Surrounding Sport Injuries

While working with them it is my desire to mentor and encourage them to strive for greatness in all areas of life, not just in their sport alone. It is my belief that athletics can easily become a student’s identity and when injuries occur many athletes are faced with the question of who they are and where they fit in. In these cases, I believe that I will be able to help them overcome their physical injuries through rehabilitation exercises and therapeutic modalities but I hope to support them through those struggles that are so common among student athletes. All in all, this is my life’s purpose and I hold strongly to the fact that I will begin to see it unfold as I start my graduate studies at Tarleton State University in the fall of

They think by taking time off to heal, they are letting their teammates, coaches, parents, and most of all, themselves down. Some even feel as if they lose their sense of identity. To avoid this, many athletes will ignore the pain and avoid anyone who will ask them about the pain, such as coaches, teammates, friends, parents and doctors. Though they think lying will help themselves and others, there are physical and mental consequences. After being injured, some athletes experience sadness, isolation, irritation, lack of motivation, anger, frustration, changes in appetite, and sleep disturbance, (Putukian). You could experience chronic pain and injury, weakness, disability, mental disability, and brain damage. Not only could you experience these side effects, you could also risk ruining your

In all levels of sport, involvement there is a high incidence of injuries that are bound to occur. These injuries can range in severity, from simple cuts and bruises to season or even career ending injuries. In many cases, the injured athlete is initially assessed and diagnosed with whatever ailment they may have. Next, the athlete is treated for that injury whether it be surgery, physical therapy, or both and then is given time to physically recover from that injury. This execution of treatment is known as the biomedical model, which the majority of physicians in today’s practice use. This plan seems to be universal and effective in many cases. What many

Athletes play with injuries all the time, but allowing athletes to continue to play a sport while injured can easily cause bad lifestyle issues or even worse, death. There are many cons when it comes to this not only for the athlete, but for the athletic trainer, the coaches, the owners of the team, the sponsors, the parents, and even the fans. Of course nobody wants to see an athlete injured, or see them dealing with pain. They want them to get better, but majority of times it is for their own selfish reasoning. The athlete brings in the money, and also the success for the team. There are many reasons why athletes do not let it be known they are injured and this is because they are nervous of not having any playing time,

This interpretive process is loosely carried forward in relation to the previous studies of physiology, sociology and psychology. Take for example psychology when looking at key issues and research methods. The general explorative path a psychologist would investigate in a study of injury and rehabilitation covers, motivation, confidence, intensity, focus and emotions which are regarded to have the most influence on a performers well-being (Cashmore, 2002). These five psychological divisions derive from Taylors (2001) performance pyramid, are categorised in ascending order from general training influences to immediate competitive performance impact. At the pyramids base lays motivation, simply put without motivation you have no desire to train, to rehabilitate, to reach previous goals. Motivation ensures athletes have positive mind-sets allowing necessary time to refocus, re-energise and start again.

The integrated sport injury model consists of three main components. These components are cognitive appraisal, emotional response and behavioral response. The model

Athletes place themselves in a dangerous position every time they go onto the field. This applies all athletes and college athletes are no exception. College athletes getting injured is seen as a norm in today’s society and not many consider the devastating effects that the injuries may have on the young athletes themselves. That’s why it's important that colleges spend more time and resources into ensuring that their athletes are in an optimum position to be playing sports, otherwise injuries can cause problems for the athletes both psychologically and physically. College athletes can experience serious psychological/cognitive problems from being injured.

First, injuries could ruin and have ruined athletes careers in a blink of an eye. Athletes endure lots of stress on their muscles while working out or playing the sport. This in turn could result in arthritis and other difficulties in later life. As an athlete, injuries are common. Most athletes have to shell out more money than they should have to since most insurance companies won't cover athletes. It’s very expensive and difficult and difficult to hold on to insurance as an athlete because some injuries could range from $20,000-$100,000. Injuries are now an accommodation to sports. Everyday when you turn on Sportscenter in the morning you hear about the newest star getting hurt, hardworking players who get no recognition get hurt which can range from them being out for almost a year which takes away a lot of money for that underrated player while a

Sporting injuries can be a very stressful, emotional and sensitive time for that of an athlete. Whether the athlete be recreational or elite, the prevalence of injury can be a traumatic, nerve-wracking experience. For competitive athletes in particular, there can be heightened levels of despair, frustration, fury and confusion with add-on effects such as loss-of confidence and fear of returning to the game (Evans et al 2006). According to Marjorie (1997) the occurrence of an injury not only temporarily incapacitates but places an athlete in a world with no guarantees or predictable outcomes. Injury rehabilitation is an essential element which allows injured athletes to return to previous fitness and begin to again play

Occupational health service providers are trained to treat sport injuries.Getting injured can be a nightmare for an athlete. An injury requires that an athlete sit out of the games until he or she recovers. That is why an injury can not only take a physical toll on a person, but it can also take an emotional toll.

This paper will explore the article Psychological Aspects of Sport-Injury Rehabilitation: A Developmental Perspective by Maureen R. Weiss. The article is presented from the Journal of Athletic Training. Throughout this paper there will be a summary of this particular article as well as a critic on the methods discussed in the article and if the information presented relates back to what was learned and talked about throughout this class. Also this article target specifically to athletic trainers and those who are used to working in sport rehabilitation setting.

Throughout sports there has been many common injuries due to either the level of the sport, the practice of the sport, techniques learned, and the surroundings of the sports.My athlete has sustained her injury by these few examples . The athlete has played volleyball for 2 years now. My athlete is a female sophomore at basic and 15 years old. She started playing volleyball her freshman year and has enjoyed every second when she was able to play. Playing volleyball she has played outside hitter and middle in volleyball. While playing volleyball she has obtained stress fracture in both of her legs her sophomore year. During freshman year she was starting to have shin splints in both of her legs due to her never playing sports so her bones were

A study was conducted on the psychological responses and coping behaviors that athletes present to Athletic Trainers (ATs), psychosocial strategies ATs currently use with their athletes, psychosocial strategies ATs deem important to learn more about, and ATs' current practices in referring athletes to counseling or sport psychology. services (Clement, Granquist, Barrow, 2013). This takes place online by using a survey of both quantitative and qualitative items. By having 215 Athletic trainers participating (86 male, 129 female) one

For most athletes, injuries are just a part of the game, but some professionals are fairly more injury-prone than others. There are an abundance of causes to become injury prone, but there are even more effects. They don’t realize just how severe being injury-prone can be. Being called fragile isn’t the greatest thing, and it also shouldn’t be taken as a joke. Some athletes don’t have a say because it is in their genetics; however, most athletes bring it upon themselves. There are many causes and effects of being injury-prone, whether it’s athletes overtraining or starving themselves.

In work with injured athletes, some sport and exercise psychologists have proposed that certain attitudes might predispose athletes to injury (7). According to this