Introduction
Some of the conventional rehabilitation programs that were initially used were ultimately designed for the purpose of ensuring that that athletes’ full return to pre-injury levels of physical fitness has the ability of addressing psychosocial responses that lie within the rehabilitation context. According to the models designed, an athlete appraisal of the injury, his or her emotional and behavioral responses is the ones that have the ability of influencing a wide range of personal and situational factors. In so doing, it implies that it was important to take into account the interaction that existed between cognitive appraisal as well as behavioral and emotional responses (Kolt & Lynn 185). The reason for that is because it is one of the bidirectional and dynamic cyclic processes which in the long-run affects the psychosocial and physical recovery of the athletes.
Conversely, previous research suggests that whenever an athlete has been injured, one of the fundamental focuses of the sports medicine physicians is to ensure that they have treated his or her physical effects of the injury. Regardless of that, it has been realized that the majority of the injured athletes end up experiencing negative psychosocial responses which needs to be systematically addressed during the rehabilitation exercise or process. The reason for that is because sports medicine physicians are required to utilize psychosocial skills as a means of decreasing the negative consequences of the athletes’ injury, for instance anxiety, re-injury, depression, as well as the general adherence to psychotherapy (Brewer et al 108). As a result of that, it becomes possible for the sports medicine professionals to have the potential of addressing the clinical implications regarding the psychosocial aspects of rehabilitation.
According to the sporting information collected, it is evident that injury is one of the common occurrences amongst a large percentage of the participants. Although some of them might try to ensure that they have avoided it, winning is a matter of sacrifice. Conventionally, some of the researches conducted regarding sports injury were mainly focused on the general physical aspects of the injury and not the psychological aspect of the athletes. The significance of the modern studies is that they ultimately take into consideration both aspects. Taking into account the psychological aspects of it, it is evident that some of them have the ability of increasing the athletes’ capability of developing injuries during the sport (Kolt & Lynn 185). On the other hand, the athletes’ psychological and psychosocial reactions also induce extensive impacts on their injuries. Despite that, it is vital, as a sport medicine professional to ensure that both aspects have been incorporated equally in the process of scrutinizing the role played by sport psychology in preventing as well as treating sport injuries.
It is evident that there are various factors that increase the chances of a person developing injuries. These factors can be categorized into four main areas. They include social-cultural, environmental, physical, and psychosocial. The physical factors take into consideration things like muscle imbalances, overuse, and fatigue, while environmental factors deal with unsafe equipment, slippery surfaces, and so on. Although the two factors are somehow associated with individual injury, the truth is that the link that exists between psychological and socio-cultural factors can be perceived to be less obvious (Brewer et al 109). The reason for that is because some of the socio-cultural factors have been realized to be ultimately associated with attitudes and cultural differences which are adopted by the sporting team that in return encourages the continued development of an athlete’s sport injury.
The notable examples that ultimately have the ability of increasing an athlete’s attitude to injury include things like the general belief that pain tolerance is one of the factors that demonstrates his or her toughness and strength. Secondly, the athlete’s acknowledgment that injury and pain are part and partially of the sport also diminishes his or her unwillingness to seek medical attention. The reason underlying that is that he or she fears the idea of appearing weak. Third, the monetary pressure and the role he or she plays also has been noted to be another factor that necessitates him or her to continue playing while injure (Tenenbaum et al 415). This mainly arises from the pressure he or she receives from the management or team sponsors.
As much as sporting activities are concerned, a large percent of athlete have been noted to be psychologically affected, specifically taking into account their emotional responses, whenever injured. Because of that, such a response is the one that has been noted to have the ability of influencing the quality as well as the speed of rehabilitation process. Therefore, the general usage of the psychosocial means or strategies, particularly behavioral responses, is another means which have been proved to have the capacity of improving the wellbeing of athletes. For instance, imagery, goal setting, relaxation strategies, as well as positive self-talk are some of the therapeutic sport means that has the ability of assisting athletes to cope up with the consequential injuries that they experience (Brewer et al 110).
Ideally, the reason for taking that into consideration is because it has the potential of improving the manner in which they address their confidence-related apprehensions, self-esteem, as well as self-efficacy. In the process of improving their adherence and motivation, it implies that the main objective of sports medicine profession will involve ensuring that some of the situational factors have had the ability of influencing the cognitive appraisal of the athletes in matters concerning their behavioral and emotional wellbeing. During the exercise, it is vital for the associated sports physicians to ensure that they have extensively utilized psychological and physical means that will in return aid in enhancing the recovery outcomes (Donna & Beverley 66). Generally, it is important for sports therapeutic professionals to ensure that all the athletic trainers have been provided with the prevailing models which in return have the potential of integrating the existing sport injury rehabilitation processes. This is to imply that research have indicated that such mechanisms are the ones that will enables the athletes to have the capability of understanding that it is important for them to address their injury concerns so as to make their career to be more effective (Tenenbaum et al 416).
Conversely, in the process of taking into consideration the significance of offering psychological support to any injured athlete, it is vital for the associated organizations to ensure that they have incorporated some of the recently implemented means that will increase their sports educational competencies. The reason for that is because such competencies as well as the clinical integrations are the ones that can increase their sports proficiencies which will in return expose them to applied learning and rehabilitation information. According to the sports information recently collected, the importance of this is that it will assist them in increasing the ability of the athletes in providing psychosocial support which will in return ensure that there is the implementation of holistic means to injury rehabilitation (Kolt & Lynn 185). Regardless of that, it is important for all the athletes to ensure that they are in the position of recognizing the patients or clients that exhibits mental, emotional, or abnormal behaviors. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all that have been coupled with the capacity of implementing the existing psychosocial strategies that can aid in reviving their sporting activities (Donna & Beverley 66).
Consequently, the general change in sporting activities is also another factor that has been approved to have the potential of improving the psychosocial wellbeing of the athletes whenever they have injuries. As a result of that, this implies that it is important for an athlete to ensure that he or she have taken into consideration his or her psychosocial aspects of the injury just within the scope of their practice. The reason for that is because research suggests that there exists no specific or standardized guideline that has the ability of providing the actual sports injury, illness, and rehabilitation information. Furthermore, this is to imply that the continued absence of consistent training has been noted to be lacking the confidence s well as the readiness of addressing the psychosocial aspects of the athletic injuries (Walter 175).
In the process of countering the effect of such negative consequences, research indicates that the traditional means that were initially used ultimately lacked the potential of utilizing some of the techniques taught through psychosocial content area that lie within the injury rehabilitation context. Thus, the continues absence of the same sports protocol can systematically be attributed from the manner in which the majority of the athletes perceive themselves to be having the skills required in the context of their game or sport. Despite that, it is evident that some of the reason that makes athletes to be involved in injuries is because they fail to be adequately prepared in handling their psychosocial responses that is presented by the injuries they experience.
Nonetheless, sports therapeutic research indicates that the responsibility of the sports professionals entails understanding the capability of the athletes to handle their psychosocial responses. Despite that, in order to be in the position of using psychosocial means of addressing the plight of injures athletes, what end up limiting such strategies is the absence of in-depth sport training in the same area. Similarly, the existing conflict between the informal and formal roles played by the psychosocial strategies ultimately plays a crucial role in understanding the impacts of the rehabilitation process (Walter 176). It appears that, regardless of the strategies that are used within the psychosocial area, the absence of knowledge as well as confidence in the sports medicine professionals to address the athletes psychosocial responses is the one which limit their recuperative behaviors.
Recommendations
Sporting activities is one of the areas that have been noted to have the potential of improving the wellbeing of individual. Health wise, previous health research suggest that the continued gaining of insight into sport medication professionals is one area that is ultimately limited in terms of the medication that they offer. Therefore, regardless of the fact that some models have been realized to have the ability incorporating various psychosocial strategies, the truth is that there is the need of ensuring that the athletes have been exposed to multiple in-depth training in the same field (Comfort & Earle 2015) The reason for that is because it has been realized that the same mechanism has the ability of ensuring extensive utilization of the same mechanism that lie with the sporting context or the sport-injury management and rehabilitation.
Nonetheless, some of the findings of this study suggest that some of the injuries, illness, and rehabilitation processes that the athletes are always subjected to are not directly associated to their plight. The reason for that is because of the existence of diverse professional titles and trainings. It is important to instill better means of ensuring that the rehabilitation training that the athletes receive have the potential of including their recent psychosocial content areas. In return, it will be possible for the sports medicine professionals to warrant them the opportunity of gaining greater insight concerning their sports dilemma (Granquist et al 18). In the process of surveying the perceived psychosocial responses of the athletes as well as their coping behaviors, some of the psychosocial strategies are ultimately deemed to be vital in learning more about their injury counseling mechanisms.
Conclusion
To sum up, the psychosocial aspects of sport injury ultimately takes into account some the psychological factors that has the ability of understanding the manner in which illness and rehabilitation has the ability of improving the wellbeing of an athlete. It is therefore, important to take into account the manner in which the available psychology techniques can be utilized to the extent of preventing sports injury as well as enhancing rehabilitation. It, therefore, implies that the impact of psychosocial aspects is that they have the potential of predisposing an sportsperson to injuries including stress and personality traits.
As a result of that, it is vital for sport medicine professionals to ensure that they have stressed the importance of nursing their injuries regardless of the pressures they receive from their team, management, or team sponsors. The reason for that is because the continued occurrences of sport injuries is the one that have been realized to have the potential of resulting to multiple negative psychosocial reactions to athletes which in return impacts their rehabilitation processes. Last but not least, sport psychosocial intervention is the ultimate means of improving the rehabilitation strategies amongst athletes.
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