Athletics
Training
CENTER MORICHES ATHLETIC TRAINING MISSION STATEMENT
Center Moriches Athletic Training is committed to providing the best overall sports medicine health care coverage for it's students and faculty.
Key initiatives to assisting the accomplishment of the Athletic Training/Sports Medicine Mission include:
- Continual education of Athletic Training Staff in order to utilize the current knowledge, research, and resources in the management of athletic injuries.
- Command within the resources of the Department of Athletics adequate injury care.
- Insist upon timely and efficient delivery of the needed services in athletic injury care.
- Educate our Athletic Department Coaches, Staff, and Student Athletes about medical limitations of the injured student athletes.
- Resolutely maintain a drug free experience for student athletes through education.
- Steadfastly work on the traditional and innovative approaches to fund raising for programmatic needs.
The Profession of Athletic Training
Athletic training is a major specialty in the field of sports medicine where active daily involvement with athletes, physicians, and coaches affects the health care and well-being of the competitive and recreational athlete. Through a combination of medical referrals and the active commitment of the athletic trainer, sports medicine at Center Moriches covers a broad entity of healthcare.
LINKS AND INFO FOR HEALTH CARE ISSUES CONCERNING THE STUDENT ATHLETE
Concussions:
Concussion Fact Sheet
National Athletic Trainers Association Concussion Information
Hydration:
National Athletic Trainers Association Fluid Replacement
Pre & Post Activities Nutritional Requirements:
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/foodnut/09362.html
Benefits of Warming Up:
A warm-up will improve the effectiveness of training and should be done before every training session. This is fundamental to a safe practice.
Direct physical effects:
Release of adrenaline
Increased heart rate
Enables oxygen in the blood to travel with greater speed
Increased production of synovial fluid located between the joints to reduce friction
Allows joints to move more efficiently
Dilation of capillaries
Enables oxygen in the blood to travel at a higher volume
Increase of temperature in the muscles
Decreased viscosity of blood
Enables oxygen in the blood to travel with greater speed
Facilitates enzyme activity
Encourages the dissociation of oxygen from haemoglobin
Decreased viscosity within the muscle
Greater extensibility and elasticity of muscle fibers
Increased force and speed of contraction
Increase of muscle metabolism
Supply of energy through breakdown of glycogen
Increase in speed of nerve impulse conduction.
Why athletes warm up
Athletes not only warm up to physically prepare their bodies for training or competition but also to mentally warm themselves up. Warm ups are a crucial part of performance. If completed correctly they enable the body to perform at its peak performing ability at the current time. There are three different types of warm ups; gradual increase of physical activity to raise the pulse (Eg. cycling), a joint mobility exercise, stretching and a sport related activity (Eg. dribbling for basketball). A warm up should be specific to the task required to perform in order to activate the correct energy systems and prepare the correct muscles. There are many beneficial effects from warm ups including;
Increased heart rate. This enables oxygen in the blood to travel faster meaning the muscles fatigue slower, also, the synovial fluid between the joints is produced more to reduce friction in the joints, the capillaries dilate and it lets more oxygen travel in the blood.
Higher temperature in the muscles. This decreases the thickness of the blood-letting the oxygen travel to different parts of the body quicker, it also decreases the viscosity within the muscle, removes lactic acid, lets the muscles fibers have greater extensibility and elasticity and an increase in force and contraction of muscles.