HFMG 4999- Health & Fitness Management Capstone Case Study # 2

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HFMG 4999- Health & Fitness Management Capstone

Case Study # 2

Thomas is a collegiate Division II track sprinter who missed most of his last season because of multiple lower body muscle strains. His off-season goals are to maintain his lower body power and strength while increasing his flexibility in order to decrease the frequency of in season muscle strains. Thomas’s strength coach has provided him with an offseason resistance program, but he has asked you to create a stretching program that will get him through his next season “injury free”. Thomas has been working with strength coaches for 10 years and will be using his schools weight room that is fully equipped with any amenities he may need.

Required: Include the following:

1. Conduct a needs analysis that includes common muscular injuries that track sprinters experience along with recommendations to decrease these occurrences.

2. In narrative form provide a list of the recommended stretches and the rationale for including them in Thomas’s program.

Include In the rationale:

A. Muscles stretched including cues

B. Training frequency

C. Sets and Reps

3. Discuss other methods and modalities that Thomas can add to his program to decrease the likelihood of straining muscles in the upcoming track season.