Rehabilitation Program

Rehabilitation Program

Design rehabilitation program for A left-handed college baseball pitcher is in need of a rehabilitation program following Tommy John surgery.

· Use other outside sources in creating your program.

· Your program should include reasoning for your exercises, progressions, phases, etc.

· This paper should be spaced and formatted per APA guidelines, 6th edition.

Format to think about when writing your rehabilitation program.

1. Elbow rehabilitation program.

a. Is the program relevant to the injury, gender, age, and sport? Yes or No ?

b. If no, what is not relevant?

c. If yes, are the exercises clearly described?

d. If no, what is unclear or understated?

e. Are the exercises under the best stages of care? Yes or No ?

f. If no, where should they be moved to?

g. Are benchmarks created to know when progression of the exercises and phases is necessary? Yes or No?

h. What needs to be done to improve these items?

2. Communication

a. Put yourself in the role of the athlete. Are the exercises easy to understand or seem too complicated? Yes or No?

b. If no, what is missing, unclear or over/understated? Where does the communication break down and/or which exercise(s) and/or phase(s) is/are problematic and why?

Additional feedback/comments:

3. Program planning considerations

a. Did the writer take healing timelines and tissues injured into consideration when creating the program? Yes or No?

· If no, what information is missing?

b. Did the writer:

· explain why s/he chose this/these exercises? Yes or No?

· address why s/he believes the exercises will be useful in addressing the issues identified in the scenario? Yes or No?

i. If yes, did the writer accurately apply the exercises to the scenario? Yes or No?

ii. If yes, what clues in the program tell you that the exercises were applied accurately to the rehab phases?

iii. If no, what direction would you give the writer to strengthen this program?

DUE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2020