Various evidence exists showing the benefits of injuryprevention programmes for reducing the risk of injury to young athletes, yet uptake in them has not been 100%.

So how can we increase the number of young athletes doingregular injury prevention programmes? And how can we influence coaches and organisations to ensure it is implemented?

In this Ben is joined by Tom Jacbos, who is a Sports &Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, and also a trustee for “Power Up To Play”. A charitable organisation aiming to increase young athlete welfare with injury prevention programmes. On this episode they discuss;

(00:00:00) - Introduction

(00:01:52) - What Made Tom So Interested In InjuryPrevention?

(00:06:43) - Should We Still Call Them Injury PreventionProgrammes?

(00:17:57) – How Do We Help Young Athletes Buy Into InjuryPrevention Programmes?

(00:24:43) – How To Influence Coaches To Implement InjuryPrevention Programmes

(00:35:57) – Do Parents Help or Hinder Buy-In To TheProgrammes?

(00:38:44) – How Do We Influence Larger Organisations?

(00:46:41) – Will Making These Programmes Mandatory Make An Impact?

(00:50:16) – What To Say When Coaches Have Doubts About The Programme

(00:55:00) – Do The Same Principles Apply To Adult Athletes?

(01:02:30) – Tom’s Hardest Clinical Conversation

(01:11:11) – What’s The Future For Injury Prevention Programmes?

(01:14:23) – How To Find Out More About Power Up To Play

You can find more about Power Up To Play here:

https://poweruptoplay.org/

You can find Ben across social media @BWhybrowPhysio

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Jay Thomas Show 07-27-20