The Role of Resistance Training in Physical Therapy
Over the past several decades physical therapy has been recognized for helping millions of patients achieve their goals and improve their quality of life. Physical therapists use many techniques and treatments to improve their patient’s conditions. One of the most commonly used techniques by a physical therapist is resistance training. This intervention, or technique used by a skilled professional to cause a change in a patient’s condition, is one of the oldest forms of therapy. Resistance training means the use of exercises against an opposing force. The opposing force can be caused by a multitude of items. Resistance bands, dumb bells, and bodyweight can all be used for resistance training.
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Commonly, a physical therapist would prescribe all three of these exercises to a patient’s treatment, since they go hand-in-hand.
Similarly, there are three muscle movements that a physical therapist will use for resistance training. Isotonic movement is the most commonly used muscle movements. Isotonic muscle movement occurs when a muscle contracts against a constant load while moving the body parts. An example of this would be lifting weights. Isometric movement occurs when the muscle contract, but there is no movement at the joint, or body part. The final type of muscle movement is isokinetic. Isokinetic movement occurs when a muscle is contracted at a constant rate of speed. This type of movement only occurs with a special machine, or device, to cause muscle contraction. These three movements are worked on with patients throughout their rehabilitative treatments.
Resistance training has been shown to improve the conditions of a patient’s musculoskeletal injury. Resistance training exercises show an increase of blood flow to the affected area of an injury. The increased blood flow helps bring the body’s natural nutrients
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Resistance training is a
great way to improve one life, and is consistently used in physical therapy clinics across the world. However, while resistance training is widely used and has shown to be one of the best types of interventions, it can be dangerous if not monitored correctly. There are multiple ways resistance training can be detrimental to a patient. If the resistance is too strong of weight, if there are too many reps, or using the incorrect form in a movement, an injury could occur, or an injury can be made worse. This can happen from a single training session or be a problem when an individual is generally over-trained. When a patient does too many reps of an exercise or does not allow enough time of rest between exercises, fatigue begins to set in. Fatigue has been linked to causing injuries while performing a resistance exercise. If a person is using weight
Another weakness in the experimental design was that the reliability of the experiment was very low. As each test subject was only tested against each amount of prior exercise once, the impact of random errors is likely very large, which can be seen by the spread of the data on the graph. Although, this was attempted to be rectified by averaging the results of all four test subjects, it does not improve reliability too much. Conclusion: The results of this investigation indicated that a relationship between the amount of prior exercise and muscle fatigue does exist, however the results are also not conclusive enough to speculate on what the relationship is. This means that the hypothesis “If the amount of time spent performing vigorous exercise prior to the set of repetitions increases, then the physical performance (number of repetitions) will decrease” cannot be supported or rejected due to the inconclusive data.
The four progressive resistive exercises I chose are, Thera-band tubing shoulder flexion, Thera-band shoulder diagonal, Thera-band shoulder Extension, and Thera-band shoulder external rotation at 90 degrees.
The prognosis for individuals depends on the underlying cause of the trauma. Early recognition and knowing the symptoms are important in identifying rhabdomyolysis versus DOMS, whereas a misdiagnosis can be fatal. Whether a person has been working out for years or is a beginner, knowing the limits of their body is critical when preforming new exercise programs or workouts. Many of the cases of rhabdomyolysis may be associated with various causes of muscle and kidney damage, leading to electrolyte imbalance and hospitalization. The importance of a getting early treatment may prevent damage of internal organs, including acute kidney failure. Individuals participating is rigorous exercise programs should know their limits, have a healthy diet and overall
Graston instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (GITSM) is a tool used by therapists and chiropractors to help break up the scar tissue and replace it with fibroblast, allowing for faster recoveries (Black 2010). A series of heat, GISTM, strength and flexibility training are required (Black 2010). Numerous studies have been conducted, by certified therapists qualified in GISTM, to examine the styles and recovery periods after an injury. After going through the treatment, patients are measured by their range of motion (ROM) to see if the treatments were effective or not (Black 2010). ROM can vary depending on the region of the body that is being treated, but the overall goal of GISTM is to allow a person to get back to the regular routines they had before their injury.
Muscle fatigue is a decline in ability of a muscle to generate force within any part of the body. Muscular fatigue is a particular response when it comes to an untrained athlete that is starting an intense workout program, and the muscles of the body is not able to respond in an orderly manner as it would respond to an elite athlete. This paper will focus and provide general information about recent studies on peripheral fatigue. Peripheral fatigue is one of the sites for possible fatigue and its where neural, mechanical, or energetic events can hamper tension development. Neural fatigue is a factor of peripheral fatigue, which occurs when the nerves are unable to generate a signal and this reduces the ability of the muscle fiber to contract which is considered to be metabolic fatigue. Neural factors deals with the movement of action potential going through a process to produce a muscle contraction and when this process does not go through the proper steps then fatigue set in because the muscles will not be able to contract. Neural fatigue has two main factors which is, a shortage of...
Kerr (2012) states that there are 3 main types of exercise which are aerobic, strength/resistance training and flexibility exercises. Aerobic exercises will help keep the heart, lungs and muscles healthy, and when paired with a healthy diet will aid in weight loss. Appropriate resistance training will help to improve strength, posture and balance as well as causing the participant’s body to look more toned. Also the build up of muscle will aid with weight loss as at rest muscle burns more calories than inactive tissue. These exercises should be done two or three times a week. Flexibility exercises are important because if a muscle isn’t stretched then overtime it will shorten and become less elastic. Therefore joint mobility will decrease and the likelihood of injuries to muscl...
Then, there are smooth muscles. Smooth muscles are also known as involuntary muscles, as you can’t control them consciously. According to teachpe.com, these muscles are found in the digestive system (Specifically the stomach and esophagus.), the lungs (bronchi), and walls of blood vessels. Smooth muscles are usually used when something needs to be moved in the body, whether it was food (Stomach and esophagus) or air (bronchi). The only exception is the blood vessels, but that’s for vasodilation, where the blood vessels get bigger to allow more blood to
There are many ways you can prevent injuries from happening before they do occur. Make sure you lift the right amount of weight to ensure that your body won’t wear down or you won’t injure yourself. Lifting more than you need to will only make your body worse. Using poor form can get you hurt quicker and easier than any other way. Make sure that you are using the correct form even if that means hiring a trainer or having a spotter. Workouts that you know can help because you will know the correct position. Workouts without machinery and weights have a lesser risk of hurting you. Cassidy says, “Years of intense workouts take a toll on your body..... Cartilage wears down and muscles, tendons, and ligaments can become less limber” (1).
People have created a hectic and busy world, that includes careers and daily activities that require physical activity. While attempting to attain the required physical conditioning, people often take chances with their personal health as they try to stretch their physical limits. Sometimes, people can surpass their current limits and form new boundaries; however, other times people are not so fortunate. These unfortunate times often lead to injury, including workplace accidents, sporting incidents, disease afflictions, as well as others; any or all of which could bring about the need of rehabilitation services. Many of these require physical therapy, which includes assisting injured or otherwise impaired patients as they recover to their pre-injury status or to recover as much as is physically possible. The field of physical therapy is a choice career for those who enjoy helping people recover from injury, and the following text will provide reason for choosing this profession.
...o limit to their training and conditioning. This of course, is not the case. Overtraining is not only harmful, it is self-defeating as well. There is a good chance of experiencing internal fatigue, this in turn can lead to sports injuries, especially stress-related injuries. Overtraining may leave the athlete constantly tired, negatively affecting their performance. Being constantly tired and not being able to match the past performance achieved, or not being able to experience performance improvement can lead to depression.
Evidence of lifting weights can be traced back to the origins of man. As far back as cave painting and scrolls, there exists evidence of weightlifting. Initially as an expression of strength, to competition and functional training, weightlifting has carved its path through the ages. It has taken on a new role in the modern world; athletic training. With an entirely new emphasis in sports on speed, strength, and flexibility; weightlifting is more popular than ever. Unfortunately, young athletes often do more harm than good by injuring themselves lifting. When these uneducated lifters try to jump right into a program, lifting more than they should, an injury is imminent. What is overlooked, is that when weightlifting is done correctly, it has a great potential to prevent injuries instead of cause them. Understanding how the body works, using proper technique on the appropriate lifts, and participating in regular physical activity can greatly reduce the risk of athletic injuries.
In order to fully understand the impact and effect of overtraining, defining and establishing the difference of what overtraining is from other conditions, such as overreaching, is necessary. Overtraining is defined as the accumulation of both training and non-training stresses producing a long-term effect on the athlete’s performance capacity, with or without physical and psychological overtraining signs and symptoms in which recovery of the performance capacity will take weeks to months (Halson, 2004 p. 969). Overreaching, however, is defined by the accumulation of training and non-training stresses with a short-term effect on the a...
[3] H. S. Milner-Brown, R. B. Stein, and R. Yemm. "The Orderly Recruitment of Human Motor Units during Voluntary Isometric Contractions." The Physiological Society 230th ser. (1973): 359-70. Web. 22 May 2014.
Proper action plus proper timing equals desired results. Physical training is a lifestyle that requires commitment, determination, and discipline. If you already eat well and exercise, using this system will feel natural. If you do not already eat well and exercise, using this system will take some adjustment. Commit to your execution of the nutrition...
This is usually accompanied by decreased performance in skills requiring muscular strength or power.