Form and Injury Risk Question

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Hi,

After listening to Jordans’ interview on the RTS podcast with Mike Tuchscherer I have a question about the influence of form on injury risk. Jordan posits that the two factors which can currently be associated with injury are technical perfectionism and improper load management. In the example of an untrained novice with low workload tolerance, is there any potential for form inconsistencies between sessions to contribute to injury? It occurred to me that alterations in form on a session to session basis for a novice, leading to stress being distributed inconsistently across tissues could result in something akin to ‘improper load management’ in the presence of low workload tolerance. I would also like to know how studies which cite technique as a part of the picture for injury risk in strength sports such as “Prevalence and Consequences of Injuries in Powerlifting: A Cross-Sectional Study” amongst others, are interpreted by the BBM team.

Thanks,

Jack

Strömbäck, Edit, Ulrika Aasa, Kajsa Gilenstam, and Lars Berglund. “Prevalence and Consequences of Injuries in Powerlifting: A Cross-sectional Study.” Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 6.5 (2018): 2325967118771016. Web.

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I would also like to know how studies which cite technique as a part of the picture for injury risk in strength sports such as “Prevalence and Consequences of Injuries in Powerlifting: A Cross-Sectional Study” amongst others, are interpreted by the BBM team.

I’m curious whether you read this paper that you cited? They specifically say:

… we were not able to investigate the powerlifters’ training loads or technique …