The topic sort of asks the questions but hopefully I can clarify what I’m asking more directly.
After reading through and listening to pretty much everything BBM I am wondering what the role of coaches is. So say someone has an injury, sees an PCP and with no apparent abnormalities is referred to PT, undergoes PT and then is discharged. This would be under the assumption that the individual is “fixed” or on the other side of the coin, the individual stops going to the PT because they feel as though the PT doesn’t help and, that they believe they are going to be stuck with the injury/pain forever.
I know from the certifying organization standpoint the role of the coach is to develop programs and training methodologies to reduce/prevent injury, from BBM I know that’s not a 100% preventable concept but proper load/fatigue management isn’t a bad place to start.
I know a lot of the pain management is education so would it be a reasonable thing of a coach to attempt to educate the individual? Especially if they are receptive of what the coach or personal trainer is saying?
For me personally the first thing I would do is ensure the PCP clears them for exercise, and then I would probably have a conversation with the PT (hopefully have that type of relationship between coaches and PTs). If not me directly, then ask the individual what his PT has discussed with him/her. Find out why he/she stopped going to PT (if not discharged). If they are truly concerned pain/injury about it I would refer them back to see their PCP. Provide them with the tools/ knowledge to educate themselves about their injury and adjust training accordingly.
I ask because from the text books of a certification it talks about contraindications and shying away from training an injury while it heals. Doing nothing seems to me to be worse than doing what you can. Also, a lot of the discussions you
all have is from a clinician standpoint so it would be nice to see where you all place coaches in the hierarchy of injury/pain treatment.