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Getting Game Day Ready NFL teams use exercises developed by ChristianaCare to protect football players from injuries BY JENNIFER A. THOMAS, MBA, MS, CCC-SLP
AT CHRISTIANACARE REHABILITATION SERVICES, we are relentlessly curious, and we continuously look for ways to innovate. In our quest to develop new ways to prevent injury, ChristianaCare physical therapists invented a new screening and injury prevention program that is so innovative that it’s attracted the attention of multiple sports teams—including the Super Bowl Champion Los Angeles Rams, who used this unique regimen to keep their athletes healthy throughout last season. The program involves using a screening tool called the “core sling 28
screen”. The screen tests the strength of trunk muscles, also known as core muscles, and is combined with a specialized exercise program to strengthen those muscles. Weakness in core muscles can lead to common athletic injuries such as strains in the abdomen, groin, quadriceps and lower back. A study on the program’s success was published last spring in the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation. Our physical therapists presented their research at the NFL’s Professional Football Athletic Trainer Symposium, Marc h / Ap r i l 2 0 2 2
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