Injury Prevention Programs

1. What Effect Do Injury
Prevention Programs
Really Have?
By Josh Heuer

2. Introduction
 Looking at what effects implementing an injury
prevention program has on athletes
 We first look at what injuries certain athletes are
vulnerable to using Functional Movement Screen (FMS)
 Implement a injury prevention program to help them
improve their weaknesses
 Does the program help?
 Is it worth implementing such a program?

3. Research
 Brumbies Under 18/Academy Boys
 Record and initial Functional Movement Screen (FMS) to
assess athletes weaknesses and vulnerability
 Generate an appropriate program that will help the
athlete combat these weaknesses
 Ideal result is that we see an improvement in the
athletes FMS which will decrease the athletes risk of
injury

4. Discussion
 Will focus will be on the effect of the programs that are
implemented
 How they have helped or not helped the athletes.
 Will look at things:
 What programs worked?
 Why some may work and some may not
 What were the similarities between programs?
 What are the recommendations we can make from the results?

5. Possible Results
 Hypothesis
 Implementing an Injury Prevention Program based on FMS will
have a positive result in decreasing an athletes chances of
sustaining certain injuries.
 Expecting to see positive results
 As long as the athletes follow the program as
recommended