Online Continuing Education Courses

Musculoskeletal

• Explain the causes behind Musculoskeletal Injuries
• Compare the minimum/maximum times during the Acute, Repair, and Remodeling Phase of Recovery
• Summarize protocols for acute inflammation
• Demonstrate a Kinetic Chain Assessment
• Explain why indirect cause of injury can be as disabling due to tissue overuse and overload
• Contrast and compare male vs female most common extremity injuries
• Contrast the differences between high school, collegiate, and professional athletic injuries
• Summarize how gold-standard management drives lower injury rates and duration
  

Nutrition

• Develop components of a typical healthy meal plan for athletes
• Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy food choices in each category of FAT, CHO, PRO
• Identify problem foods specific to the individual athlete
• Explain CHO loading and examples of high glycemic index foods
• Describe meal plan for post-exercise "window of recovery"
• Describe benefits and sources of branched chain amino acids for athletic recovery
• Explain purpose of omega 3 fatty acids during recovery phase of athletic activity
• Define components of female athlete triad
• List vitamins and minerals required to rebuild bone health in female athlete triad
• Name ergogenic nutrients acceptable to the World Anti-Doping Agency

Dehydration

• Explain difference between dehydration and hyponatremia
• Recognize early or acute signs and symptoms of dehydration and hyponatremia
• Discuss benefits of each method of determining hydration status
• Demonstrate treatment intervention for heat cramps
• Compare energy drink to sports drink

Concussion

• Define and recognize brain concussion, second impact syndrome, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
• Describe frequency of sports concussion and common duration of signs and symptoms.
• Describe all possible results of head trauma, including second impact syndrome, intracranial hematoma, skull fracture, brain contusion, cervical injury (both mild and dangerous)
• Differentiate and rule out dangerous results from head trauma.
• Demonstrate proper exam procedures following head trauma on field.
• Demonstrate proper exam procedures to clear the cervical spine on field.
• Perform the SCAT 3 exam and describe how it is to be used both on field and in the office.
• Describe how and why one performs serial exams after head trauma on field.
• Describe return to play protocols for concussed athletes.
• Describe prevention procedures for sports concussion.