TO BE INJURY RESISTANT:
We need to train Muscle Action vs Function:
a. Muscle Action: This is how a muscle moves from origin to insertion or insertion to origin. We need to continually train our muscle actions to keep them healthy and ready.
b. Muscle Function: All muscles have some of the same basic functions, but some muscles are asked to use those functions more often than others. Some of these functions include:
i. Fixate movement: Without these muscles we cannot produce or decrease muscle force well. At times we need to teach muscles to stabilize for a short period of time to improve a muscles response to a complex action.
ii. Producing movement and accelerating: We have to train our muscles to produce force. This type of function will often dictate the type of tempo we need to use for a particular muscular group. Practicing a specific tempo with a specific task is a part of skill conditioning. The only way to improve your skill for a particular recreation or sport is to practice that exact contraction.
iii. Stopping movements and decelerating: We have to train our muscles and body to absorb force. We often tear these types of muscles/tendons with sport and activity because they were not prepared for what we are asking of them. So, training this basic function will prevent or lessen your likelihood of injury.
2. Load Management: Helping you understand training interactions from playing sports, practice, or exercise can be the key variable that keeps you adapting and performing your best. Load management will help avoid overtraining, overreaching, under-training, and/or injury.
