Blog 13

Proper Body Type:


1st interview:
Generally people who are active and contain the right amount of muscle mass, depending on their needs, experience less injuries and recover faster if they are injured.

"Gaining Weight For Athletes," Book:
Making sure that you do physically qualify for a sport or activity insures that perform safer and are generally stronger in said activity. For example, a lean runner would be expected to perform better than a more built runner. Each sport, even each position within a sport, has different qualifications for body mass.

Conclusions of several articles:
Performing and conditioning to improve performance and well being insures that you have some kind of knowledge of how the body works on a physiological level.With this knowledge, the individual develops their style.

Blog 12

Working at Casa Colina in Pomona. My contact is David Salaiz (909-596-7733, EXT 3067). The staff has had me wipe down equipment and beds, restock linen, and give an extra hand to staff who needs help with patients. I've completed 40 hours.
 Service Learning

I-Poly ESLR's

1. Effective Communicator
I feel that I have been more of an effective communicator this year than previous years. Regarding senior project, I have tried my best to get things done, which kind of forced me to to ask for others help. Being a bit stubborn, I've started to realize, this year, that in order to graduate and ultimately seek a career, I've got to open up a little more.

2. Effective I-Poly Citizen
I interpret this topic as more of a "growing up" idea. I personally feel I have made strides in trying to do what needs to be done, and excepting the consequences if I don't.

Blog 11

1. How fast does a "healthy" or generally fit person recover from injury opposed to that of someone who is not so fit?
2. Generally, when an athlete comes to you for an injury, do they know why the exercises work prior to their schedule? In other words, does it seem they have a knowledge of their anatomy?
3. Of these three, which do you think occurs most in athletes:
-injury does to overworking the body,
-injury due to unproper form, and,
-injury due to accidents or trauma?
4. How important is a balanced diet in recovery?
5. Would you advise any athlete (recreational or professional) to have some guidance in their sport, whether it'd be training or prior experience under a trainer?
6. There are reports saying stretching does not prevent injury, but has no change at all (sometimes even increases chance of injury). How do you decide how to incorporate stretching into a patient's plan?
7. Do you ever get patients who come back after completing therapy telling you they have a different injury in the same relative spot? If so, are the injuries more dramatic and significant due to the previous injury?
8. How does an athlete's definition of fit differ from that of an athlete from a different sport? How much more difficult can it be to be fit or more than one sport?
9. Nutrition plays a big role in any kind of exercise, as it acts as a fuel source. Is it possible to actually be injured from wrong eating habits? How dramatic are the results?
10. What would you personally think would be the best solution to preventing any kind of injury?

Blog 9 (Edited)

1. If a baseball player stretches before practive, then they will prevent injury that could be caused during practice.
2.Dependent Variable: Amount of time spent applying ice to the shoulder after practice.
Independent Variable: Amount of time performing stretches.
Control Variable: College baseball players (22 pitchers).
3. Testing the relationship between certain amounts of stretching and injury; "how much is too much?"
A recent study has shown stretching does not prevent injury, but does the exact opposite. It is widely accepted that too much flexibility destroys the body's ability to "recoil," or return to its original position, which then weakens muscle usage. However, the studies say chances are unchanging or even worse, depending on the sport, of course. Through this, I hope to find that stretching as an exercise still does provide some sort of "warm up," while keeping the athlete injury-free.
4. Various sources of already-performed research.
5. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Blog 10

Right now, I think I can barely manage an AP. I feel there's much more extra research and work I could be doing to know more about my topic.
One thing I do think I am doing pretty well is my service learning hours. I have at least 20 right now and hope to increase how often I do my hours.
I might want to try and get more hands on and research like crazy, being I've never actually been in therapy and have no above ordinary knowledge.

Blog 9

Hypothesis: Given a certain individual's genealogy, said individual will have a relatively high VO2 max regardless if they are actively fit.
-Dependent Variable: High VO2 max level
-Independent Variable: Different volunteers? (young, old, healthy nutrition, active.)
-Control Variable: Same VO2 max breathing test.
-VO2 max is more of a psychological aspect of sports. It is debated over whether or not it is a leading factor that determines top performance. Most professional athletes, and gifted recreational athletes, must utilize a high oxygen intake, which eventually lowers hear rate and allows the person more endurance. This is important because oxygen is a vital resource during exercise. In fact, exercise pushes the body through a series of chemical reactions, under aerobic (oxygen fueled) and anaerobic (not oxygen fueled, lasts 2 minutes before aerobic kicks in in most exercise.) Ultimately, insuring that you consume correct levels of 02, you will prevent lactate (muscle waste), dizziness and sickness, and even heart failure. This being said, it is important to retain a positive VO2 max to provide smoother exercise and less chance of the above symptoms.
-I hope to test this by using a VO2 max reader that analyzes the consumption of a person's VO2 through their breathing. Hope to use on campus resources.
-Sports and Recreational? (physx page wouldn't open)