Sport Psychology Consultants

Certainly playing sports comes with the risk of injury. The sport psychology consultant plays a significant role in sport injuries. The main problems facing the injured young athlete are how to rehabilitate them Mentally to be Ready to Return back to Play. To full practice and competition as soon as they are medically cleared.

There are some mentally problems result in injuries that should be the main goals to be resolved as sport psychology consultant. These common problems are; decreasing the confidence which in turn decrease the performance and increase the feeling of stress and anxiety, and fear of reinjures.

The sport psychology consultants play an important role in the rehabilitation of any athlete’s injury by helping them mentally get

Role of Sport Psychology constants in Injury Rehabilitation could not be neglected and should be emphasis to build up a good relationship with the injured athlete, to educate the injured person about the injury mechanism and recovery process, to teach specific coping skills by Discussing goal setting, positive self-talk, imagery, visualization, and relaxation training.

My Plan of care as sport psychology consultant can include, but not limited to:

1- Incorporating Imagery:

- Give the injured athlete some old photo/ video record was taken in previous game of competition.

2- Creative Sport Specific Skill:

- The sport psychology consultants should consult with the athletic trainers to make the sport and training program more creative and keep their injured athletes active in their sport. We should think outside of the box to modify sport skills to keep the injured athlete participating effectively in their sport.

3- Incorporating Goal Setting:

- The injured athlete should have specific goals should be achieved on daily or weekly basis for both rehabilitation skills and the modified sport specific skills.

This will help injured athletes focus and recognize these skills and workouts as important.

4- Relaxation