EJ+Rauseo

=**Shoulder Tendonitis/Impingement and Contusions**=

Goals
The goal of the project was to examine two of the most common spring injuries found at the Belmont hill school.I discovered that alot of kids have these injuries and the rehabatation preocess that follows. I also found that alot of kids at Belmont Hill do not get injuries treated and therefore the injuries get worse.I expected alot of havoc in the trainers room and a vriety of injuries. Shoulder tendonitis and contusions were seen just as much, if not more than anyother injury.

Discoveries
I learned how long and what is done to get athhletes back on the field. I also learned how sever shoulder tendonitis and contusions reallt are.The biggest lesson I learned was that if you do not get your injury checked out, it will most likely get worse and cost you a lot of time in the recovery process. These injuries are not jokes and both should be treated with care. Contusions are just not harmless bruises, and shoulder tendonitis/impingement is just not shoulder pain that will get better when you are done throwing. These are two common injuries that high school athletes must take more seriously so that the trainers can allow you to make a quick full recovery.

Challenges
The biggest challenge I faced in the observation process was getting the 15 hours in. Alot of what is done in the trainers room is repetative, therefor it is hard to find new things to learn about. Following someones rehab was also tough because you had to be flexable to be there when they were going to do their exercises.

Solutions
I talked to other people who had worked with more sever injuries in shoulders and contusions. I also asked kids not in the trainers room if they had injuries to see how many kids don't get their injuries checked out by the trainers. This helped to open up more to talk about in the project.

Looking Back
If I were to do this project again, I would have started working on it earlier. I also would have brodend my topic so that I would have more athletes to follow and to see more ways of treatment.

5 Things I wish I knew Before I started the Projecttoc
1. I would have started earlier. 15 hours are tougher to get in then you think, 2. I would have had a better plan. I would have worked on one persons injury exclusivly, before moving on. 3. I would have had a more broad topic so that I could have seen a wider variety of injuries. 4. I would have went to an outside doctor to see the surgical process and find out about more severe injuries that need surgry. 5. I would have gone into further research on the machines used in the trainers room. It would be nice to know what they do and how they work.