Elements and Performance Criteria
- Undertake injury surveillance.
- Source and analyse data on common injuries for specific fitness activities.
- Monitor occurrence of injury and analyse injury patterns for specific fitness activities.
- Identify risk factors that may lead to injury for specific fitness activities according to relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Identify preventative measures in consultation with medical or allied health professionals.
- Develop injury prevention strategies.
- Analyse various exercises, exercise technique and fitness activities to formulate effectiveinjury prevention strategies according to relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Develop injury prevention strategies in consultation with medical or allied health professionals.
- Communicate recommendations about injury prevention strategies to relevant stakeholders according to organisational policies and procedures.
- Implement injury prevention strategies.
- Assess facilities and equipment for safe participation and advise relevant personnel of problems according to organisational policies and procedures.
- Promote preventative strategies to clients to minimise the likelihood of injury according to best practice guidelines.
- Implement strategies for the management of common exercise-related musculoskeletal injuries according to relevant legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Monitor injury management.
- Monitor client progress and encourage reassessment of injury by a medical or allied health professional as required.
- Adjust preventative measures and interventions in response to ongoing injury surveillance.
- Conduct ongoing monitoring of injury trends in consultation with medical or allied health professionals as required.
- Evaluate own performance and identify potential improvements for future implementation of injury prevention strategies.
- Conduct postural appraisals tests to evaluate the clients mobility, stability, muscle strength and endurance.
- Observe the client's static posture using a valid and reliable postural screening method to identify common postural variances and observe the degree of deviation.
- Conduct standardised tests to evaluate joint mobility and observe joint specific functional range of movement of the major joints to identify restrictions and right and or left differences in range.
- Conduct standardised postural appraisal tests to evaluate muscle strength and muscular endurance in order to identify functional ability.
- Apply knowledge of the functional anatomy of the joints and the location of relevant bony landmarks when conducting postural appraisals.
- Use a standardised method of recording the results of tests accurately and systematically using a process that allows for subsequent re-evaluation.
- Refer clients with significant injury and postural variances or concerns to appropriate medical or allied health professional before recommending any corrective exercises.
- Consult with an appropriate medical or allied health professional to discuss results of the postural evaluation to determine an appropriate exercise management plan.
- Implement valid postural appraisal methods according to recognised test protocols and industry standards.
- Observe and evaluate a client's dynamic posture through observation of gait.
- Observe the client's dynamic posture whilst performing suitable locomotive movements and record information about movement coordination and balance.
- Apply an understanding of the biomechanics of movement to the gait observation to obtain relevant information about the client's dynamic posture.
- Relate the effect of common postural variances to the client's gait.
- Conduct functional tests to evaluate range of movement, movement control, muscular deficits and proprioception.
- Use a standardised method of recording information obtained to allow for further re-evaluation.
- Understand the aim of gait observation by the specialised exercise trainer is not to be diagnostic or prescriptive, but to identify potential causes of injury.