Corrective Exercises In Rugby

INTRODUCTION

Rugby is one of the most popular sports in the world. Is a sport of contact, is for this reason because exists a lot of kinds of injuries.
When playing sport, the participant accepts there is a natural risk of injury. However, in rugby this risk is greater than in most other sports. This is explained for the most part by the nature of the game, which includes contact andcollisions as a fundamental part of the game of rugby. Preventative programmes are aimed at reducing the incidence and severity of injuries.
I will talk about the shoulders injuries, the prevention with a strong focus in the rehabilitation.

MOST COMMON SHOULDERS INJURIES

Although the lower limb is more frequently injured in rugby players, injuries to the shoulder are usually more serious andresult in numerous days of play or practice missed.
Shoulder injuries account for between 6 and 20% of injuries sustained by rugby players. The most common shoulder injuries include:
- Acromioclavicular joint sprain.
- Shoulder dislocation
- Rotator cuff impingement syndrome

MECHANISM OF INJURY

By far the most common mechanism of injury is contact. This includes tackles, scrums, rucks andmauls.
However, the most common form of contact during which injury to the shoulder occurs is the tackle. A greater number of shoulder injuries are sustained during a match, as opposed to during practices.
However, the shoulder injuries sustained during a practice are more severe. The skills training component of the practice seemed to hold the greatest risk of injury.
Although contact accountsfor as much as 97% of injuries in rugby, there is little known about inherent risk factors that some players may carry which increase their chance of injury. Factors including flexibility, poor muscle strength, training methods, and biomechanics need to be investigated to assess their contribution to shoulder injuries in rugby

THE MAIN MECHANISMS OF RUGBY INJURIES IN RUGBY ARE

1. The mostcommon mechanism is contact.
2. More injuries occur in matches but the injuries sustained during practice are more severe.
3. The skill component of training is an area of risk for shoulder injuries.
4. Lack of control and strength of muscles of the shoulder joint and blade can place players at risk of developing shoulder pain.

PREVENTION

There are two areas of rehabilitation:
a)Prehabilitation: This is rehabilitation or exercise therapy undertaken by players in an attempt to reduce the risk of injury.
b) Rehabilitation: This is exercise therapy which is undertaken to prevent the recurrence of injury in players who have already experienced an injury.
A) Prehabilitation

Prehabilitation or preventative rehabilitation would be implemented to reduce the risk of injury byaddressing a number of musculoskeletal variables which have been found to contribute to shoulder injury.
The vast majority of shoulder injuries in rugby are sustained during contact. For this reason it is suggested that training or rehabilitation be implemented to prepare players for different contact situations.
To prevent the shoulders injuries, we can use a new method of physiotherapy createdby Philippe Souchard, Stretching Global Active (SGA). It consists in stretching’s movements, and it’s used to prevent injuries in the normal life, in dance and in the case which is now important for us, the sports.
The benefits of SGA are;
- Increase of elasticity
- Correct the posture
- Prevent injuries
- Increase the sport level
- Keep the effects of RPG (Reeducation Postural Global)Principles of SGA;
- We have to pay attention in the globality of the movement.
- Each muscle has any physiologies. When we realize the exercise, should use all the spaces planes (flexion-extension, abduction-adduction, and intern-extern rotation)
- The elongation of the muscles is based in the physical law of deformation, that is the reason why it should be slow and without warm up...