How to Prevent Overuse Injuries | Kyla Hartnell
Episode 16, Jan 07, 2019, 05:00 PM
“I want you to explore movement more. Not necessarily in the sport you love, but I want you to go play on the monkey bars, I want you to go wrestle, I want you to do some gymnastics and some vaulting and some yoga.”
As the founder and owner of Long Lake Sports & Orthopaedic Physiotherapy (based in Nanaimo, British Columbia), Kyla Hartnell has worked extensively with national amateur and professional hockey and rugby players, and loves the challenge of getting athletes performing their best as quickly as possible post-injury. She grew up on skates playing ringette, hockey, and figure skating. As an adult, she has completed numerous international marathons, Ironman Canada, and competed at a National level in basketball and softball. Kyla is the sister of NHL player Scott Hartnell, and together they co-authored a children’s book titled Hartnell Down - also the name of Scott’s charity foundation. In our talk with Kyla we discussed overuse injuries, concussions, Tommy John’s Surgery, multi-sport opportunities, and much more!
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Table of Contents
1:07 - Guest intro
1:52 - Personal youth sports experience
5:43 - Hartnell Down
7:57 - Resilience
11:02 - Life lessons from the NHL
14:08 - Importance of the first few years in a sport
16:09 - Overuse injuries
19:47 - Tommy John’s Surgery
27:12 - Got Game/multisport
32:35 - Top 3 issues facing youth sports
38:49 - Reversing negative trends
41:05 - Top 3 characteristics of great coaches
43:45 - What can we do to help kids love their sport more at the end of the season than they did at the beginning?
46:22 - Resources
53:05 - #1 tip for new coaches