Kate is a senior Volleyball player at Pepperdine University in southern California. She is one of the top hitters in the country. In addition to their usual training for Pepperdine, her and her teammate Sarah had been training hard in preparation for joining the AVP(Association of Volleyball Professionals) Beach volleyball tour after their senior season. Kate and Sarah have been best friends and playing together since they were 14. Their announcement to join the tour, after winning an amateur tournament, created some buzz in the beach volleyball world. Kate is an only child and her parents are 100% supportive of her decision to join the professional tour. However, during the NCAA Tournament Kate suffered a torn Labrum, an injury often categorized as a SLAP lesion. After consulting with Sarah, her athletic trainers, her family and an Orthopedic Surgeon, Kate decided to undergo Arthroscopic surgery to repair her shoulder. Post surgery, after resting her arm in a sling for 4 weeks, she is impatiently waiting to start therapy. She is worried she may lose her momentum going into her first professional tour and hoping she can return to her former playing ability. At this point, the Surgeon and Physical Therapists have given her a 5 to 8 month recovery time to return to play and have suggested she will be even stronger when she returns – as long as she strictly adheres to the therapy regiment they plan to begin next week. If she can return in under 6 months, she has a chance to join the tour mid-season. In the meantime, Kate not only agreed, but insisted Sarah continue to train and compete with another player until she returns.
Kate’s psychological profile reads as such – Motivation – 10, Anxiety – 5, Focus – 7, Expectations – 8, Worry – 5, Emotions – 6, Identity – 8, Adherence – 10, Understanding – 7, Pain Tolerance – 7, Social Support – 8, Confidence – 6.
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1.What psychological antecedents did Kate present with that may have impacted her risk of obtaining an injury?In your response, be sure to discuss not only the 1) antecedents to injury but the 2) stress response as well.
2.What personal and situational factors did Kate present with that may influence her: 1) cognitive appraisal, 2) emotional reaction, and 3) behavioral response to her injury? In your response, be sure to also address how this then affects her 4) physical and psychological rehabilitation outcome.
3.What phase of rehabilitation is Kate currently in?
4.Based on Kate’s current phase of rehabilitation, set outcome, progress, and process goals. You should set a minimum of 1 physical and 1 psychological outcome goal, 2 physical and 2 psychological progress goals, and 3 physical and 3 psychological process goals. In your response, be sure to address how to have Kate evaluate her goals as she goes through her rehabilitation program. Make sure your goals fit the SMART acronym.
5.Based on Kate’s current phase of rehabilitation, what 2 types of mental imagery should Kate focus her attention on and why? Please develop a short script that facilitates one of these types of mental imagery.
6.Based on Kate’s current phase of rehabilitation, what type of relaxation should Kate be asked to perform and why? Please develop a short relaxation script that facilities this type of relaxation.
7.Based on Kate’s current phase of rehabilitation, how should Kate address some negative self-talk that she is having regarding her shoulder and the lack of mobility in her shoulder. When responding to this question, be sure you address not only how to help her stop her negative thoughts but the reframing of her negative thoughts as well. Her main negative self-talk is related to the use of her shoulder to perform daily activities on her own, such as putting up her hair.
Kate’s Negative Self-Talk Statements:
“Why did I do this surgery?”
“If I would have known I couldn’t even do my hair each day I wouldn’t done this surgery!”
“Some people just don’t understand how hard it is for me to do simple things!”
8.Based on Kate’s current phase of rehabilitation, what type of social support is Kate most in need of right now? What are some ways in which that current need of support can be obtained?
9. Describe the Integrated Model of Psychological Response to Sports Injury?
10.List 15 members you would include on your sports medicine team and describe how they would be best situated to provide social support. Be sure to include the name of the social support they would provide.