Injury Prevention Workshop 

In this one hour workshop, learn the principles of designing an exercise program to reduce the incidence of the most common athletic injuries.

Most people assume that chronic injuries are just a part of playing sports and being an athlete.

That couldn't be further from the truth!  Not that we can avoid all injuries, but putting together a solid training plan can significantly reduce the risk.

Here are some of the most common risk factors for injury:

• Having had a previous injury of any kind
• Muscle stiffness that inhibits proper range of motion in joints
• Lack of core strength and stability
• Inability to perform fundamental movement patterns such as squatting, stepping, and lunging
• Relative strength to body weigh ratio
• Lack of tissue extensibility and durability
• Overtraining or Undertraining
• Poor technique in sport skills or exercise

The combinations of these also significantly increase the risk of getting hurt.

In this workshop you will learn how to counter all of these risks with a proper movement prep (warm up) routine as well as the necessary speed, power, strength, endurance, and recovery plan.

Workshop Presenter: Coach Frank Dolan

Sports and Fitness Performance founder Frank Dolan, is a strength and conditioning specialist andperformance coach. Frank specializes in enhancing athletic ability through movement-based training. In addition to working with the New York Yankees, Frank has consulted with several collegiate and high school sports programs, and has been a popular guest lecturer at St. John’s University, where he presents fitness training concepts for optimal performance in work and sport. Frank is an FMS Expansion Team Presenter, an Equinox Fitness Training Institute Tier 4 educator. Frank holds a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and is a CSCS from the NSCA.  He teaches as an adjunct professor in the Fitness Specialist Program at Suffolk County Community College and is the Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach at Bay Shore High School in NY.