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Preventive Measures
turning can be very challenging
on muscles of the low back, glutes
and quads. The best preventive
measures can be proper strength and
conditioning of these muscle groups
to decrease injury and stay on the
active roster all season.
Understand that low back and
other lower extremity injuries in
female adolescents - and particularly
field hockey players - can be avoided
or at least decreased through early
recognition of deficits and proper
strength, stabilization and flexibility
training. Take the time and make the
effort to properly address the exact
causes of LBP in field hockey players
and take the necessary steps to
correct them and keep your players
in the game all season long. Train to
win! n
References
1. Engel, Heather, Line It Up. Train.
& Cond., Nov., 2017
2. Hilst, Jony van, et al.. Low back
pain in young elite field hockey
players, football players and speed
skaters: Prevalence and risk factors.
Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal
Rehabilitation 28 (2015) 67-73.
3. NASM Essentials of Corrective
Exercise Training. Ed. By Michael A.
Clark, Scott C. Lucett 1st ed., 2011.
4. Penny, Lauren. Train your
posterior to kick butt on the hockey
field! Hockey performance academy.
Internet article. OptimizePress.com,
2013.
5. Personal Interview with: Jessica
Nerkowski and Teryn Brill Gallaway,
Field Hockey coaches for Liberty High
School. 1/26/2020.
Growing up in Culpeper, Va. Jessie
Nerkowski began playing field hockey
in ninth grade. She played varsity and
club field hockey as well as basketball,
softball and track & field throughout
high school. She continued her
athletic pursuits at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as
a walk-on to UNC's Varsity Rowing
team. After completing one season
with the team, she returned to field
hockey as a member of UNC's Club
Team. Her senior year, she captained
her team to its first NFHL National
Championship.
Jessie has coached field hockey
for four years at the middle school,
club and high school levels. She
became the head field hockey coach
for Liberty High School in Colorado
Springs, Colo. in 2017, only one year
after the program's inception.
Jessie is currently the business
strategy analyst for the United
States Olympic & Paralympic
Committee's Athlete Career and
Education program. In her role, she
serves and empowers active and
retired Team USA athletes in their
pursuit of personal, educational and
professional success.
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