Its been just over a month since I launched this site and I have to say that I am more than thankful for those of you who have taken the time to read the information I put out. While some of the information has been based on personal opinion, most of the information contained within this [...]
Part 1: Personality Part 2: Motivation Part 3: Anxiety and Arousal Part 4: Stress and Coping This is the final installment in my series of “Psychological Characteristics of the Elite Performer”. I hope you’ve enjoyed this oft-forgotten aspect of sports performance. While many of the concepts I’ve addressed may have seemed quite simple, its theoretical bases have been [...]
Part 1: Personality Part 2: Motivation Part 3: Anxiety and Arousal STRESS AND COPING Like anxiety, stress is a commonly discussed topic in sport performance and takes both the internal and external environments into account. Stress can be defined as an experience produced through a person-situation relationship that is perceived as taxing or exceeding the athlete’s resources. [...]
Part 1: Personality Part 2: Motivation Part 3: ANXIETY AND AROUSAL Athletes with a high tendency to perceive competitive situations as threatening, likely experience greater levels of “moment dependent” anxiety during game situations. This type and level of anxiety may lead to a predisposition to detrimental performances and therefore may not be evident in elite [...]
Part 1: Personality Part 2: Motivation Motivational constructs must also be considered as one of the distinguishing psychological characteristics of elite athletes. Looking at motivation, it is evident that motivation is best understood by the interaction of the individual and his/her situational influences. There are many theories that attempt to explain motivation, however, certain factors [...]
Although no exact definition of an “elite performer” exists, this next series of posts will attempt to determine the psychological characteristics that may lead to the classification of an athlete as being elite. This will be stepping out of my element somewhat, but its a topic that anyone working with athletes must be familiar with. [...]
Tendinitis? “That’s such an old term…no one uses that anymore!” Tendinopathy? “Hmm…too vague. Get some diagnostic skills will ya?” Tendinosis? “Now that’s more like it. Most tendon pathologies pass the inflammation stage and go directly to the degeneration stage…right?” But do they? Well maybe not! Franklyn-Miller et al recently published an editorial piece entitles “Fasciitis [...]
The use of “Trochanteric Bursitis” as a diagnosis for lateral hip pain is extremely common in orthopaedics and manual therapy. In fact, a simple google image search of the terms “hip” and “greater trochanter” led mostly to diagrams pertaining to such condition. However, given the numerous anatomical structures in the region of the lateral hip, [...]
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The ability to perform well during a triathlon is dictated by one’s ability to perform optimally in each of its three disciplines: swimming, biking, and running. Previous research has demonstrated that running performance during a triathlon is affected by cycling intensity, cadence, bicycle frame geometry, power output consistency, and drafting. However, very little research, if [...]
Yes there is such a thing! It is also known as a fracture of the posterior tibial lip. Mechanism of Injury? Extreme plantar flexion with vertical compression of the talus against the tibia. This injury is usually associated with a rupture of the anterior tibiofibular ligament. Therefore, if a widening of the medial clear space [...]
The following post highlights some of the key points provided in the most recent position paper on Nutrition and Athletic Performance. It should be noted that this position paper was produced based on the the current state of the literature and that an Evidence Analysis Process (American Dietetic Association) was utilized to standardize this review. [...]
a manual therapeutic approach, based on developmental kinesiology and aimed at activating the “Integrated Stabilizing System” for the purpose of improving function This “method” of manual therapy originates from the Rehabilitation Prague School and can be indirectly linked to one of the pioneers of manual therapy, Vladimir Janda. Some of you may view this approach to therapeutic [...]
An “older” woman walks through your door complaining of pain in the legs that started when she moved to a new neighborhood. She reports a history of daily mall-walking and says she ALWAYS completes 20 full laps. A thorough history reveals that she also recently changed malls (double the size but also has stairs). A [...]
The Shoulder in Sport: Management, rehabilitation, and prevention Andrea Fusco, Andrea Foglia, Frank Musarra, and Marco Testa Bologna, Italy Churchill Livingstone, 2008 331 pages The Shoulder in Sport is a specialty text, authored by expert physiotherapists, Fusco, Foglia, Musarra, and Testa. This book illustrates a multidisciplinary approach to the shoulder health of athletes and through [...]
Boxer’s Elbow (as defined by Zachazewski et al: Athletic Injuries and Rehabilitation) An avulsion fracture of the olecranon process occurring as the olecranon impacts in the fossa when a forceful jab misses the target. Boxer’s Elbow (as defined by Cubos, J: www.jeffcubos.com) One of a multitude of injuries likely to be sustained by Miguel Cotto [...]
This is the 3rd of a three part series on Excellence through an examination of Tiger Woods. It is well known that the displacement of a golf shot is a direct function of the club head velocity (CHV) at the point of impact. Now, Linear CHV however, is a function of angular velocity of the club [...]
This is a continuation of my week of excellence devoted to Tiger. Enjoy!
This week’s edition of www.jeffcubos.com will be devoted to the Pursuit of Excellence. The first few posts will be dedicated to Tiger Woods, the epitome of sports performance. Here is an article from theage.com.au summarizing what makes Tiger Tiger. (click on the image) Enjoy!
If you’re a clinician involved in research, here is a handy little tool to utilize for calculating Sensitivity Specificity Predictive Values Likelihood Ratios Just click on the image above!
