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A handball season with strict crown measures can present problems for players who rely on strength training to stay injury free. Now Amalie Mogstad (21) yells a warning.
National and municipal measures against the spread of the infection in Norway have led to the closure of fitness centers across the country.
In the Oslo area, all centers are closed, but the 1st division handball and the Rema 1000 league are in full swing.
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In the past eight weeks, there have been four cruciate ligaments in the women’s elite series and one in the men’s elite series.
It has long been known that hard load on the track and sharp turns can easily lead to such an injury, but that this can be significantly prevented with proper strength training.
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You should expect serious injury
Hege Grindem is a Principal Investigator at the Sports Injury Research Center of the Norwegian Academy of Sports and an assistant professor at the Karolinska Institute and a physiotherapist at Nimi.
She says all teams should expect to be seriously injured for one season.
– Usually there is an average of between 0.5 and one cruciate ligament injury in an elite handball team every year, Grindem tells Nettavisen.
Grindem notes that it is difficult to tell if there is an increasing trend or if the number of injuries is random.
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– In recent years, we have not had an ongoing research project in which we monitor the situation of injuries as has been done in previous years, so it is difficult to say with certainty if players who have injured the cruciate ligament are now part of a trend or if it is a random increase that will level out over time. In any case, it is worth thinking about how this season differs from previous ones in terms of opportunities for injury prevention training and recovery, the shorter preparation period, and the availability of players and match schedule.
Several handball teams have had to adapt this season to quarantine orders and postponement of matches due to coronary heart disease.
– Must demand a lot from the clubs
Amalie Mogstad (21) plays in the Nordstrand IF handball.
They moved up to the 1st division this season after a few years in the 2nd division.
Mogstad tore his cruciate ligament when he was 18 years old while playing for the Aker club in Oslo.
The 21-year-old is now in full swing, but he fears that a different season with closed gyms and postponed games could deliver serious knee injuries.
– It’s a shame that the centers are closed. Fortunately, I think most teams that play in higher divisions have access to their own force room. If you don’t have it, I don’t think it’s justified to play handball, Mogstad tells Nettavisen.
Mogstad greatly appreciates the opportunity for the team to train strength in the handball hall.
– Fortunately at Nordstrand we can train in groups a few days a week, I completely depend on that to be able to stay injury free. Even if the best-trained players are seriously injured, I think you can still avoid it if you get serious about strength training.
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Grindem, who researches how athletes can safely return to sports, believes that strength training is essential to keep players injury-free.
– The period in which we are now, where there is less access to the equipment available in gyms, requires clubs and players to perform basic training with alternative exercises. Basic basic training is necessary to be ready to play, he says.
In order for the body to cope with the heavy load that comes with playing handball, it is essential that strength training is a priority.
Grindem has investigated this to help doctors return safely.
– The most surprising finding that we discovered was that in players who had undergone cruciate ligament surgery, we found a very strong connection between muscle strength and knee function that players have when they return to sports and training. risk of new knee injuries.
Higher risk for girls
In the past two months, three clubs in the Rema 1000 women’s league have had to see their own players seriously injured.
Tertnes Handball Elite lost Josefine Intelhus, 22, and Linn Gossé, 34, to a cruciate ligament injury in a week.
Grindem notes that among handball players, women have a higher risk of cruciate ligament injuries than men.
– We also see that women more often damage the cruciate ligament at a younger age than men. In those who have undergone cruciate ligament surgery, we also see that men return to sport to a greater extent than women.
Nordstrand player Mogstad believes it is scary to see how many people are affected by the serious injury that puts him out of action for at least nine months.
– There are too many and there are beginning to be an alarming number. A year on the side is probably what all handball players fear the most, he says.
Although the idea of a new injury scares Mogstad, she trusts her case when it comes to handball betting.
The 21-year-old is determined that a new injury of this type would not have prevented her from continuing her career in the field.
– Handball is my life, so I would have probably been in that rehabilitation process again, although it is very heavy physically and mentally. Therefore, I am very impressed with players returning from such injuries multiple times, like Nora Mørk.
The European Women’s Handball Championship begins in Denmark on December 3. Nora Mørk is back in the team after two cruciate ligament injuries in two years. Amanda Kurtovic, who is also fully recovered from the same injury, is not in the championship.
For the record: Article author Siri Jonhaugen plays handball in the Rema 1000 league for Rælingen.
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