This week, I spent six hours of my time editing videos, in order to achieve more placement hours and to gain a greater understanding of exercise prescription.

Reflective Summary

The exercises I edited included standing hip abduction and extension, resisted single leg knee drive, clamshell exercise, frog bridge abduction, step ups, elevated single leg squat, single leg squat, sit to stand, lateral steps, lateral squats and seated bicep curl with a resistance band. Some of the videos that I edited can be seen below:

Standing Hip Abduction with Resistance Band:

Standing Hip Extension with Resistance Band:

Resisted Single Leg Knee Drive:

Clamshell Exercise with Resistance Band:

Frog Bridge Abduction with Resistance Band:

Elevated Single Leg Squat:

Single Leg Squat:

Lateral Steps with Resistance Band:

Lateral Squats with Resistance Band:

 

A lot of these exercises can be used in the physical rehabilitation of patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS). This term is commonly used to describe anterior knee pain in and around the patella (Lankhorst, Bierma-Zeinstra & van Middelkoop, 2013).Studies have shown positive results for the rehabilitation of PFPS when squats, static quadricep exercises, leg raises, leg press and strengthening exercises for the hip abductors were included in a exercise prescription programme (Petersen et al., 2014). Therefore clamshell exercise, frog bridge abduction, single leg squats, sit to stand and lateral squats could all be included within rehabilitation for PFPS.

What Went Well

I am a lot more confident when using iMovie since editing all of these videos. This means I can complete the editing to a good standard.

Areas for Improvement	Action Plan
Ensure that every video has the exact same template	Make sure I do not rush when I am editing the videos
Select the appropriate exercise name	Ask Alex and Mike from clinic who recorded the videos, what they would call the exercises

Closing the Loop

Since writing this reflection, with certain exercises that I am unsure on, I have messaged Alex or Mike to ask what they would call it.

References

Lankhorst, N. E., Bierma-Zeinstra, S. M., & van Middelkoop, M. (2013). Factors associated with patellofemoral pain syndrome: a systematic review. British journal of sports medicine, 47(4), 193-206.

Petersen, W., Ellermann, A., Gösele-Koppenburg, A., Best, R., Rembitzki, I. V., Brüggemann, G. P., & Liebau, C. (2014). Patellofemoral pain syndrome. Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy, 22(10), 2264-2274.