Sports Injury Management Training in Improving Injury Handling Services for Sports Coaches and Masseurs

Abstract

The implementation of training programs that are carried out continuously and match events with a busy schedule have the potential for injury to athletes. The injuries experienced by athletes must be immediately known and understood by all supporting teams that support the training program, including by coaches and assistant masseurs in sports. Complaints of injured athletes are pain and decreased movement function. Signs and symptoms usually begin gradually, causing an athlete's performance to decrease or even disappear without return of sensory and motor function. lack of socialization about the stages of handling if an injury has occurred in an athlete. The purpose of the training carried out for the team of trainers and masseurs accompanying sports is an understanding of the stages of handling and training in carrying out pain management for injured athletes. The method used is providing assistance to the trainer team and the masseur is then given a questionnaire regarding the results of the training carried out. Questionnaires were given to coaches for trainers and masseurs to respond to the training program, as well as given to athletes related to the services provided after the coaches and masseurs received training. For this reason, an educational program on understanding the treatment of injuries was formed for coaches depending on the type of sport as well as capacity building for masseur teams from each sport. the training program produces maximum understanding. the trainer's response to the training program is 80% very good, the masseur's response is 85% right on target for the masseur's team. For the athlete's response regarding the services provided, the skills of the masseurs increased in analyzing and handling and managing injuries experienced by athletes. The conclusion was that there was an increase in understanding and injury management skills for the coach and the masseur team.