What is Corrective Strength Training? And can Kids Benefit from it?”

Corrective training may lead to better balance amongst the muscles and stability within the joint, ultimately decreasing the number of injuries sustained in an individual's performance in a sport. The benefits are usually seen from the use of training that emphasizes the body's natural ability to move in six degrees of motion. 

Is this day and age youth fitness and exercise is ever evolving and so are the injuries.  Serious injuries such as ACL tears and rotator cuff injuries that were once thought to be for only seasoned veterans and over worked and out of shape weekend warriors are now being seen in children as young as 12.  This many times is not only a result of pursuing a serious sport a younger age but more often than not is due to a younger growing body responding to an outside stress.  The largest study of its kind was conducted to find out if Adolescent girls playing soccer had drastically ACL tears when they had at least one 15-minute warm-up session each week.  In a randomized trial involving some 4,500 members of different girls’ soccer teams, the group assigned to perform the neuromuscular exercise sessions had 64% fewer ACL tears than the control participants. Injuries such as these have been a growing concern as the number of girls playing higher level high-intensity sports such as soccer and basketball has increased. One study published in 2007 stated that the injury rate related to soccer amongst female athletes had risen nearly 50% since 1990.  In a new study, females athletes were randomly assigned a specific warm-up regimen twice a week.  Clubs that already had a warm-up program intended to reduce knee injuries were not included in these trials. Results were reported from 230 teams, comprising more than 4,500 players, over the 2009 soccer season. The program included six exercises intended to boost neuromuscular knee control and core stability, replacing the standard stretching routines typically used for warm-up. These trials proved that core stability and proper neuromuscular control were crucial in achieving proper balance to keep the athletes safe.

                  Now what does this have to do with the Railyard Fitness? Everything! The Railyard Fitness system was designed with youth fitness and exercise in mind.  The ever evolving obstacle course utilizes crawling, ducking, climbing and jumping while improving agility, balance, flexibility and neuromuscular strength and general conditioning in a fun and noninvasive environment.  Your little athletes will grow by leaps and bounds literally and never even know it because they are having so much fun.  The Railyard Fitness obstacle course is growing in popularity daily by the industry leaders in youth fitness and exercise.  

How to Prevent Tendon Injuries in Kids

Children more often than not are eager to venture into the world of exercise, especially when they see friends or family members enjoying themselves and many times bettering their quality of life.  However more often than not, people that are over the age of 18 are participating in strenuous exercise regimens such as weightlifting or long distance running.  This can be a cause for concern for many parents when their children want to participate in these activities.  Many times when children start strenuous weight bearing exercises too early in life it can cause many issue down the road if not right away.  Tendon issues can arise, many times leading to even more costly steroid injections or immobilization of the area, often leading to weakening of the affected area and causing further damage as a young adult. 

This is where the railyard fitness, conditioning for kids comes into play.  The railyard obstacle course is an indoor, portable, obstacle course that utilizes your own body weight to achieve safe, fantastic results!  Actions such as jumping, balancing, running, squatting, ducking and pushing as well as pulling your own body weight are used to complete the customized obstacle course.  This is perfect sports conditioning for kids because it emphasizes your children’s own body weight to strengthen their core as well as other stabilization muscles to create synergy among all of the other muscle in your body as well as improving cardiovascular function.   Exercising on the Railyard will not only challenge child’s body, but also their minds. The exercises will naturally engage all the centers of the brain involved with movement and work coordination, strength as well as flexibility across all three midlines of the body. Creativity will be something that comes naturally on the Railyard Fitness course as its 100% customizable, visualizing and executing the movements involved with the ever evolving obstacle course will keep kids on sharp.  The movements, and challenges on the Course will instill confidence and work ethic with every passing day. The exercises can be easily modified and accommodations can be made so that every child will and can succeed no matter what the circumstance may be.

Sports conditioning for kids may seem trivial and somewhat unsafe to some.  However with the Railyard fitness system you can not only make a child’s life better physically, but mentally as well.  Overcoming something as basic as a fear of jumping over an obstacle may give a child the courage and confidence to jump over a mountain, not to mention instill the basic knowledge of exercise and health to improve their lives forever.