Farewell To Yet Another Season!!

FOUNDER'S MESSAGE
As we prepare to close out the season with IMPACT's 2nd Annual Awards Dinner and Gala, let's first thank God for a tough and rewarding season on the United States Track & Field (USATF) circuit. As a team we conquered something together! We conquered the fear of the known and unknown.. We knew the USATF would present a schedule of track and field competition which would require every student-athlete to prepare and perform beyond mental and physical toughness, beyond practice preparedness, and beyond the people who are always their to whisper in your ear....." pssssst...... you can't do this - you are not ready for this, pssssst..... "you should be running for us, psssst..... "there's no way IMPACT can afford a bus to travel to Maryland, pssssst..... I told you we train better, and psssst....... "Coach Lynn - ya'll should be coming to our meet - forget their meet, etc., etc." But the "whisperers" underestimated our student-athletes and our parents. We did not know to which level IMPACT's student-athletes would RISE - BUT RISE WE DID!

Throughout the season, "the fear of everything new became contagious." Mrs. Sloane went with newly designed uniforms, facing her fears all the way. Now... practically everyone on the circuit wants to duplicate IMPACT's style. We faced the fear of the competition, and our babies proved to me and everyone that they are capable of competing on any circuit by advancing to the USATF 2009 Junior Olympic Games. We had 14 student-athletes advance to the USATF 2009 Jr. Olympic Games in our 1st year on the circuit. I have admitted to them (and also apologized to them for the statement) that I only expected them to make it out of the state level.
We asked our student-athletes to do something this summer season that they will have to do throughout their primary, teen, young-adult, and adult lives - ignore fear and not allow failure to deter their road to greatness. As parents, lets remain steadfast in teaching our children that we all have to fail at something - not once, not twice, but many times in our lives. I made the decision for our team to experience probable failure in the infancy stages of IMPACT's program. Through it all - and we did go through it all - I have discovered that even in my fear of listening to my inner-self; it is only failure if you do not face the fear of failure. It's a dreaded word, but we faced it, conquered it, been there done that - and IMPACT prevailed.
Our babies faced my fears, parental fears, and their consistent and nagging injuries with our Young Men (Adams, Chol, Roach, Zamor) medaling and having the honor of standing on the national podium with their respective competitors, and are now 8th in the nation in the 4X800MR.. Our Youth Girls (Hill, Nesbit, Owens, Thompson) took the "Regional Golden Baton," by being becoming #1 in the Region in the 4X800MR in Maryland, our Midget Girls (Adams, Cox, Nichols, Sloane) 4X400MR yielded some of the most phenomenal relay performances ever seen by a midget girls group, K. Chol is 11th in the nation in 800M, and J. Cameron took 2nd in the region advancing himself to the Jr. O Games, and our Intermediate Girls 4X800MR team advanced themselves to the Jr.O games with only one true 800M runner on their relay. How challenging could that have been? They reminded me on the trip home, that they did their absolute best - and that is what I asked them to do. And with all of that, we experienced so many Personal Records (PRs) this season, that it all became surreal to me. Still at the end.... I was upset leaving Greensboro, NC because of fear. I had a fear of leaving Julian to compete alone - without the normal support of his running coaches and team mates.. I pulled Julian to the side and explained why I had to leave. He gave me that normal "over-confident 'Showtime' look and assured me he would be okay. We were at the very end of the USATF grueling season, yet my fear (fear of leaving him) still had its ugly grasp on me! I was sick the entire drive home, but knew in my heart, God had it. When I was speaking with Kisha before he was about to run, "fear" had reared its ugly head again because she informed me he was coming out of the pen and was crying. I tried to fix it by calling someone I knew could calm his Jr. O jitters.

I called his mentor "Ishmel," and asked him to call Ms. Kisha's cell phone immediately, but it was too late, she advised he was already on the track about to run. I called Ishmel back and said not to make the call. Julian ran his best without us (HIS IMPACT FAMILY) being there and Julian taught me something too --- IMPACT travels, practices, plays, performs, in a pack. That is one of our initiatives, and because of Julian' competing without his IMPACT family their to support him, I have learned that our team is in fact a FAMILY. God did answer my prayers. Through our fears he granted me a sporting family who loves, disagrees, play, date, fight, laugh, dine, swim, fish, practice, but most of all, SUPPORT each other.
IMPACT parents, thank you for entrusting your beautiful babies to IMPACT. I never take for granted that in these difficult economic and troubling times -- you all trust me to take care of your children, by allowing them to travel with me, spend the night with me if necessary, and you allow me to "say what I need to say to them," because you know I love them. Thank you for always going with my decisions (whether you liked them or not), thank you for making IMPACT look so good to others --- that we now have a waiting list of "38" children and families who want the opportunity to become IMPACTORS, and thank you to the best student-athletes Georgia has to offer.

More than anything....... thank you to the five most dependable and dedicated coaches anyone could ask for, Coach Chris, Coach Chandler, Coach Ed, Coach Sam, and Coach Terrence. Also, thanks to Coach Erik and Coach Ingrid for helping us out. Congratulations to you all for surviving the USATF this summer and for a wonderful 2009 track and field season! See you at the 2nd Annual IMPACT Athletics Awards & Dinner Gala on September 19, 2009, 6pm-10pm, Atlanta-Airport Hilton Hotel! Thank your for trusting me. Love you all!


Sincerely,


Coach Lynn W. Hampton

Injury Prevention

Shin Splints Revisted

Courtesy of MedicineNet.com

I recently treated a patient that had a bad ,case of what turned out to be “Shin Splints“.The mom had tried everything for her son and did everything the coaches told her, rest and ice ,but to no avail. Recently I have revamped my procedure of care and I am finding good results. He is doing very well now total of 8 treatments 2 1/2 weeks and no pain running or walking any longer.Here’s a quick update review of what I think is the best approach to this nagging condition.

So quick here’s a quick review of Shin Splints courtesy of MedicineNet.com

What is a Shin Splint?

Shin splint: An inflammatory condition of the front part of the tibia (the big bone in the lower leg) that results from overuse as, for example, from running too much on hard roads or sidewalks.

Shin splintsare due to injury to the tendon (called the posterior peroneal tendon) and adjacent tissues in the front (anterior) of the lower leg.

The pain from shin splints is usually noticed early in exercise, then lessens, and reappears later in running. Characteristically, the pain is dull at first but with continuing trauma worsens. It may cause the person to stop running. Treatment involves a multifaceted approach of “relative rest.” The aim is to restore the runner to a pain-free state.

Dr.Bill Booker of Capitol Rehab states ”What causes the muscles to become overworked is multi-faceted ,one needs to understand that when you study muscles, remember that form fits function. A short square muscle, like the muscles found on the sole of the foot are designed to provide stability, while a long, slender muscle, like the muscles along the front of the leg are torque produces which generate movement in the lower leg and foot.

Shin Splints are actually the result of an imbalance in the lower leg in which the short, square shaped muscles along the sole of the foot stop providing stability and balance. As a result, the long torque producers of the shin, have to assist with stability and they are not designed to do that”

I also have found that improper firing patterns also is present in most patients with this condition.

So Dr Booker and I both agree ,while rest and ice may be necessary in the first 24-48 hours an effective treatment of shin splints is as follows:

1. Proper assessment and diagnosis of shin splints.

2. Improve joint mobility of the foot to insure that the postural muscles of the foot are functioning properly.

3. Reduce the spasticity (hypertonicity) of the overactive muscles of the shin and calf. This can be done a few ways I do it with Cold Laser and deep muscle activation treatment.

4. Improve firing of the muscles of the foot with a program that includes proper balance (proprioceptive )training on a regular basis and an exercise the patient can do at home to strengthen these muscles. (In addition I apply Applied Kinesiosology techniques and Kinesio-Taping techniques along with my trusty Cold Laser).

I did all of these things in just 2 1/2 short weeks and if the patient continues the easy home exercise program I reccomended he should be just fine and ready for the season come January.

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