MrT is a 30year old carpenter who has recently recovered from aright shoulder injury. As part of his job, he has to lift heavybuilding materials overhead and work with his arm held at shoulderheight for prolonged periods of time. He now reports difficultywith both of those tasks. He is otherwise healthy and has no otherinjuries that limit participation in an exercise program. He hascome to see you for an exercise program that will permit him to getback to his previous level of function.
1)What parameters of physical capacity do you think need to beimproved as part of his program? Name them and justify yourresponse.(3marks)
2)You would like to get an initial outcome measure forMr T’supper limb muscle endurance. Describe (1) test you would performand briefly justify your selection.
3)Based on a possible result of your assessment from Question 2,list one (1) short term goal that you could set with Mr T. (1mark)
4)You decide to give Mr T two (2) exercises that aim to improvehis ability to lift heavy building materials overhead. Brieflydescribe the exercises that you have chosen, list all exercisevariables(sets, repetitions, frequency, and amount of resistance)and justify your selections.
