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Walter & Group...
[GH] In our last message, I placed an attachment with the accuracy tasks.
I erred in sending you the one on the CCI exam, NOT THE MASTER'S EXAM.
Thanks to Syd Smith for immediately pointing this out:
_Gordy
I think the task you referenced for accuracy was the task for the CCI test. I checked the FFF site today again and this is the Master's accuracy test to which I was referring: it requires casts to 40, then 30 and then 50 and off shoulder with no hauling.
___ Task 10. Beginning the series with fly in hand, present the fly to targets at 40 feet (12.2m), 30 feet (9.1m), and 50 feet (15.2m), in that order. False cast between targets, extending or retrieving line in the air. Three consecutive attempts per target are allowed,
false casting between deliveries. If a target is missed, strip in line to the next nearest target or back to 20 feet (6.1m), before attempting another lay-down. No hauling allowed. Repeat over the opposite shoulder. Allowances will be made for adverse conditions.
Expectations: The objective is to demonstrate reasonable accuracy, as judged by the examiners, with superior loop control and line handling skills. Consistent narrow loops, front and back. Narrow loops are considered to be 3 to 4 feet (.9 - 1.2m) in height.
Syd Smith
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[GH] Qualifications and warnings from Gary Eaton :
Gordy,
Syd Smith, as a doctor, required a biomechanics person to provide expertise into how to go about creating the exercise program, pace and direction, for overcoming his rugged joint problems. I think that this further emphasizes that the CCI or MCI,unless they are PT, OT or PMR doctor, should definitely NOT generate exercise prescription for anyone with pain that accompanies casting. Neither should the certified instructor modify the therapeutic program the specialists developed, including "just one thing" as in adding an exercise or changing a direction.
I expect David or some other, well-meaning Chiropractor or a AA degree Athletic Trainer to suggest that they are qualified to do this. Having trained and practiced as a DC before med school, I strongly think that the true corrective exercise specialists are, at minimum, the Masters Level Physical and Occupational Therapists and strong-backgrounded Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation level physicians. Even we should not pursue the regimen absent the input of an Orthopedic Surgeon who provides valuable insight into at-risk structures.
Up until this month I lived in the highest physician density population outside of Rochester, Minnesota (Mayo Clinic). SO, in the years since I became certified by the FFF, I have had dozens of referrals and doctors self-referred for casting problems. It has been eye-opening.
John Bilotta's request for brief advisory might be met in the bullet-list of recommendations near the end of each of my LOOP articles. Part of the reason these pieces will always be copyrighted, is so that no one may legally take any part of them out-of-context, as a stand-alone piece, (except me, of course). The elaborate disclaimer appearing in the articles also provides insight into why the "short-answer-list", will never appear. Too many things will go wrong when a non-therapist or non-medical; non-biomechanics expert thinks they have analyzed the "The Problem" from observing casts. I caution everyone DO NOT DIAGNOSE AILMENTS - DO NOT PRESCRIBE CORRECTIVE EXERCISES!
Having made this point, most clients aged 18 - 35 with no problems can probably benefit from conditioning examples, that I hope to send-in next week. They will have a disclaimer and a copyright, too. I specifically did not create a LOOP article describing these exercises because the audience of The LOOP is not limited to CCI's working on MCI, and MCI's. Certainly there are certified people of each rank that exacerbate my concerns about exercising good sense when faced with the chance to appear more expert -it's human nature. Likewise, not every PM&R doctor has the wherewithal to comprehend the fly casting process or the bio-mechanics readiness to intervene with the injured caster.
Part of this is that no sport matches well to fly casting. We have no follow-through. We use springs as levers in a mixed process that changes throughout the motion, We have a wide variety of gear types, flexes, weights, and distances. These dynamics make this arena very unique. Use your head- restrain yourself.
Gary Eaton
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[GH] Gary and I have practiced medicine in communities where it is available at a very high level.
Unfortunately, this is not true in many areas around the World.
He is correct in that providing advice on exercise and rehabilitation for fly casters who have painful joint conditions should best be done by experts. To do otherwise, may lead to making these joint problems worse. One example, is the set of joint injuries for which a period of rest is best prescribed. Another is a subset of joint injuries for which rest, if prescribed, may result in permanent loss of motion.
Gordy
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