Injury, illness or pregnancy? Keep doing CrossFit!
CrossFit Eudokia is accredited as NL Actief Prevention Centre. We specialise in coaching athletes with an injury, chronic disease, and (post) pregnancy. Injuries and illness are inevitable. Prevention and smart recovery are key. This is our protocol to keep doing CrossFit.
Why a protocol?
We care about your well-being. It is our responsibility to coach you on your long- term health and fitness journey. Our approach is evidence based and centered around safety and long- term effectiveness.
The goal of this protocol is to ensure that you can keep doing CrossFit in a responsible, safe and effective manner within our training program, despite your injury or illness and during and after your pregnancy. This protocol is the tool to keep progressing and to minimize decline. This requires a thourough approach, a cooperation between the coach and the athlete, and a mutual responsibility.
Your health, our service
Staying active enhances recovery from an injury or illness, and is beneficial during and after pregnancy. We offer a tailor made adapted training program based on the diagnose of your medical specialist. This service is included in your membership without additional costs. We ask you to do the following:
What to do in case of a short-term injury
This is an acute, unforseen, significantly limiting injury or illness that lasts for less than one week and requires adaptations of the WOD. For example: You fell off your bike on the way to the box and cannot bend your knee, or you cut your hand cooking last night. First, consider if working out is a good idea. If you had a fever for example, wait at least twice the duration of the fever before working out.
What to do:
- Email us on week days before 12 PM the day before you want to join the WOD. For example: email on Tuesday before 12 PM for the WOD on Wednesday.
- Emails received during the weekend or box closing days, or on days with special opening hours or events are not handled.
- Please get a medical diagnose and advice asap if the injury or illness lasts longer than one week
What to do in case of a long- term injury or illness
This is an injury or illness that lasts longer than one week, or is permanent or recurring, and requires an adapted training program. This means:
- For the duration of your recovery, you can participate in the WODs with a tailor made program.
- The program is developed only after we receive a medical diagnose and advice from your specialist/ physio therapist.
- The program is offered only on agreed fixed training days, planned at least seven calendar days ahead. It is your responsibility to sign up for these days.
- The adapted program is not available on other days. Bookings on other days are automatically cancelled unless otherwise agreed before the deadline* (see below).
What to do:
- Consult a medical specialist/ physio therapist for a diagnosis and advice regarding exercise as soon as possible.
- Email us the following: 1) the medical diagnose and advice; 2) the fixed days you want to join the WOD; 3) the duration of your recovery
- Email us on week days before 12 PM the day before you want to join the WOD. For example: email on Tuesday before 12 PM for the WOD on Wednesday.
- Emails received during the weekend or box closing days, or on days with special opening hours are not handled.
- *In case you incidentally would like to join on other than the agreed fixed days, a request must be made by email before the deadline: On week days before 12 PM the day before you want to join the WOD. For example: on Tuesday before 12 PM for the WOD on Wednesday. Keep in mind that emails received during the weekend or box closing days, or on days with special opening hours or during events are not handled.
What to do in case of (post) pregnancy
Pregnancy and CrossFit can go very well together, as long as you take specific precautions. Please contact us as soon as possible, so we can develop a suitable program for you, so you can keep participating in the WODs during and after your pregnancy.
In all cases
- If adaptations are discussed and agreed upon, then please arrive 10 minutes prior to the WOD to discuss the adaptations.
- Please do not think: I will not inform my coach, just show up and see what happens. We do not adapt on the spot or allow you to adapt on your own.
- Please do not think: I'll just send them a text/ email and it will be fine. Adaptations only apply after you receive a confirmation.
- Adaptations are not made without a medical diagnose and advice. We do not just randomly do stuff.
- Please keep informing us about your recovery, all info is relevant.
Good to know
- Following up on medical advice, such as taking medication or consistently doing exercises of your physio therapist, as well as not undertaking any contra- productive activities or sports that interfere with our training program, all speed up your recovery and are considered your responsibility.
When do adaptations not apply?
- Muscle soreness is not considered an injury or illness, nor is being deconditioned after a period of inactivity, recovering from a cold, fear of certain movements, or any form of cherry picking. Interference with other activities you do, is also not a reason for adaptation.
- Adaptations are not made if you undertake any contra- productive activities; if you do not follow up on (medical) advice regarding your injury or illness; if you do not consistently visit your practitioner or remain under treatment from your specialisy/ physical therapist; or if you undertake different types of sports on the side that interfere with our training program; if you do not follow up our advice regarding training and recovery; or if you do not follow up on this protocol.
- The Skill WOD and Holiday WODs are excluded from adaptations.
Personal Training
In case you have specific needs or wants outside the framework of our training program, or if you want to speed up your recovery, we can help with Personal Training.
Key note
CrossFit is for everyone, regardless of an injury or illness. High intensity sports require high maintenance! (Read more in this article) The key in prevention and treatment is to work together and to stay active. Take care of your health. Get treatment and adher to it (Read more in this article). We can help you to recover faster, have a healthy (post)pregnancy and keep enjoying CrossFit.
