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Show Page Ten - The Springville Herald - February 27, 2002 Therapist The 2002 Olympics are over, and a local man feels a personal connection to two medalists. For the past two months. Kelly L. Call, LMT spent this Thursdays driving to Parley's Summit, where the athletes lived and trained up to the time the Games started. Says Call, "I had to use chains to even get to their place because it was so far up there." "It all suited when I volunteered volun-teered with my wife at the USA Speed Skating Trials in December. Decem-ber. As I fulfilled my assignments assign-ments there. I ended up talking to a trainer, who took my name and number. The next thing I knew, the team physical therapist called and asked if I'd like to be the massage therapist for the team!" Call reports that his practice took on new meaning as he worked with people who were so driven and determined to reach high goals. "I'd always secretly dreamed of working with Olympic athletes ever since I graduated over five years ago but didn't think there was really much of a chance of it ever coming true. I believed that I had to have someone on the inside get me in and I didn't have any connections like that. It all came as quite a shock when I was called." Call's skills are particularly crucial to speed skating and bicycling enthusiasts. Says Call, "The posture alone creates problems prob-lems in neck and shoulder muscles mus-cles that are supporting the head. I have had a lot of experience working with neck and shoulder compensatory distortion. These areas take a beating from being bent over, with your back horizontal hori-zontal and your head up-not an easy position to be in. Everyone knows that their quads and ham-r ham-r 'rings and glutes take the heat in $ ating." Many skaters had low back troubles from old injuries not al of which were related with their sport but the fact is that low back stress is cumulative so the stress of their sport on their low backs made them more vulnerable to getting injured off the ice as well as on I got plenty of opportunities opportuni-ties to tunc up rehabilitation skills on all these areas, IT bands, hamstrings, Quads, glutes and everyone's tight piriformis (the deep muscle in the glutes). There were also a lot of stress to the knees and the shins. Lateral forces on the knees especially in the turns put a lot of pressure on the knees. It required a lot of attention on these high stress points to keep them injury free and get these areas in top shape so that they didn't have to worry about them in competition and could just focus on doing the best performance of their lives," said Call. "The interesting thing about speed skaters is that their bodies develop an asymmetrical musculature muscu-lature in order to move counterclockwise counter-clockwise around the track with strength and speed. The other unique challenge they face is breathing. Bend over and try to take a deep breath and you'll see what I mean. Then try bending over, and tilt your head up it gets more difficult! All athletic events require breath support because that's where your power comes from. I believe part of why skaters lose their strength toward the end of their events is the oxygen depletion factor not just the strenuousness of the event this is an even greater factor for the longer distance events." He then reminded, "Skaters also need to be able to relax the muscles that they aren't using; if they weren't able to relax, they'd tire very quickly during a competitive com-petitive event. It's a real skill to Factory Authorized Dealer & Service Center Lawn Mowers, Chainsaw Repair and Sharpening, Small Engine Machines, etc. Carpenter Seed Company iwrks with push hard and stay relaxed at the same time. If they don't relax they're doomed in the long haul; exhaustion will overtake them before they reach the finish line so it requires a tremendous mental men-tal focus and a lot of disciplined training. There's a good metaphor meta-phor for the rest of us in other areas of our lives. We have to learn to pace ourselves and increase in-crease our stamina while working within our limits to really succeed. suc-ceed. The mistake many of us make is to underestimate the length of the course (whatever our event may be) and over estimate our own capacities and rather than adapting to it and working within our limits we simply drive on and create injuries." inju-ries." "You can get away with that sort of thing in the minor leagues for a while but it won't pan out the gold when you get to the Olympic level. It is the proverbial proverbi-al story of the tortoise and the hare, it's not just rockin but rockin' steady that gets it done. I've always been a persistent man so working with athletes who have this sort of mind-set just felt like coming home for me, they are great clients and I don't know when I've had so much fun working work-ing with a group of people!" Call specializes in rehabilitative rehabilita-tive body work and sports massage. mas-sage. His focus helps athletes of all ages, and recovering couch potatoes regain range of motion, increased energy and endurance. He can be found on the Internet at www.utahbodyworker.com. He opened a practice in Springville Sprin-gville in 1997, after graduating from Myotherapy College in Salt Lake City. Says Call, "I don't know that I'm anything so uniqu Hunter Education Course Instructor training starts here A chance to teach young hunters to be safe, responsible and ethical awaits those who volunteer to become Hunter Education course instructors. The Division of Wildlife Resources will certify new instructors in-structors at a free instructor training seminar that begins March 4 in Springville. The seminar runs for three weeks, from 7 to 10 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays, at the CRCC Building. 1115 N. Main. To be an instructor, a person must be at least 21 -years-old and must be cleared through a background back-ground check. Prior experience in teaching is not required. "In addition to getting people familiar with what the course teachers, we also teach people how to be good teachers," says Mark Bearnson, hunter education coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources. "We focus a lot on teaching techniques and how to relate to the young audience audi-ence that instructors typically teach." Those interested in attending the instructor training are encouraged encour-aged to preregister by calling 1-800-397-6999. They also may register the first night of class. After being certified new instructors must teach, or assist another instructor in teaching, at least one student course each year. Instructors are also required Smith Auto Company The Family! We will and name of Smith are having an Call or stop by for a quote today! Sales 1-877-22SMITH (801)798-3553 (435) 623-0222 athletes ely special in this profession, I suppose I can be credited with being an austere student but the fact is that I am the beneficiary of some exceptional training. There's a real systematic technology technol-ogy behind good sports performance perfor-mance therapy and I lucked out to land at a school that knows what it takes to make it happen. I'm amazed that I got the opportunity oppor-tunity to practice my skills on athletes of this level and caliber. When Chris Witty won gold, and Derek Parra landed his silver medal I was ecstatic; then when Derek went on to claim the gold in another event I was overwhelmed. over-whelmed. Anyone watching them felt the depth of their commitment commit-ment and sacrifice especially if they knew their stories of dedication dedica-tion to the sport and all they've put into it; not just them, but the whole team. It's hard to describe how that felt for me when I had never really thought I'd get a chance to work on anyone on that level now I could truthfully say I'd not only been there but been there behind the scenes." When asked what the future holds, Call says, "I don't really know what opportunities will present themselves as a result of all this. I just focus on doing what the athletes do, that is I try to turn in my personal best for every therapy session and leave the outcomes to themselves. My father has a favorite quote from William James, "I believe that if anyone will simply do their best every day they don't have to have any anxiety about the future, it will take care of itself." I'm coming to believe that he's right. After all now I can say, I've participated in my first Olympics." Olym-pics." to attend a four-hour training seminar each year. Seminars are held throughout the state. Bearnson says instructors aren't paid for teaching, but they do receive a lot of rewards. "The biggest reward I think a hunter education instructor can have is the knowledge that they have had a positive impact on the life of a young hunter," he says. "The information in the course is very positive and ethics and safety oriented. 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CMnrtJ t While the 2002 Olympics were going on in Utah, a mini-Special Olympics were being held at Springville High School. SHS student Ashlee Jasperson organized the games for the students in the UCBT class at the school. They were assisted by a buddypartner, other students at Special Olym by Ashlee Jasperson The hype of the Winter Olympics Olym-pics in Salt Lake City is truly starting to spread. Just three weeks ago on Feb. 2, 1 hosted a Special Olympics at Springville High School. The high school's very own UCBT students became the "Special Olympic Athletes of 2002" for the evening. This was a great opportunity for involvement involve-ment and fun. The athletes were: Jacob Charles, Jillian Dahl, Jared Pier-son, Pier-son, Jessica Robison, Stacy Broadbent, Bro-adbent, Adam Andersen, Kelby Barnett, David and Sarah Huff, Rachael Blackham and Sam Durst. 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