Kiwon lafiyar wasanni ya ƙwallon ƙafa ta Afirka ta sauya daga gefen filin zuwa tsakiyarsa, inda CAF ta sanya kiwon lafiyar 'yan wasa a zuciyar yadda take tsara da gudanar da gasa a fadin nahiyar. A wata hira ta musamman da CAFOnline, Dr. Boubakary Sidiki, Manajan Lafiya na CAF, ya bayyana ci gaban da aka samu, ayyukan da suke gabansu, da kuma kalubalen da suka shafi ƙwallon ƙafa na matasa da na mata.

Sauyi daga kula da lokaci-lokaci zuwa lafiya ta dogon lokaci

A cewar Dr. Sidiki, babban canji a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata ya kasance na tsarin — CAF ta fita daga salon kula da lafiya wanda ya dogara ne kawai kan abubuwan da suka faru zuwa wani tsari cikakke na kiwon lafiyar 'yan wasa da tsaronsu. CAF ta daidaita ka'idojin lafiya a duk gasarinta, ta ƙarfafa gwajin lafiya kafin gasar, ta inganta hanyoyin sarrafa raunin kwakwalwa, kuma ta yi zuba jari a shirye-shirye na kare 'yan wasa daga bugun zuciya ta kwatsam da shirye-shiryen yaki da magungunan doping.

CAF ta kuma ƙarfafa haɗin gwiwarsa da FIFA, WHO, da sauran ƙungiyoyi don tabbatar da cewa ƙwallon ƙafa ta Afirka tana bin ƙa'idojin lafiya na duniya. "Za mu ci gaba da aiki don mu ci gaba da ci gaban ƙwallon ƙafa a nahiyarmu da kuma tabbatar da cewa ana biyan bukatun 'yan wasa," in ji Dr. Sidiki.

Bukatun musamman na ƙwallon ƙafa ta matasa

'Yan wasa matasa suna gabatar da kalubale na musamman na lafiya. Tunda suna cikin matakin girma na jiki, na tunani, da na jijiyoyin jiki, jikinsu yana amsawa ga nauyin horarwa da raunuka ta hanyar da ta bambanta da 'yan wasa manya. Dr. Sidiki ya gano raunuka masu alaƙa da girma, bukatun abinci mai gina jiki, lafiyar tunani, da ka'idojin komawa wasa lafiya a matsayin muhimman abubuwa ga gasar U-17 da U-20 ta CAF.

"Manufar ba kawai kiyaye 'yan wasa su kasance a shirye don gasa a yau ba, har ma da kare lafiyarsu ta dogon lokaci da makomar aikin su," in ji shi. Ya kuma jaddada muhimmancin Ƙungiyoyin Membobi bin ka'idoji da jagororin CAF a matakin matasa, don zuba jarurrukan yanzu su kawo fa'ida a cikin lokaci.

Game da haɗurran lafiya masu musamman, Dr. Sidiki ya gano fifikon yankuna huɗu ga ƙwallon ƙafa ta matasa: gwajin zuciya don gano yanayin da ke ɓoyewa, sarrafa raunin kwakwalwa bisa ka'idoji da duniya ta yarda da su, hana cututtuka na zafi saboda yanayin yanayi na filayen Afirka da yawa, da kuma sa ido kan nauyin horarwa mai yawa a tsakanin 'yan wasanku matasa.

Ƙwallon ƙafa ta mata da bukata ta tsarin musamman

Ƙwallon ƙafa ta mata ta Afirka ta samu ci gaba sosai, amma Dr. Sidiki ya yi nuni da cewa 'yan wasan mata suna buƙatar hanyar kula da lafiya ta daban. Abubuwan da suka shafi mata musamman sun haɗa da lafiyar al'ada, rashi na ƙarfe, lafiyar ƙashi, abubuwan da suka shafi ciki, da kuma haɗarin raunin ACL mai girma.

Duk da ci gaban da aka samu, ya ce ana buƙatar ci gaba da zuba jari a ayyukan lafiya masu ƙwarewa, tallafin kimiyyar wasanni, sa ido kan raunuka, da bincike da yake mai da hankali kan 'yan wasan mata na Afirka. CAF ta fara haɗa likitancin ƙwallon ƙafa ta mata cikin fifikon ta na ilimi da dabara, ko da yake Dr. Sidiki ya yarda cewa har yanzu akwai abubuwa da yawa da za a yi.

Gina al'adun lafiya tun daga tushe

Dr. Sidiki ya yi jaddadawa sosai cewa ba za a iya jiran ayyukan kula da lafiya masu kyau har 'yan wasa sun kai matakin manyan ba. Halaye da ake samu a lokacin samartaka — game da abinci mai gina jiki, hana raunuka, murmurewa, yaki da doping, da lafiyar tunani — sukan ci gaba a cikin duk aikin sana'a. Ƙwallon ƙafa ta matasa, a ganin sa, ita ce mahalli mafi dacewa don gina al'adar nan.

CAF ta ci gaba da zuba jari a horar da masana da daidaita ayyuka a cikin Ƙungiyoyin Membobi, amma Dr. Sidiki ya amince cewa cigaba yana da bambance-bambance. Rashin daidaiton kayan aikin lafiya, iyakantaccen damar samun ƙwararrun likitancin wasanni a wasu yankuna, da bambancin samun kayan aikin gano cuta har yanzu su ne cikas na gaske. Tabbatar da cewa ilimin likita na zamani ya kai ga ƙwallon ƙafa na yau da kullun da ta matasa — ba gasarori na manyan mutane kawai ba — har yanzu babbar manufa ce.

Bayanan martaba da fasaha a matsayin iyakoki na gaba

Da yake duba gaba, Dr. Sidiki ya nuna hana raunuka ta hanyar bayanan martaba a matsayin fifiko mai ƙaruwa. CAF na aiki don ƙarfafa tsarin bayanansu na lafiya don fahimtar yadda raunuka ke gudana, jagorantar haɓaka ka'idoji, da kare 'yan wasa a duk matakai na wasan a fadin Afirka.