Acute And Chronic Injuries Flashcards
Define sports injury
Sports injury is and kind of injury, pain or physical damage that occurs as a result of sport, exercise or physical activity
Define acute injury
Acute injuries are ones that occur in an instant
Define chronic sports injury
Chronic injuries are ones that occur over a period of time
Define hard tissue injury
Hard tissue injuries are injury, pain or physical damage to the solid structures of the musculoskeletal system (bone and cartilage)
Define soft tissue injuries
Soft tissue injuries is injury, pain or physical damage to the soft structures of the musculoskeletal system (muscle, ligaments and tendons)
Define concussion
Concussion is a violent acceleration or deceleration force of the brain resulting in imparement of neurological functions
What can concussion cause
A haemorrhage
Name a possible cause of concussion
Any forceful collision with an object or athlete during contact sport
Describe a dislocation
Ends of bones are forced out original position
Is dislocation hard or soft tissue
Hard
Is a fracture hard or soft tissue
Hard
Describe a fracture
A broken bone either completely or partially fractured
Is a sprain a hard or soft tissue injury
Soft
Describe a sprain
A stretch, tear or twist of the ligament and can cause a grade 1, 2 or 3 sprain
Is a streun a soft or a hard tissue injury
Soft
Describe a strein
A stretching injury to the tendon or muscle
Is a cartilage tear a soft or hard tissue injury
Harf
Describe a cartilage tear
Where a there is a partial or comple
Is concussion a soft or hard tissue injury
Soft or can be hard if skull. Is fractured
Is tennis, golfers, throighers elbow a soft or hard tissue injury
Soft except throighers elbow which is hard
Describe what the elbow injuries areb
All forms of tendinitis which is an inclination and irritation of a tendon
Where does tennis elbow occur
Lateral elbow
Where does golfers elbow occur
Medial elbow
Where does throughers elbow occur
Tins fractures in bone of elbow as well as tendinitis
Is rotator cuff tendinitis and patella tendinitis a hard or soft tissue injury
Soft
Describe rotator Cuff tendinitis
Inflimmation of tendons in the shoulder
Describe petella tendinitis
Inflimmation of the tendon that contains the patella and sttatches the rectus femori to the tibia
Is osgood schlatter syndrome a soft or hard tissue injury
Soft
Describe osgood schlatter syndrome
A condition where the patella tendon pulls on the front of the tibia where it sttatches just below the knee
Is media tibialis pain a soft or hard tissue injury
Soft
Describe medial tibialis pain
Inflimmation of the tendons that attach the tibialis anterior to the tibia and is a form of tendinitis
Is a stress fracture a soft or hard tissue injury
Har
Describe stress fractures
Small cracks in the bones and common in weight bearing bones