Common Sports Injuries Flashcards
is the thick, corded tissue that connects your calf muscle (in the back of your lower leg) to your heel. This is the largest tendon in your body.
Achilles Tendon
is a common injury to the Achilles tendon. It’s common in sports that require a lot of running. It can be caused by not stretching enough before playing, not wearing the right shoes, or suddenly playing the sports more.
Achilles tendinitis
How can I prevent Achilles tendon injuries?
-Warm up before exercising, playing sports, or other repetitive movements.
- Increase activity slowly, rather than all at once.
- Wear the correct shoes for your activities.
- Don’t exercise on uneven surfaces.
- Stop activities that cause pain.
- Be aware of the risks of fluoroquinolone and exercise with caution if you’re taking this medicine. ( a class of antibiotics approved to treat or prevent certain bacterial infections.)
a class of antibiotics approved to treat or prevent certain bacterial infections.)
fluoroquinolone
caused by sudden force being applied to a bone. This is sometimes also called a fractured bone.
Broken Bone
This can happen in almost any sport. Symptoms include sudden pain, swelling, numbness, and tenderness around the area. You may notice the affected area doesn’t look right and you may not be able to move it.
Broken Bone
Stop any bleeding. Apply pressure to the wound with a sterile bandage, a clean cloth or a clean piece of clothing.
Immobilize the injured area. Don’t try to realign the bone or push a bone that’s sticking out back in. …
Apply ice packs to limit swelling and help relieve pain. …
Treat for shock.
First Aid: Broken Bone
happens when the ends of your bones move out of their normal position. These are common in contact sports, such as football, soccer, and basketball. Symptoms include extreme pain, swelling, and not being able to move the area. These injuries are acute.
Dislocations
RICE REPOSITIONING SPLINT/ CAST MEDICINE TRACTION SURGERY
First Aid/ Treatment for Dislocation
This stands for rest, ice, compression, and elevation of the dislocated area.
RICE
Sometimes the bone ends may go back into place by themselves. If not, your child’s healthcare provider will need to manually move the bones back into their proper position so the joint can heal.
Repositioning
This treatment keeps the dislocated area in place while it heals. It also protects the area from motion or use.
Splint or cast
This treatment gently stretches the muscles and tendons around the bone ends to help with the dislocation. It uses pulleys, strings, weights, and a metal frame attached over or on the bed.
Traction
Your child may need this treatment if the dislocation happens again and again. It may also be done if a muscle, tendon, or ligament is badly torn.
Surgery
happens when there is an injury (or inflammation) to the tissue that connects your kneecap and thigh muscles your shin bone.
Jumper’s Knee
Sports with repetitive jumping are common triggers for this injury. Examples include basketball and volleyball. Also, people who are overweight or play sports on a hard surface are more likely to get this injury
Jumper’s Knee
. Symptoms include knee pain, usually just below the kneecap. You may experience weakness or stiffness in the knee while jumping, kneeling, or climbing stairs.
Jumper’s Knee
rest and taking a break from sports.
ice.
taping or wearing a knee support or strap just under the patella.
sitting with the leg raised.
ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, or store brand) to help with pain and swelling.
massage therapy.
First Aid/Treatment for Jumper’s Knee
It’s a condition that affects the growth plate of the elbow in adolescents.
Little League Elbow
It is a common injury for baseball players. Throwing the ball over and over puts too much stress on the elbow and leads to chronic inflammation of the growth plate. Adults can experience a similar condition, called ulnar collateral ligament injury.
Little League Elbow
little league elbow similar condition for adults
ulnar collateral ligament injury.
Symptoms are pain of the inside elbow, especially when throwing. The pain gets worse with each consecutive throw.
Little League Elbow
Rest
Icing to reduce inflammation
Physical Therapy to strengthen the muscles around the elbow
Treatment without surgery for Little league Elbow
If your child’s elbow problem is because of a single, painful accident, then surgery may be necessary. The kind of surgery required depends on your child’s specific problem and the seriousness of the injury.
It might involve attaching the ligaments back to the bone or making sure there are no more loose bone.
Recovery usually lasts two to three months, and involves follow-up appointments, physical therapy, and a very careful, gradual return to throwing.
Little league Elbow Treatment with surgery
an area inside your shoulder. It helps your shoulder move and keeps it stable.
rotator cuff
. Injuries to this area are common when the same actions are repeated many times, such as in swimming, tennis, or baseball. Symptoms include swelling in your shoulder, pain when you lift your arm, and pain when you try to reach behind your back.
rotator cuff injuries
steroid injection into your shoulder joint, especially if the pain is interfering with your sleep, daily activities or physical therapy– must be used judiciously–as they can contribute to weakening of the tendon and may lower the success of surgery if this is eventually needed.
Treatment- Injections for rotator cuff Injuries’
is usually one of the first treatments your doctor may suggest. Exercises tailored to the specific location of your rotator cuff injury can help restore flexibility and strength to your shoulder. also an important part of the recovery process after rotator cuff surgery.
Physical Therapy
In this procedure, surgeons insert a tiny camera (arthroscope) and tools through small incisions to reattach the torn tendon to the bone.
Arthroscopic tendon repair.
In these types of surgeries, your surgeon works through a larger incision to reattach the damaged tendon to the bone.
Open tendon repair
If the torn tendon is too damaged to be reattached to the arm bone, surgeons may decide to use a nearby tendon as a replacement.
Tendon transfer.
To improve the artificial joint’s stability, an innovative procedure (reverse shoulder arthroplasty) installs the ball part of the artificial joint onto the shoulder blade and the socket part onto the arm bone.
Shoulder replacement
is another repetitive-motion injury. It’s common to runners and anyone who does a lot of walking, biking, or general knee bending. It can also be caused by knee trauma or a hard bump to the knee. Symptoms include pain behind your kneecap, especially when you bend your knee. The area may be swollen, or you may feel a grinding sensation when your knee bends.
Runner’s Knee
Rest your Knee
Ice your knee
wrap your knee
elevate
Take NSAID’s
Do stretching and strengthening exercises
Try arch supports or orthotics for your shoes
Treatment for Runner’s Knee
the area at the front of your lower leg, below your knee.
Shin
happen when the muscles and tendons around your shin become inflamed. This injury often impacts runners and basketball players. The main symptom of shin splints is pain in the front of your lower leg while playing the sport. The pain usually goes away with rest.
Shin Splints
How many minutes/hours/days do you have to ice your injury to ease pain and swelling?
20-30 minutes every 3 to 4 hours for 2 to 3 days
Rest your body. It needs time to heal.
Ice your shin to ease pain and swelling. Do it for 20-30 minutes every 3 to 4 hours for 2 to 3 days, or until the pain is gone.
Use insoles or orthotics for your shoes. …
Take anti-inflammatory painkillers, if you need them.
Treatment for Shin Splints
one of the most common sports injuries. a stretch or tear of a ligament near a joint, such as a knee, ankle, or wrist. falling or by a twisting motion. They can be mild or severe, depending on whether the ligament is stretched or torn. Symptoms are pain, swelling (sometimes severe), and bruising. You may also not be able to apply weight to the joint without pain.
Sprain
occurs when you stretch or tear muscle tissue by overextending it. Mild strains can be caused by repetitive motion. most likely to occur when you are running, jumping, or lifting. They also happen when you quickly change direction. Symptoms are sudden pain followed by immediate limited range of motion to the affected area. In severe cases, you may also see bruising and swelling.
Strain
is a painful condition caused by overusing your elbow. Tennis players and golfers are likely to get it. It causes pain on the outside of your elbow. The pain is caused by inflammation in the tendons. Other symptoms may include weakness, especially as you try to grip objects.
Tennis elbow
NSAID’s
nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory , such as ibuprofen, naproxen, or aspirin, – helps with pain and swelling
Icing the elbow to reduce pain and swelling. Experts recommend doing it for 20 to 30 minutes every 3 to 4 hours for 2 to 3 days or until the pain is gone.
Using an elbow strap to protect the injured tendon from further strain.
Taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen, naproxen, or aspirin, to help with pain and swelling.
Performing range of motion exercises to reduce stiffness and increase flexibility.
Getting physical therapy to strengthen and stretch the muscles.
Having injections of steroids or painkillers to temporarily ease some of the swelling and pain around the joint.
Treatment for tennis elbow
