Injury Flashcards
How can you Prevent Injury?
- PAR-Q
- Allow Recovery Time
- Warmup
- Use Correct Clothing
- Apply the Rules
- Use Correct Equipment
- Check Equipment
- Check Facilities
- Apply Principles of Training
- Balanced Competition
What’s the Explanation for PAR-Q?
Identify Potential Health Risks Such as High Blood Pressure
What’s the Explanation for Allowing Recovering Time?
Prevent Overuse Injuries by Allowing Time to Rest and Recover
What’s the Explanation for Warm-ups?
Increases Elasticity of Muscles
What’s the Explanation for Using the Correct Clothing?
Clothing can Protect Different Parts of our Body
What’s the Explanation for Applying the Rules?
Rules are there to Protect Performers from Injury
What’s the Explanation for Using the Correct Equipment?
Equipment should be Checked and Appropriate for the Age Group
What’s the Explanation for Checking Equipment?
Equipment should be Checked so that Faulty or Inappropriate does not Cause Injury
What’s the Explanation for Checking Facilities?
Facilities should be Checked and to Remove Obstacles from the Playing Area
What’s the Explanation for Applying the Principles of Training?
Ensure you use Progressive Overload and are Working at the Correct Intensity and Allow Rest
What’s the Explanation for Balanced Competition?
Competition should be Balanced in Age, Weight, Skill and Sex
What are the Different Fractures?
- Compound
- Simple
- Greenstick
- Stress
What is a Compound Fracture?
When the Bone is Broken and Causes the Skin to Break
What is a Simple Fracture?
When the Bone is Broken but does not Break the Skin
What is a Greenstick Fracture?
The Bone Breaks at One Side and Bends on the Other
Common in Children
What is a Stress Fracture?
Where there is a Small Crack in the Bone Usually Caused Through Overuse
How do you Treat a Fracture?
Needs to be Treated by a Doctor Who Will Make sure the Bone is Properly Aligned and Immobilised until it has Healed
What are the Symptoms of a Fracture?
- Pain
- Bruising
- Swelling
- Misshapen Limb
When is a Fracture Caused?
When a Force on the Bone is Greater than the Bone Itself
What is Rice?
- Rest (Do not use Injured Area, Allowing Time to Heal and To Prevent Further Damage)
- Ice (Cold will Help Reduce Swelling and Pain by Constricting the Blood Vessels. Do not Apply Directly to the Skin and not for Too Long)
- Compression (Apply a Bandage to the Area to help Reduce Swelling and Provide Support. Make Sure the Bandage is not Too Tight)
- Elevate (Keep the Affected Area Raised to Reduce Swelling by Reducing the Blood Flow)
What is a Sprain?
Soft Tissue Injury where some of the Fibres of the Ligament are Torn
(Ligaments)
What is a Strain?
Soft Tissue Injury and is a Stretch or Tear to the Muscle. Known as a Pulled Muscle
(Tendons)
What is Tennis/Golfers Elbow?
Joint Injury where the Tendons are Inflamed
- Tennis Elbow is the Pain Felt on the Outside of the Elbow
- Golfers Elbow is the Pain Felt on the Inside of the Elbow
What is a Torn Cartilage?
Cartilage Act as Cushion at the End of Bones
Torn Cartilage is an Injury where Small Tears Appear in the Cartilage
What is an Abrasion?
Minor Injuries to the Skin and Include Cuts and Grazes
What is a Concussion?
Mild Head/Brain Injury
Caused by a Blow to the Head or by Whiplash, Shaking the Brain Inside the Skull
What is a Dislocation?
One of the Bones at a Joint Comes out of Place
What are the Symptoms of a Sprain?
- Pain
- Bruising
- Swelling
What are the Symptoms of a Strain?
- Pain
- Bruising
- Swelling
What are the Symptoms of Tennis/Golfers Elbow
- Pain
- Swelling
What are the Symptoms of a Torn Cartilage?
- Pain
- Swelling
- Stiffness at the Joint
What are the Symptoms of an Abrasion?
- Pain
- Swelling
What are the Symptoms of a Concussion?
- Confusion
- Dizziness
- Unconsciousness
- Nausea
What are the Symptoms of a Dislocation?
- Pain
- Misshapen Join
- Swelling
How do you Treat a Sprain?
RICE
How do you Treat a Strain?
RICE
How do you Treat Tennis/Golfers Elbow?
RICE
How do you Treat a Torn Cartilage?
- Rest
- Strengthening Exercises
How do you Treat an Abrasion?
- Cleaned
- Covered with Sterile Dressing
- Pressure Applied if Bleeding
How do you Treat a Concussion?
- Seek Medical Advice
- Monitor Closely to Make sure Symptoms do not get Worse
How do you Treat a Dislocation?
- Seek Medical Advice Because of Possible Damage to Surrounding Nerves
