injury Flashcards
acute injury
occur suddenly during exercise/competition
pain felet staright awy
sympetoms
suddent pain
swelling
not being able to bear weight
chronic inury
occurs after playing psort for long period of time
often ignored by performers, whcih make injury worse
dull ache
swelling
example of chronic injuries
tennis elbow
archilles tendositis
example of actute injiries
fractures
striains
sprains
fractures
break or crack of bone
simple closed fracture-doesnt peentrtw through any surrounding tissue
complex open fracture-soft tissue is damaged
more serious as higher risk of infection
types of fractures
communited-where the bone breaks into 3 or more parts
spiral-a winding break
longitudinal-break which occurs along length of bone
buckle-bone deforms but does not break
hairline-a partical frcatire of bone, difficult to deetct
greeenstick-occurs i children
bone artly fractures on one side but does NOT break compeltly
disclocaitons
ends of bones are forced out of postion
often occur due to fall or contact with another player
strains
,sucle fibres are stretched too far and tear
contact with other players and when performer accelerates or declerates
sprains
where lgament os stretched too far and tears
due to lots of twiting or turning
archilles tendositis
pver use injury which causes pain and inflammation of tendon
stress fracture
over use injury where area becomes swollen and tender
tennis elbow
msucles and tneonds become inflammed and tiny tears occur at outside of elbow
area becoems sore and tendder
medial term=lacteral eposytosis
injury prevention techniques
screening-used to detect probelm early before any symptoms occur
e.g young athletes have CRy heart seceen
ECG-used to monitor and assess a performers heart
assessing muscle imbalances, core stretngth and range of joint movemnt, mobility
dis-not always 100 percent accurate
miss a probelem (false negaitve)
ideity a porblem which does not exist (false postive)
protective equipment
e.g gum shield on rugby, scrum cap, body armour
warm up-shudl always be done before exercise
1st stage-type of cariovascualr exercuise such as jogging
increases HR, increasing cardiac output, more blood is directed to workin msucles through vascualr shunt to working msyelf
sceond stage-stretching/flecibility
acitve-wokring on one joint, pushing it beyond its resistance
passive-using external force e.g partner or wall
ballistic-hopping, bouncing movements
static-no movemen
third stage-moevemtn partterns e.g pactising shooting in basketball/netball or dribbiling in football
taping or bracing
taping-weak joint can help with support and stability to reduce risk of injury
bracing-used to give extra stability to joints and musclea that are weeak or been preveiously injured
injudry rehabilition methods
proprioreceptive training-uses hopping, jumping and balcne exercises to restore lost proprioreceptors
amd teach body to control postion of an injured joint subconcisously
e.g balnce board so stadning on one with injured ankle strengthens joint at same time reeducates body to quickly react to wobbly moveent wihtout thinking about it
strength training
uses resistcne of some kind
free wights-e.g dumb bells and kettlebells have to be controlled when lifted
mahcine weights-used at early atsges of an injury as machine has lots of the control
threbands-made of latex
can choose resistnce can have different strenths
cryotherapy
use of cold temperatures to treat an injury
ice baths are form of cryotherapy
chamber is cooled by nitograen to temp below 100 degrees
pateint reamins in chamber for 3 mins
freezing gas surrounds body when blood from arms and legs flows towards core in attmetp to keep body warm and protect vital organs
when level chamber , bloood returnsback to arms and legs full of oxygen whicj helps injured cells
hyperbaric chamberss
chamber is pressured with 100 percent pure oxyegn
prssure increases increases how much oxgen can be rbethem on meaning more oxygen is diffisued intto onjured areas
compression garments
bused by athketes to help blood lactata removal and reduce inflammation and symotoms associated with DOMS