Injury prevention and rehabilitation of injury

Question 1

What is an acute injury?

Answer 1

sudden injury caused by a specific impact or traumatic event where a sharp pain is felt immediately

Question 2

What are the 4 types of accrue injuries?

Answer 2

Fractures
Dislocations
Strains
Sprains

Question 3

What is a fracture?

Answer 3

a break or crack in a bone

simple or closed = clean break and doesn’t pierced skin

compound or open = tissue or skin is damaged

Question 4

What is a dislocation?

Answer 4

occurs at the joint, ends of bones are forced out of position

Question 5

What is a strain?

Answer 5

when muscle fibres stretch too far and tear

Question 6

What is a sprain?

Answer 6

when the ligament is stretched too far or tears

Question 7

What is a chronic injury?

Answer 7

an over use injury

Question 8

What are 3 types of Chronic injury?

Answer 8

Achilles tendonitis
Stress fracture
Tennis elbow

Question 9

What is Achilles tendinitis?

Answer 9

causes pain and inflammation to achilles due to over use. Basket ball player

Question 10

What is a stress fracture?

Answer 10

muscles become fatigue so no longer absorb the added shock of exercise so transfers to the bone which causes tiny cracks

Question 11

What is tennis elbow?

Answer 11

Muscles and tendons at the elbow become inflamed and tiny tears occur on the outside of the elbow

Question 12

What are 5 types of injury prevention?

Answer 12

Screening 
Protective equipment 
Warm up 
Flexibility training
Taping and Bracing

Question 13

What is screening?

Answer 13

helps identify those at risks of injury before it takes place. Can also save lives such as CRY heart screening

Question 14

What is taping and bracing?

Answer 14

helps with support and stability to reduce risk of injury

Question 15

Give 5 types of injury rehabilitation?

Answer 15

Proprioceptive training 
Strength training 
Hyperbaric chambers 
Cryotherapy 
Hydrotherapy

Question 16

What is proprioceptive training?

Answer 16

uses hopping,jumping and balance exercises to restore lost proprioception and teach the body to control the positions of and injured joint subconsciously

Question 17

What is strength training?

Answer 17

uses resistance to prepare body for exercise, reducing chance of injury

Question 18

What is hyperbaric chambers?

Answer 18

reduces recovery time, chamber is pressurised and is 100% pure oxygen. Therefore more oxygen diffused to injured area. Reduces swelling

Question 19

What is cryotherapy?

Answer 19

The use of cooling to treat injuries it also reduces pain and inflammation, temp below -100, blood leaves limbs and goes to vital organs to protect, then once out it returns to injured area with lots of oxygen

Question 20

What is hydrotherapy?

Answer 20

Takes place in water and used to improve blood circulation, relive pain and relax muscles. Water helps support body weight which reduces load on joints so allows for more exercise

Question 21

Give 5 recovery methods

Answer 21

Compressive garments 
Massage 
Foam rollers 
Cold therapy 
Cryotherapy

Question 22

What do compressive garments do?

Answer 22

improve blood circulation and prevent medical problems

Question 23

What do massages do?

Answer 23

prevent or relive soft tissue injuries

Question 24

What do foam rollers do?

Answer 24

releases tension and tightens in a muscle, as well as between the muscle and the fascia

Question 25

What does cold therapy do?

Answer 25

causes vasoconstriction of blood vessels which reduces swelling

Question 26

What is the importance of sleep on recovery?

Answer 26

Some of the rebuilding of the damage done to muscle cells is done at night

Deep sleep is important

Non REM sleep is where there is no rapid eye movement

3rd stage is the deepest part of sleep where brainwaves are slowest so blood is going to muscles instead of brain