Injury Prevention And The Rehabilitation Of Injury Keywords Flashcards

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Acute injury

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

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Chronic injuries

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Often referred to as over-use injuries

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Lateral epicondylitis

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The medical term for tennis elbow

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ECG

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Stands for an electrocardiogram machine where electrodes are placed onto the player’s chest and the wires connect to an ECG machine and a printout is produced of the heart’s electrical activity

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Active stretch

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When a stretched position is held by the contraction of an agonist muscle

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Passive stretch

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Using an external force to help the stretched position

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Static stretching

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When the muscle is held in a stationary postition for 10 seconds or more

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Ballistic stretching

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Uses swinging and bouncing movements

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Machine weights

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Here the machine has a lot of the control so in the early stages of an injury the focus can be on just improving strength, starting with low weights and gradually building this up

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Free weights

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Such as dumb bells and kettlebells
Have to be controlled as they are lifted. By not relying on a machine the, muscles have to stabilise the weight as well as lift it

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Body weight

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Using the body as the resistance often involves core body exercises such as the plank. Improving core strength helps balance and posture and reduces and imbalances that could lead to injury

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Therabands

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Made of latex and can have different strengths. Light resistance bands are used for rehabilitation and as the injury improves, bands witty greater resistance are used

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Cryotherapy

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The use of cold temperatures to treat an injury

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14
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RICE

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Stands for:
R est
I ce
C ompression
E levation
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Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

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A blood clot in one of the deep veins in the body

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Soft tissue

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Includes tendons, ligaments, muscles, nerves and blood vessels

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Fascia

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A layer of fibrous connective tissue which surrounds the muscle or group of muscles

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Oedema

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A build-up of fluid which causes swelling

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Non-REM sleep (NREM)

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Means there is no rapid eye movement. It consists of three stages of sleep which get progressively deeper