Injury Prevention And The Rehabilitation Of Injury Keywords Flashcards
Acute injury
A sudden injury caused by a specific impact or traumatic event where a sharp pain is felt immediately
Chronic injuries
Often referred to as over-use injuries
Lateral epicondylitis
The medical term for tennis elbow
ECG
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
Active stretch
When a stretched position is held by the contraction of an agonist muscle
Passive stretch
Using an external force to help the stretched position
Static stretching
When the muscle is held in a stationary postition for 10 seconds or more
Ballistic stretching
Uses swinging and bouncing movements
Machine weights
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
Free weights
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
Body weight
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
Therabands
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
Cryotherapy
The use of cold temperatures to treat an injury
RICE
Stands for: R est I ce C ompression E levation
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
A blood clot in one of the deep veins in the body