Lesson 17: COMMON INJURIES & EMERGENCY PROCEDURES Flashcards
The most commonly reported knee injury involves damage to the __________.
Menisci
Why?
The most commonly reported knee injury is damage to the menisci. The menisci have an
important role within the knee due to their multiple functions—shock absorption, stability, joint
congruency, lubrication, and proprioception.
ACE Personal Trainer Manual, 5 ed., p. 575
What type of injury can be classified as longitudinal, oblique, transverse, or compression?
Stress fractures
Why?
Longitudinal, oblique, transverse, and compression are the four types of stress fractures, which
often occur in distance runners, track athletes, and court sport athletes (e.g., volleyball,
basketball).
ACE Personal Trainer Manual, 5 ed., p. 576
What is the first phase of healing after an injury occurs?
Inflammation phase
Why?
The first phase of healing is the inflammatory phase, which can typically last for up to six days,
depending on the severity of the injury. The focus of this phase is to immobilize the injured area
and begin the healing process. Increased blood flow occurs to bring in oxygen and nutrients to
rebuild the damaged tissue.
ACE Personal Trainer Manual, 5 ed., p. 576
Lateral epicondylitis is commonly known as __________.
Tennis elbow
Why?
Lateral epicondylitis, which is commonly called “tennis elbow,” is defined as an overuse or
repetitive-trauma injury of the wrist extensor muscle tendons near their origin on the lateral
epicondyle of the humerus.
ACE Personal Trainer Manual, 5 ed., p. 581-582
A client complains of pain in the wrist during sleep and numbness and loss of grip strength during exercise. What injury is the MOST likely cause of these symptoms?
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Why?
The symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome include:
- Night or early-morning pain or burning
- Loss of grip strength and dropping of objects
- Numbness or tingling in the palm, thumb, index, and middle fingers
ACE Personal Trainer Manual, 5 ed., p. 582-583
A client comes to you with recommendations from her doctor regarding exercise with greater trochanteric bursitis. One of the focuses or her training should be strengthening which of the following muscle groups?
Gluteals
Why?
When working with a client with greater trochanteric bursitis, strengthening the gluteals and
deeper hip rotator muscles is important to maintain adequate strength. Stretching of the
iliotibial band complex, hamstrings, and quadriceps should be the focus to ensure proper lowerextremity mobility.
ACE Personal Trainer Manual, 5 ed., p. 585
Which of the following injuries is primarily caused by training errors among athletes?
Iliotibial band syndrome
Why?
ITBS is common among active individuals 15 to 50 years of age and is primarily caused by
training errors in runners, cyclists, volleyball players, and weight lifters.
ACE Personal Trainer Manual, 5 ed., p. 586-587
A client reports feeling terrible pain in the heel during his first few steps each morning, which then dissipates as he walks around the house. What is the MOST likely cause of this pain?
Plantar fasciitis
Why?
Typically, individuals with plantar fasciitis report pain on the plantar, medial heel at its calcaneal
attachment that worsens after rest but improves after 10 to 15 minutes of activity. In particular,
clients will commonly report excessive pain during the first few steps in the morning.
ACE Personal Trainer Manual, 5 ed., p. 595-596
When programming exercise for a client who is recovering from a lateral ankle sprain, it is
important to begin with side-to-side motions before progressing to straight-plane and then multidirectional motions.
False
Why?
It is recommended that personal trainers progress individuals with this injury first with straightplane motions such as forward running, then side-to-side motions such as sidestepping, and then multidirectional motions such as carioca.
ACE Personal Trainer Manual, 5 ed., p. 593
