Sports Medicine Flashcards
Ways to classify sports injuries
Direct and indirect, sort and hard tissue, overuse
Soft tissue
Damage to all body tissue other than bones and teeth e.g. tears, sprains, blisters
Hard tissue
Damage to bones and teeth e.g. fractures and dislocations
Overuse
caused by repetitive and damaging forces
Soft tissue injuries
tears, sprains, confusions + skin abrasions, lacerations, blisters + inflammatory response
Tear
Occurs in soft tissue where there has been an excessive stretching of tissue
sprain
stretching of the joint capsule and its connecting liagments
Strain
Muscle fibres of tendons are torn to some degree or overstretched
Contusion
caused by a sudden blow to the body (bruise)
Management of soft tissue injuries
RICER
No HARM
apply during first 24 hours of soft tissue injury to help avoid blood vessel dilation. heat, alcohol, running, massage
3 stages of the inflammatory response (soft tissue)
inflammatory response, repair, remodel
Hard tissue injuries
Fractures and dislocations
Assessment of injuries
TOTAPS
Children and young athletes asthma
Airways are exposed to certain trigger, becoming narrow and making it hard to breath.
Hypoglycemia
Low blood glucose, not enough insulin entering the body’s cells to produce energy
Hyperglycemia
High blood glucose with too much insulin being produced
Epilepsy
condition of recuring seizures due to a disturbance of the electochemical activity in the brain
Overuse injuries implications to avoid
Variety of sports, rest periods and recovery
Thermoregulation
Less fluid in their body and more opportunity to lose fluid through large skin surface area. Less sweat glands and muscular development for hot and cold
Appropriateness of resistance training
Closely supervised with correct technique used
Adult and aged athletes
Heart conditions, fractures/ bone density, Flexbility/ joint mobilidy
Female athletes
Eating disorders, iron deficiency, bone density and pregnancy
