Sprain

Essonia Bolden Mrs. Berch Health Science IV Decemeber 8, 2014 Ankle Sprains Ankle sprains are the most common injuries in the United States. Approximately 1 million ankle injuries occur each year, 85 percent of those injuries are ankle sprains. Ankle sprains occur when the foot twist in a way that causes the body weight to pressured down onto the ankle ligaments. Most victims have reported that they heard a pop or snap at the time of the incident and thought the ankle had broken. Ankle sprains are divided into 3 grades, mild to severe, but each of these can be painful. Grade 1 ankle sprains are mild and is mostly caused by overstretching the ligament fibers. Most people with this injury can walk on it without pain or a limp. Though a grade1 sprain briefly accepted some weight, it results in swelling. Swelling occurs rapidly, this usually happens within the first few minutes…

cramp the most of them are the calves,thighs, and arches of the foot. A muscle strain, a muscle strain or strain to the muscle tendon is the equivalent of a sprain to ligaments. It is a contraction- induced injury in which muscle fibers tear due to extensive mechanical stress. There are 3 different grades of muscle strains and a strain to a muscle tendon. 1094 players appeared in the injury database 3843 times in the 2015- 2016 basketball season. The NBA has a injury rate of 44.6% per player.…

care is required in order for the injury to heal. If it doesn’t heal correctly it can cause long term problems. To avoid this, there are ways to prevent, or decrease your chance of becoming injured. Injuries are common when playing sports and can become a problem if not treated properly. There are different kinds of injuries. These are the most common: sprains and strains, concussions, and knee injuries. The most common knee injuries are ACL tear, and Patellofemoral Syndrome. All of these can…

a picnic table and sprained my left ankle. My injury was a sprain, specifically a grade one sprain. My left ankle was affected by my sprain. The fibers of the ligaments of my ankle was strained. It took two weeks for my ankle to heal. To help my ankle heal I would not try to walk on my ankle so it could heal properly. The day after my injury I stayed in bed the entire day. I also wore a compression wrap around my ankle to reduce the visible swelling and took ibuprofen to reduce the minor…

Chloe, Buca and I shadowed Brian Kampa, who is a physical therapist/ athletic trainer on January 12th. We shadowed Brian for a girls varsity hockey game at Bernicks Arena. There were no injuries that occurred during the event. The most common injuries to occur during a hockey game are groin strains. They can be caused quick movements and change of direction. This can happen in when a player does a hard stop to try to chase a puck. Also muscle imbalances in the area of the groin can put the…

Once a child is in competitive sports over the next couple years training gets harder and training becomes more and more often. Eventually taking over the offseason which could lead to joining more than one team or a traveling team, which means that kids might not have time to do other things they like doing. It is normal for a child to get nervous before a big game but if a child fakes illnesses, or strains or sprains a muscle it could mean that parents, coaches, or themselves are pushing…

Statistics relating to sports related volleyball injuries Injuries Rotator cuff tendinitis – when serving and spiking, the rotator cuffs are worked and are very important for the shoulder to move, with over use these muscles can get irritated or fatigued. Finger injuries – during volleyball fingers are vulnerable, this injury can happen when blocking, setting, and digging. Common finger injuries include dislocations, fractures, and tendon ligament damage. Ankle sprains – most common injury in…

games. For my ATFL injury, I would do a series of ankle warm-ups to help mobilize the joint before each show. I would do several reps of ankle rolls, spell out the alphabet with my foot in the air to make sure I covered all aspects of my ankle’s range of motion, slowly do short repetitions of calf raises and utilize a heating pad and tiger balm to make certain that the muscles were as warm as possible and ready to dance on. I learned that when I managed my injury by warming up my ankle, not…

of a chair and push against the legs toward the inside as if I were trying to crush the chair between my legs. Again, it felt weird, but I did it anyway. None of the exercises the physical therapist told me to do addressed the front of my leg, my shins. So I would just stick my foot under something heavy and then try to raise my toes up. This seemed to work pretty good. The one thing that I realized later was that none of these exercises addressed re-calibrating the position sensors in my…

slow and really stretch those muscles so when you start to practice and push yourself, you don’t pull anything and get hurt. When stretching you don’t want to bounce because you could damage your muscle (“Workouts to Help Prevent Sports Injuries”). If you don’t stretch good enough then you could tear important muscles. If you do get an injury, be sure to respect that injury and visit your doctor to see how you can get it healed and prevent it from happening again. If we had longer conditioning…