Sprain

one type of injury that is the most common in athletes is the ankle sprain. Any kind of sport that is played by any age can get a sprain in their ankle. The first key point was about which sports cause ankle injuries the most. The top three sports to cause ankle sprains are field hockey, volleyball, and football. The second key point is about where a sprain can form and how a sprain can come about in the ankle. Most ankle sprains come about when there is damage to the anterior talofibular,…

put under excessive stress then they rupture and develop sprain and tears. The most common of muscle and ligament tear is the ankle sprain. Nearly 25,000 people suffer from some form of ankle sprain every day. Among sportspersons (especially those who play rugby, football or hockey), tearing in the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is common. Muscle tear are of two types: • Sprain: It is a tear in a ligament. • Strain: It is similar to a sprain which affects the muscles. People from different…

Reason for Visit: Reassessment of the Left Thumb Sprain TM was sent home X 1 shift the day of the injury yesterday. S: TM was sent home X 1 shift yesterday for the left thumb sprain. TM stats his pain is 0/10 at rest and 8/10 with movement. He thinks he needs few more days of the rest before he can return back to work doing what he is doing prior to his injury. According to TM his thumb is still swollen and stiff. When TM was learned that he was going back to work he seemed agitated, stating…

Some injuries are life threatening and some are easy fixable. Some injuries that always happen are: Strains/sprains, shoulder, knee, and head/face injuries, etc. I think young people should not be able to do wrestling as a sport because statics says that “Shoulder strains/sprains (8.5%), Ankle strains/sprains (7.6%), Knee strains/sprains (7.0%), Trunk strains/sprains (6.0%), strains/sprains (5.4%), and Concussions (5.4%) are the most common in high school & college wrestling. Wrestling is more…

There are a number of sources of ankle pain: sprains (which themselves come in two varieties inversion and eversion, whether the foot is twisted inward or outward, respectively, resulting in the excessive stretching of the ligament opposite to the direction of the twist), tendonitis of the Achilles tendon, rupture of the Achilles tendon, osteoarthritis, gout, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, bursitis, broken ankle and stress fractures immediately come to mind. In the case of ankle…

Objective: The purpose of this case study is to shed light on a deltoid sprain and a syndesmosis joint sprain in a Division III college level football player. It will include the mechanism of the injury, how the Athletic Trainers diagnosed the injury, and how the Athletic Trainers treated this injury. Background: The injury occurred during the third game of the season. The athlete was on the ground during a play and another player had stepped on his foot while it was planted in the turf. The…

experience some major set-backs in the form of injuries. One of the most common football foot injuries is the high ankle sprain such as what happened to Barcelona forward, Neymar, during their team's win at the Copa del Rey in January 2014. During the ankle sprain, Neymar had to be carried off from the field by Barcelona's medical staff. What is a high ankle sprain? High ankle sprain is a sprain that occurs when the foot rotates in an unnatural way, or when a player's foot is planted and the…

A sprain occurs when the threads or fibers of the ligaments are stretched or torn. This injury can be classified as a grade I, grade II, or grade III sprain. Grade I sprains occur when the fibers are stretched but not fully torn, little tenderness and swelling, and the knee does not feel unstable or give out during an activity. Grade II Sprains occur when the fibers of the ligament are partially torn, little tenderness and…

injuries in sports. There are three different degrees of sprains when talking about ACL injuries. Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3. I would go further into depth as to what all of these mean. I also will detail to causes of this injury, as well as how to identify this injury, treatment, and rehabilitation. Before we go into all of this though, we should go in depth with the anatomy of the knee and what is involved within the knee with this…

Volleyball is competitive, as are all sports, and can be dangerous if the techniques are not done correctly. One of the most common injuries in volleyball is an ankle sprain. The ankle contains 14 bones and 3 ligaments, that can be broken and torn. Another injury that can occur when playing volleyball is the tear of ligaments in the knee or ACL. Although knee damages are a big injury while playing volleyball, sprained ankles are more common because players often land on the outside part of…