The injury that they have incurred would most likely be a hamstring tear. Hamstring strains mostly occur in sports that require high speed movement or sudden change in direction or sudden acceleration or deceleration. An indirect is the type of injury that a hamstring strain would be because it’s without physical impact or contact.
To appropriate procedure you would use is TOTAPS. TOTAPS would be performed by the coach; they would use TOTAPS to assess the injury to see what happened. Asking what the player has done and observing and comparing the area from the other to see swelling or bruising will give an insight to what the injury may be, touching for inflammation and begin a range of movement tests such as seeing if the player if they can move the injured area themselves or if they need help which would the determine the type of condition of the …show more content…
RICER is to be done at the time of injury to stop and prevent further swelling and bleeding within the first 48 to 72 hours. RICER stands for rest, ice, compression, elevation and referral. Things thing are important because getting the injured person to rest will reduce and prevent further inflammation because within the first few hours of the injury the muscle is weak and can do further damage. Icing this type of injury would be important because this will prevent the area from more swelling by decreasing blood flow to the area and help relieve pain; icing should be done for 20 minutes every 2 hours. You also have to make sure the ice isn’t directly on the skin and is covered in a towel to avoid burn to the skin. Elevation and compression are the final steps to help reduce the swelling in the injured area. Elevation reduces blood flow to the area and limits the amount of swelling, with elevating your leg you can place a pillow under the leg to give more support. Compression reduces swelling and should be applied
To appropriate procedure you would use is TOTAPS. TOTAPS would be performed by the coach; they would use TOTAPS to assess the injury to see what happened. Asking what the player has done and observing and comparing the area from the other to see swelling or bruising will give an insight to what the injury may be, touching for inflammation and begin a range of movement tests such as seeing if the player if they can move the injured area themselves or if they need help which would the determine the type of condition of the …show more content…
RICER is to be done at the time of injury to stop and prevent further swelling and bleeding within the first 48 to 72 hours. RICER stands for rest, ice, compression, elevation and referral. Things thing are important because getting the injured person to rest will reduce and prevent further inflammation because within the first few hours of the injury the muscle is weak and can do further damage. Icing this type of injury would be important because this will prevent the area from more swelling by decreasing blood flow to the area and help relieve pain; icing should be done for 20 minutes every 2 hours. You also have to make sure the ice isn’t directly on the skin and is covered in a towel to avoid burn to the skin. Elevation and compression are the final steps to help reduce the swelling in the injured area. Elevation reduces blood flow to the area and limits the amount of swelling, with elevating your leg you can place a pillow under the leg to give more support. Compression reduces swelling and should be applied