Common leg injuries are some of the most inhibiting and destructive injuries that can occur. Countless studies have been conducted to reveal if there is a way to possibly prevent these occurrences. Symptoms often develop from everyday usage, overuse, or an injury. Leg injuries are most likely to occur from sports activities. Most of these leg injuries in children and teens occur from playing sports or falls. The risk for these types of injuires increase during contact sports and high-speed sports. Older adults have a higher risk for injures because of the lack of muscle mass and bone strength. Acute injuries may occur from a direct blow, a fall, or from twisting, jerking, or bending abnormally.
Types of Leg Injuries
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In Dina Fine Maron’s article published in Scientific American, she describes the first U.S. match of the 2014 World Cup, forward Jozy Altidore went down with a grimace. The audience would later find out that he had pulled his left hamstring. Scientific American spoke with the director of the Injury Prevention and Sports Outreach Programs at the New England Musculoskeletal Institute, Thomas Trojian, about hamstring injuries.
A pulled hamstring is not necessarily more common in extreme heat. Trojian says it is related to the overuse to of the muscles and the extended playing season. Researchers have not yet found a direct correlation with warm temperatures. Failure to stay hydrated may cause the muscles to not fire at the right rate, but researchers have not found the connection. There are other risk factors that may lead up to an injury to the hamstring. Once one has hurt his hamstring, that individual is more likely to hurt it again. Muscle does not repair the same way that bone does because it lays down scar tissue. Hamstrings are commonly hurt when one takes an awkward stride; as they go to stride, their muscles intensities as the leg is extending, and it’s the lengthening of the muscle that tears
Types of Leg Injuries
There are many different areas of the …show more content…
In Dina Fine Maron’s article published in Scientific American, she describes the first U.S. match of the 2014 World Cup, forward Jozy Altidore went down with a grimace. The audience would later find out that he had pulled his left hamstring. Scientific American spoke with the director of the Injury Prevention and Sports Outreach Programs at the New England Musculoskeletal Institute, Thomas Trojian, about hamstring injuries.
A pulled hamstring is not necessarily more common in extreme heat. Trojian says it is related to the overuse to of the muscles and the extended playing season. Researchers have not yet found a direct correlation with warm temperatures. Failure to stay hydrated may cause the muscles to not fire at the right rate, but researchers have not found the connection. There are other risk factors that may lead up to an injury to the hamstring. Once one has hurt his hamstring, that individual is more likely to hurt it again. Muscle does not repair the same way that bone does because it lays down scar tissue. Hamstrings are commonly hurt when one takes an awkward stride; as they go to stride, their muscles intensities as the leg is extending, and it’s the lengthening of the muscle that tears