Acute kidney injury

Injury Scenario: Wednesday, February 15, 2018: John, a 20-year-old male collegiate swimmer, was preparing for an upcoming sweet meet at his local university. While John was warming up, jumping up and down and gently swinging his arms, he noticed mild pain in the area of his right lower rib cage. John ignored the pain and decided to still compete in the swim meet. Despite the mild discomfort, John was able to complete three races during the swim meet. Mechanism of Injury: Three days later,…

Sport injuries are part of athlete lives and they present number one issue when it comes to depression and mental illnesses in sports. Injuries ended so many carriers in professional sports, and they present such a big issue that is really hard to deal with. It is almost impossible to be mentally prepared for such a thing as an injury. Most common scenario happens when athletes try to ignore the minor pain and don’t treat well smaller problems that later on turn into the serious injury. Athletic…

Over the last century the amount of injuries related to doing sports has skyrocketed. One common injury that we’ve seen a lot more of lately is a concussion. Records from 2009-2010 NCAA seasons show that 4.47 out of every 10,000 athletes get a concussion. That added up to over 10,000 concussion injuries in that year alone. That was just one injury. Imagine all other possible injuries and how many athletes are left treated and out for a season or more. Some injuries are delayed; you don’t realize…

How you sleep may be harming your back Sleeping posture may affect the alignment of your spine. You should be aware of how each position could be affecting your spine alignment adversely. Sleeping on your side Sleeping on your side takes conscious positioning. The danger with sleeping on your side is that you could twist or strain the back if your hips, back, and shoulders are not in alignment. To align the body and prevent straining the back, you should put a pillow between your knees and put…

Many people may believe that dance is a fairly safe sport; however, dance leads to many injuries. Dance is hard on the body, and puts stress on every joint, bone, and muscle. If there is not proper training, an injury is more likely to occur. Also, if steps are executed incorrectly, injuries may commonly happen. It is very crucial to execute every step correctly. Snapping hip syndrome is a common injury found in dancers. Snapping hip syndrome is what the name sounds like. Snapping hip syndrome…

Selecting the right personal injury lawyer to represent your case is key to winning your case. What factors should you consider? Well, here are 5 tips on finding the right personal injury lawyer. 1. Focus On Case Requirements The type of legal professional required depends heavily on the type of personal injury case that is involved. For example, a highly complicated vehicle accident case that resulted in severe injury or death might require a legal professional with more investigative…

There are many types of burns such as heat burns, friction burns, cold temperature burns, chemical burns, electrical burns, and radiation burns. In general burns damage or injure skin layers and other parts of the body such as muscles, nerves, blood vessels, lungs and eyes. These burns are classified as first, second, or third degree burns depending on the layers of skin and tissue that are damaged. As one shall know the deeper the burn the more serious the burn is. First degree burns are burns…

Knee injuries are all too common in athletics, and orthopedic surgeons say there’s a growing number of teens and children suffering them, especially torn ACLs. The ACL or the anterior cruciate ligament connects the thigh bone to the shin bone, and it also helps stabilize the knee. Now, more than 40 years since the passage of Title IX, research shows girls are more likely than boys to suffer a torn ACL. In fact, experts say it’s the most common knee injury among women athletes at all levels;…

Snapping Hip Syndrome is one of the most common injuries a dancer can have affecting 90 percent of all dancers. Though commonly known as a dancer’s injury it is also very common with cyclists, gymnasts, and runners. Snapping Hip Syndrome is subjective to the athlete. Some athletes are able to hear the pop while others cannot, same goes with feeling the pop or snapping of the muscles and tendons. Another aspect that is subjective with this syndrome is pain associated with movement. Because of…

Concentric contraction is when the muscle gets shorter when you flex your arms for example when you lift a weight/dumbbell towards your body that is a concentric contraction. These are the most common types of occurs in your body as it occurs in most day to day activities. Another example of this is the quadriceps when you do a squat movement when you get down to the bottom is the concentric contraction. Eccentric contraction is where the muscle lengthens when muscle moves so this is the…