Injuries

When you injured your ankle you damaged ligaments, tendons, strained supporting muscles, position sensors in your foot called proprioceptors and you may have fractured one of the 7 bones in the ankle joint. As soon as you injured your ankle, your body's response was to restrict movement of the injured area to prevent additional damage. It does this by releasing lymph into the area which causes swelling. The swelling restricts movement of your foot and ankle. So your body is doing exactly what…

Jordan Hall Mr. Bergman Sophomore English P8 10-7-16 Basketball injuries “My body could stand the crutches, but my mind could not stand the sidelines” - Michael Jordan. What your bones do while playing basketball and how bad they can get injured, they can get injured by jumping and diving for loose balls. Your ligaments and how bad you can and what happens to your ligaments during basketball by jumping and twisting your leg the wrong way by doing this is can injured the ligament called the ACL…

candidates for overuse injuries, especially as age increases. The foot complex is the most frequently injured body part in dance, as seen through studies claiming its comprising of 27%-49% of all injuries in ballet, modern, flamenco, and tap dancers, with experience being a factor (ANKLE AND FOOT INJURIES IN DANCERS). Ankle joint compression forces have been calculated to endure five times one’s body weight while walking and nine…

An epoch of injury, particularly an athlete, ultimately can be a period of detrimental agony not only physically, but also mentally; it turns into a back and forth battle of mental strength rather than brute physicality. Athletes often define themselves off how they perform on the field, court or rink. It builds their reputation. It builds confidence. And when an injury takes that away, what do they define themselves off by then? The athlete is no longer defined by their skills on the field or…

Several studies have been conducted on the relationship between decreased sports confidence and returning to a sport following a serious injury. There have also been many studies conducted on increased anxiety of re-injury when returning to a sport after recovery from a injury. Quite a few of these studies have been conducted by Leslie Podlog, a current professor at the University of Utah, along with some of his associates. The first study to be discussed in this paper was conducted by Podlog in…

to determine the level of evidence with hip strengthening or neuromuscular training and the effect on frontal plane knee kinematics and kinetics. Female athletes have a high risk of ACL injury. Athletes who are runners or play sports that involve running and jumping are at the highest risk for noncontact injuries. This is associated to the position of the knee during landing. Females typically land with a valgus force to the knee. This is a weak position for the knee and it cannot support…

greatest risk of overuse injuries. Particularly, athletes aged between 15 and 19 years of age tend to be at the greatest risk of stress fractures, with 42.6% of all stress fractures occurring at that age (McLeod et al 2011). Additionally, females are more commonly affected by overuse injuries than males, but research is inconsistent if that is due to the nature of the sports females are involved in or a different factor. In Stracciolini’s study, a closer look at overuse injuries in the pediatric…

Work injuries can be devastating, emotionally, physically and financially. Nobody wants a workers comp. injury. The goal is to get the injured back to work Everyone gains when an injured worker is safely back on the job. There is really no one particular type of injury, though the most common is neck and back injuries accounting for 90% of most of the injuries occurring at work. Repetitive stress injuries, including carpal tunnel syndrome are also injuries that we treat on a regular basis. They…

When you've been in a car accident, the loss of work, damages to the vehicle and severity of your injuries can be overwhelming. The other driver's insurance company might balk at paying you. There could be other circumstances like an underinsured motorist that can complicate matters. This is when you should consider a lawsuit against the insurance company on behalf of the other driver. Before you consider a lawsuit, you should understand the process and remedies that are available to you when…

Lower extremity injuries and playing field surface risks in soccer Soccer is an international sport that is quickly growing and gaining player of all ages, genders, and skill levels. With an increase in players also comes an increase in the potential for injuries to occur. It is important to understand and examine the common injuries and their mechanisms in soccer in order to prevent future injuries from happening, as well as having proper treatment plans in place for when injury occurs. Not…