Soft tissue injury

are an athlete, you are not new to injuries. In fact, being an athlete means you are a high risk for injury, specifically foot and ankle-related problems. One reason why athletes are prone to foot and ankle-related injuries is because it is the most common body part being used in most sports such as basketball, soccer, running, and even dancing. There are many common foot and ankle injuries that you need to be extra careful of. Once you have a suspected injury, your doctor may examine the…

tendon. His team believes that Pekovic will return and will be fully recovered. What is an Achilles tendon injury? Achilles' tendon is a band of tissue that can be found at the back of the ankle and above the heels that allows the foot to extend. Achilles' tendon is a tendon that is prone to injury among professionals and amateur athletes. What are the causes of Achilles tendon injury? Achilles tendon can be damaged or turn if there is a high force or stress on it. Activities such as…

Youth Sports Injuries Every year in the United states there are over 30 million youth athletes participating in organized youth sports, and with this growing number of athletes comes more injuries. “It is estimated that high schoolers account for 2 million injures and children under the age of 14 account for 3.5 million injuries yearly in the United States alone. Every year high schoolers account for 300,000 head injuries of those 90% end up being concussions. Less than half of concussion are…

Personal Injury Law – A Basic Guide Personal injury law has been growing and evolving for many years, and is now one of the most populated and busy areas of law in the UK. No matter what your previous experience with the British legal system, you can take advantage of the competition within the industry in order to gain professional legal advice from experienced personal injury solicitors If you think you may be entitled to make a claim, you can receive a free assessment from many law firms to…

how this job can be connected to other psychology, anthropologist, and sociologist I will explain what a sports psychologist does. The main job of the sports psychologist is to enhance performance, cope with pressure of competition, recover from injuries, keep up an exercise program, and of course they really have to enjoy sports whether it is playing them or watching them. When you think of a sports psychologist you might think that is doesn’t relate to anthropology or sociology, but it does.…

point. She has been arguing with her boyfriend and has been distracted allowing her to lose sleep and struggle with her mid-terms. Outside of this, she also has limited social support. This begins our discussion on the injury prevention and the effects that it can have on re-injury. Environmentally we are looking…

1 All of the generals, colonels and highly ranked military officials were men, and most had some description of prejudice against women working in the war. They expressed this clearly in the uncouth way they treated them and the fact that they seemed to barely trust or acknowledge them. This artefact is Sister Alice Ross King’s diary excerpt This artefact should be included in the exhibition as it shows the one of the hardships that Australian army nurses had to go through during WW1. Nurses…

early specialization in a single sport is one of the strongest predictors of injury. Athletes in the study who specialized were 70% to 93% more likely to be injured than children who played multiple sports” (O’Sullivan). Based on this research, young athletes should be encouraged to participate in multiple sports rather than a single one. This study proves that overtraining in a sport can cause a very high percentage of injury than it could if one athlete played in multiple sports. Athletes…

Overuse injuries, (as opposed to acute traumatic events) are the most common mechanism for injury in dance, accounting for 68% in females and 60% in males. (Allen, 2012) Therefore the strength and conditioning plan should focus on strengthening the affected structures without exposing them to undue repetitions so as not to exacerbate this effect. (Allen, 2012) Lower back strain is the single most common complaint of ballet dancers (40% exhibited it in one study), followed by ankle sprains and…

lower limb kinetics in sports, clinicians can better understand the effects they place on the knee, ultimately manipulating the risk factors to decrease the rates of ACL tears (2, 11). 70 percent of ACL injuries occur as a result of playing sports. (5) ACL tears are usually season ending injuries that require surgery. Because they require surgery, the medical costs are high, averaging around 20,000-50,000 dollars (1, 5, 12,). The rate of return to sports after recovering from ACL reconstruction…