Wounded Knee Massacre

Lower-extremity injuries are a common result in athletes undergoing tangential movements in a swift, rapid manner [1]. An individual diagnosed with a lower-extremity injury exhibits atypical muscle activity and movement patterns measured by range of motion and endurance [2]. Due to their high intensity training method, requiring immense amounts of strength, control, and endurance, dancers are at a high risk for lower- extremity injuries due to the demand for precision and accuracy [3, 4]. The…

First apply the stirrups using white tape to the sides of the distal limb (can be medial and lateral sides or dorsal and palmar sides of the limb depending on the injury). The stirrups should extend from a point at or above the carpus or tarsus. Then you would apply a mesh like cover on the injured limb to prevent discomfort for the patient. Then a minimum of 2 layers of snugly placed cast padding is applied. Once the cast padding is applied we would then apply the Stretch gauze. When applying…

of 75 and it is highly prevalent among those over 60. Women experience OA more than men and the location of Osteoarthritis varies by racial group. An example of this is that hip Osteoarthritis is more common in Europeans than in Asians but OA in the knee area is less common for Europeans than for Asians. There are many causes for this…

is due to the certain movements of the knee required by each different sport. ACL tears are especially common in soccer, basketball, and football players. All of these sports require planting, cutting, straight-knee landings, pivoting, and sudden deceleration. For example, in football or soccer, a player plants his or her leg, slows down quickly, and cuts into a different direction. Depending on the direction of the cut, this sudden stop and twist of the knee can put too much stress on the ACL…

Recent research declares knee injuries as one of the most common injuries observed in sports.(1/1) Knee injuries stand out as one of the most prevalent injuries to occur in American football.(2/3) Knee injuries often result in surgery or discontinued practice for an extended period of time, which has the potential to be harmful to an athlete’s career. In hopes of reducing the incidence of knee injury, sports medicine professionals created prophylactic knee braces. Initially made with the intent…

The knee joint is the largest joint within the human body. It joins the thigh with the leg, and contains two articulations; one between the femur and tibia, and the other between the femur and patella. A human knee is a mobile “trocho-ginglymus” also known as a hinge joint, a hinge joint is a bone joint that permits motion in only one plane. The knee permits flexion and extension, while also providing a slight internal and external rotation. The knee joint is extremely vulnerable to acute injury…

Strength and conditioning coaches (SCC) have strived to find exercises that transfer to aid the development of specific sports skills. These exercises come in many forms, from resistance to body weight or from more technical based Olympic style weightlifting exercises, such as the clean and jerk, with the aim being to benefit the athlete with transferable capabilities that improve the sport specific skill (Hori et al., 2008; Behm, 1985). For the coach to design an effective training plan, how an…

with the upper part of the shin bone, or the tibia. The ACL helps to stabilize our knee in pivoting and shifting movements. Without the ACL, we would be stumbling all around and could not stabilize our…

injured their knee. It seems like knee injuries are more common now than ever. There are many athletes every year that suffer from a knee injury. Wither it be a professional athletes or a college athlete people can always suspect a knee injury. Posterior cruciate ligament are one of the many ligaments that can be damaged with in the knee. These type of injury’s can be painful and can happen to anybody. The posterior cruciate ligament also known as the PCL, is a ligament within the knee that…

most common and most debilitating knee injuries known to athletes. Sports today have become such a fast paced style of play some that players bodies can’t keep up with the quick movements they have to perform causing sudden tears in ligaments and muscles. The ACL tears because of these quick movements, which is a significant problem because it is one of the main stabilizing ligaments in the knee. The ACL is the most important of the four main ligaments in the knee, providing 90% of mobility…