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Cross, M.J. Anterior cruciate ligament injuries: treatment and rehabilitation. In: Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine and Science, T.D.Fahey (Editor). Internet Society for Sport Science: http://sportsci.org Web. 10/18/12…
This article is explaining how bad ACL tears truly are and why they are difficult to heal. An acl cannot heal itself, thus making it difficult to try and heal it. Many times when someone tears their ACL, their MCL is also torn. But the ACL does not reknit itself after an injury while the MCL does. Harvard Medical School doctors researched on a better way to heal an acl tear and they learned that using blood clots is a good method. When an MCL is torn, blood clots are created automatically which will help heal the tissue, but this does not happen in ACLs. So these doctors tried to repair ACLs by doing the blood clot scaffolding. They tested these methods on pigs and it was successful. It took about twelve months for the pigs to be as…
In this article a twelve year old girl, Caroline, was dreaming to be a star athlete in high school and hoping to swim in college. That all turned around one winter morning when she was playing in a basketball game and fell to the floor screaming for help. Her leg was bent the opposite direction as if it was broke, when she made it to the hospital they diagnosed her with a dislocated patella. Caroline did not understand how it happened and why it had to happen to her, but she learned from many doctors that it was because of ligaments in her knee being too tight, other ligaments being too loose, and the fact that she had no groove in her knee for her patella to sit. She went through 6 weeks of physical therapy, she was hoping that after…
After first isolation of crude acetaminophen, 1.22g of light, brown shiny, fine Crestline solid emulated, which demonstrated slight less than 0.030g of product was lost from original 0.150g of p-aminophenol. The melting point range of crude acetaminophen ranged from 166.8-167.6°C, when compare to the known melting point of pure acetaminophen which ranged from 169.5-171°C, is slightly depressed. After decolonization of crude acetaminophen 0.060g of a very light tan/pink almost white, fine, shiny crystalline purified acetaminophen was recovered. Significant amount was lost; slightly over half was lost from 0.122g crude acetaminophen. Purified acetaminophen resulted in a much lighter coloration than the crude acetaminophen. Purified acetaminophen was slightly light tan/pink nearly white, whereas crude acetaminophen was light brown. After crystallization of acetaminophen, 0.028g of whiter, shiny, fine crystals resulted with no apparent odor. Slightly less than half of product was lost from 0.060g purified acetaminophen that was crystallized and about 0.122g was lost from the original 0.150g of p-aminophenol started with. The melting point range of the crystallized acetaminophen (166.1-169.8 °C when compared to the known melting point range of pure acetaminophen at 169.5-171°C is clearly depressed and elongated.…
Strength training is the first step from preventing an ACL tear from happening. Proper conditioning and stretching can help as well. Coaches who are very informed can benefit their team from becoming safer players on and off the field. Many speed and balance training programs find ways to reduce injury. Leg muscle strength, core training, and proper footwear with orthotics can suppress the amount of traction in athletic shoes. This helps to minimize friction to avoid injury yet enhances transitional friction to allow peak performance in activities such as cutting and stopping (Westin,…
In order to keep up with the competition, athletes must constantly look for a competitive advantage. There are many ways to do this, both good and bad, legal and illegal. The hottest trend in today's society is very unique and out of the ordinary. Young athletes have been turning to a procedure called Tommy John surgey in order to get a boost in athletic performance. This surgery has been sought out by these young athletes even when not injured, and this has outraged many professionals and doctors around the world. This growing trend has been highly debated and will continue to be until some sort of guidelines are set.…
In this article, it helped me understand what disease Prepatellar Bursitis is and how it can affect the body. Prepatellar Bursitis has many symptoms and many ways to prevent the disease from occurring if one does not have an occupation that involves being on or kneeling the patella as much. In my opinion, this article was well formatted and is easy to read up on about prepatellar bursitis if I or anyone I knew seemed to have any…
I believe she would have understood where I am coming from. According to the Texas Board of Nursing an employer or supervisor cannot deny a nurse the right to invoke Safe Harbor whether the nurse is accepting or refusing the requested assignment. A nursing supervisor who refuses to allow a nurse to invoke Safe Harbor can be reported to the Board for violating the nurse’s due process rights under Nursing Peer Review (BON,…
The article states steroids can affect young high school teenage boys with their development. A doctor stated that he can spot steroid use. Young athletes do not think anything will happen to them when they use steroids. The source is useful because the article is geared toward young high school athletes. It gave great facts about high school athletes that should not take steroids because it can lead to many circumstances. I can use this in my research paper because the article gave a good example about a young boy that used steroids and he…
The main reason why I chose this article was that it shocked me that his fiancée was defending him after the incident and said the media should leave them alone. I also chose it because I know this is a regular issue in professional sports. Incidents like this happen a couple times a year and mainly in the NFL. To conclude this article teaches me that this is a bad example for information for parents and families.…
P2 Describe preventative measures that can be taken in order to prevent sports injuries occurring…
A few hours later when I went to the hospital, I discovered that I had torn my Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL). Initially, I did not know what to expect from the situation, but I came to realize how much it would affect my life. The ACL functions as a ligament that connects the tibia and the femur. It provides stability in the knee, and with this injury, I could not participate in competitive soccer for 10 months. To undergo this painful experience at such a young age is extremely difficult; however, I chose to embrace the situation rather than let it destroy me. I could no longer play the sport I loved, but I could not change anything about that; I could only control my attitude in this predicament. I went above and beyond at every physical therapy appointment, no matter how strenuous/painful the workouts were. Times frequently came…
The next sport that I am going to talk about is basketball. In basketball, a fact in a study showed that almost 25% of injuries involved the ankle. Another reason is basketball is the only male sport that required more hospitalized stops than female sports. Also, the…
I choose this article because it simply puts how the college athletes that we have around the country should be student athletes. At certain schools they have actually made it that the athletes sometimes never showed up at class but somehow they managed to pass that class. There was also another controversial topic on how the coaches of these D-1 schools get paid more money than the professors. The football players also think they should deserve some of the millions that they bring in but never see. I also find another good point on why they should transition and it is because most of the college athletes that play football are all childish and very immature to be playing a sport that millions of people and kids watch and look up to them.…
In this generation when our players get older they get better and better. With the advancement in technology the training of athletes has evolved. It used to be that coaches would be killing athletes with drills and drills of exercise. Now coaches are using actual science to train their athletes. Making them better regardless of their age. Now if the athlete get injured is no longer a carrier ender. Medicine that with the proper care an athlete can come back from an injury better than…