Pdhpe Sports Medicine Notes
HSC OPTION: SPORTS MEDICINE
How are sports injuries classified and managed? * Ways to classify sports injuries * Direct and indirect * Direct injuries are sustained from an external force causing injury at the point of contact, e.g. a hockey player receiving a bruise from being struck on the leg by a stick during a game. * Indirect injuries usually involve the athlete damaging the soft tissues such as the ligaments, tendons or muscles of the body through internal or external forces, e.g. a beach volleyball player overstretching to reach a ball straining a hamstring.
* Soft and hard tissue * Soft tissue injuries are any injuries to the skin, muscles, tendons and ligaments in our body, e.g. a sprained ankle. They are much more common than hard tissue injuries. * Hard tissue injuries occur in bones and cartilages, e.g. a fracture.
* Overuse * Overuse injuries are sustained from continuous or repetitive stress, incorrect technique or equipment, or too much training, e.g. tendonitis in the shoulder of a swimmer from excessive amounts of training.
* Soft-tissue injuries * Tears, sprains, contusions * Tears, sprains are the most frequently occurring soft tissue injuries in sport and can be classified according to the severity of damage. Contusions are another common soft tissue injury (also known as a bruise) caused by a sudden blow to the body. * Skin abrasions, lacerations,, blisters * Abrasions, lacerations and blisters are other soft tissue injuries. These are skin trauma caused by force (scraping or friction) to the outside layer of the skin. * Inflammatory response * When soft tissue is injured, it becomes inflamed but responds by activating a self-healing process known as the inflammatory response. The inflammatory response is the body initial mechanism of tissue repair. Blood and fluids flood the site, causing pain and inflammation but start the repair process.
* management of soft
How are sports injuries classified and managed? * Ways to classify sports injuries * Direct and indirect * Direct injuries are sustained from an external force causing injury at the point of contact, e.g. a hockey player receiving a bruise from being struck on the leg by a stick during a game. * Indirect injuries usually involve the athlete damaging the soft tissues such as the ligaments, tendons or muscles of the body through internal or external forces, e.g. a beach volleyball player overstretching to reach a ball straining a hamstring.
* Soft and hard tissue * Soft tissue injuries are any injuries to the skin, muscles, tendons and ligaments in our body, e.g. a sprained ankle. They are much more common than hard tissue injuries. * Hard tissue injuries occur in bones and cartilages, e.g. a fracture.
* Overuse * Overuse injuries are sustained from continuous or repetitive stress, incorrect technique or equipment, or too much training, e.g. tendonitis in the shoulder of a swimmer from excessive amounts of training.
* Soft-tissue injuries * Tears, sprains, contusions * Tears, sprains are the most frequently occurring soft tissue injuries in sport and can be classified according to the severity of damage. Contusions are another common soft tissue injury (also known as a bruise) caused by a sudden blow to the body. * Skin abrasions, lacerations,, blisters * Abrasions, lacerations and blisters are other soft tissue injuries. These are skin trauma caused by force (scraping or friction) to the outside layer of the skin. * Inflammatory response * When soft tissue is injured, it becomes inflamed but responds by activating a self-healing process known as the inflammatory response. The inflammatory response is the body initial mechanism of tissue repair. Blood and fluids flood the site, causing pain and inflammation but start the repair process.
* management of soft