OF MUSCLE INJURIES Properly functioning muscles perform only one duty‚ contraction. Muscles enable the body to sit‚ to move and to stand upright. They are attached by way of tendons to bones. Their contraction is controlled by electrical signals that can either be voluntary‚ such as when a person decides to stand up‚ or involuntary‚ as with the muscles that expand and contract the chest to control breathing. Muscles are made of thousands of muscle fibers. Knowing the types of injuries to these muscle
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Upon coming to Augustana I was very excited to join the Cheerleading squad. However‚ I was also very nervous because I was informed that there would be tryouts. The tryouts were held on the first weekend of college and it was a very exhausting day. But I was delighted to find out just two days later that I had made it! Over the past four weeks that I have been involved in the practices I have learned so much and met many new friends. The three main things that I have learned since starting cheer
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Evolution of Cheerleading Cheerleaders have been inspiring crowds for years‚ but not everyone considered cheer as a real sport. Since the beginning of cheerleading in the late 1800 ’s‚ it has been a part of sports like football and rugby (iSport). Cheering is not just yelling a bunch of chants anymore. The role of a cheerleader has long been considered as a girl position‚ when in fact cheerleading was started by men. Cheerleading was first recognized in 1903‚" with a group of men coming
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The term injury truly signifies ’an injury’ in old Greek‚ and alludes‚ in its unique sense‚ to a physical injury. The term was later utilized as a part of the analysis of Sigmund Freud to mean a specific mental wonder. As per scholarly scholar Cathy Caruth‚ an injury can be characterized as the reaction to an unforeseen or overpowering vicious occasion or occasions that are not completely got a handle on as they happen‚ but rather return later in rehashed flashbacks‚ bad dreams and other dull wonders
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speed‚ coordination and agility. Like any sport‚ tennis places specific demands on the body which can predispose any player to injury. These demands placed on the body result in injuries specific to the game. It is said by Pluim et al (2006) that although many injuries that occur in tennis are common in other sports‚ tennis has its own unique profile of injuries. (1) Injuries such as lateral ankle sprains‚ calf strains‚ lower back pain‚ tennis toe‚ shoulder impingement‚ lateral epicondylitis (tennis
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Pay the PRICE: P rotect the injured knee from further injury R est the affected knee. Consider crutches to keep the weight off the knee. However‚ many doctors say not to keep the knee unmoving for too long. It’s best to start some exercises to keep the joint moving. I ce should be applied as soon as possible after the injury - for 10-30 minutes. Do not put ice directly on skin‚ as it may cause ice-burn - use a cloth. The cold reduces blood flow to the damaged ligament. This may limit pain and
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How Is Injury Rehabilitation Managed? Rehabilitation Procedures • Rehabilitation aims to restore the injured site so that the athlete can return to practice and competition without pain‚ and with the same range of movement they had before the injury. • Successful rehabilitation procedures reduce the chance of injury Progressive Mobilisation • It is important to progressively introduce movement to the injured area once the RICER technique has been complete • e.g. active and passive movement
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prevent sporting injuries. They have asked you to review the scientific literature and provide a summary document that includes a series of recommendations on how to prevent injury‚ which they can communicate to their members Sporting injuries are a significant problem when considering dropout rate in physical activity (Indriðadóttir et al.‚ 2015) therefore a wide range of research has been undertaken to determine recommendations on whether different techniques can prevent injuries from occurring
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The ankle is one of the most common joints to be injured in an individual‚ especially those who engage in activities that require a lot of pressure around the lower extremity of the body‚ such as football‚ soccer‚ tennis or athletics. Most ankle injuries‚ such as sprains‚ respond more favorably to treatments that are non-surgical‚ such as those given by doctors of Chiropractic and physiotherapists. There have been a number of `journal articles‚ case study reports and clinical trials‚ that have attempted
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conversation to have. As I critique the case‚ I discovered that a worker blamed his injury on the negligence of his employer. He further stated that his employer failed to replace faulty equipment that led up to his injury. On the other hand‚ the employer claimed that the employee was known to play around hence the responsibility wasn’t his. In this case‚ it should be against the law to accuse an injured employee of his injury on the job. Explanation of the Issue The manager of the company David Donald
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