This research article took a close look at injuries in collegiate-levels athletes of various sport disciplines to determine whether sex and/or type of sport performed had any effect on the rates of severe and non-severe injuries‚ taking a special look at the rate of concussions. The study took data from York University’s sport health clinic‚ and divided injuries into either severe or non-severe categories. All of the injuries were also divided into groups based on the type of activity and the sex
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Injury and Injury Prevention Injuries that happen during sporting events are the some of the most commonly seen injuries among doctors and paramedics. The following paragraphs will cover types of injuries‚ evaluation and treatment‚ and injury prevention. When someone is injured during a sports game it is very important to get accurate information before treating them. To get this proper information‚ we use the acronym “HOPE” to walk through all the steps. The first thing to do is to ask
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or even ruin the rest of their life. Injuries in sports have even caused death. While a sport is a game‚ people should do certain things to prevent anything serious from happening. II. REASONS TO LISTEN: Some of you might think the topic of sports injuries might be boring and useless‚ but maybe you can take something from what I have to say. I am sure that someone in your family or a friend might play a sport. Learning more about common injuries could help you help them prevent something
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Biomechanics of Injury: Notes Sports injuries are divided into two categories: Acute and Chronic Acute Injury Acute injuries occur suddenly when playing or exercising. E.g. sprained ankles‚ strained back and fractured hands are acute injuries. Signs of acute injury include: Sudden severe pain Swelling Inability to place weight on a lower limb Extreme tenderness in an upper limb Inability to move a joint through full range of motion Extreme limb weakness Visible dislocation/break
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Having a knee injury can be very painful‚ but it can also be hard to tell when it is necessary to go to a doctor or when it acceptable to stay home and rest it. Depending on your knee injury your pain can vary in the location and the severity of your knee pain. Some symptoms of knee pain is swelling and stiffness‚ redness and warmth to the touch‚ weakness or instability‚ and popping or crunching noises (Mayo Clinic‚ 2012). The problem is identifying how severe your knee injury based on the pain and
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best in their league are now falling short due to overuse injuries. With childhood obesity increasing‚ U.S. citizens have overlooked the overuse injuries that affect the active youth. In 2003 more than 3.5 million children under age 15 suffered a sports injury that required medical treatment‚ thats about one attended injury for every 10 players‚ and seventy-five percent of those injuries were the result of overuse (Hyman‚ 2009). Overuse injuries occur over a long peroid of time and occur after repetitive
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Essay 7/10/11 Student athlete head injuries: When is it safe to go back into the game? As a student athlete head injuries are relevant to me because I have experienced this type of injury. After researching the topic of head injuries in athletics‚ I came across three articles that stood out to me. In the article “Sports Medicine and School Nurses: A Growing Need for Further
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Groundwork for a Personal Injury? One gets personal injury when he or she is involved in a few types of harmful activities‚ either bodily or emotionally‚ from anything that happens suddenly or by chance. Tort law brings these legal claims into conformity with rules causing from personal injuries. This law is a type of social law that determines a petitioner with compensation for personal injuries. Frequent sorts of personal injury cause from carelessness‚ but personal injury events also include further
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both physical and mental: these are two sides of the same coin‚ with one more than often affecting the other. Severe and recurrent injuries in football players are considered to be major physical and psychosocial stressors. In common with elite athletes from other sports‚ severe or recurrent injuries may predispose them to mental health problems in the short and long-term and to adverse psychological effects such as lower self-esteem and adverse health behaviour. Recently‚ other sources of mental stressors
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welders do their job and minimize the risk of injury. Special chairs and creepers are available to provide support while performing welding tasks so that bad posture is avoided. There are many causes of injury in the welding field. Common causes of injury are repetitive gripping‚ twisting‚ repetitive reaching‚ and fatigue. Many injuries are developed when there is a mismatch between the capabilities of the worker and the demands of the job. These injuries are called Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
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