Physicians like Hippocrates and later Galenus are believed to be the first practitioners of physical therapy‚ advocating massage‚ manual therapy and hydrotherapy techniques in treating there patients back in 460 B.C. In the eighteenth century machines like gymnasticon were developed to treat gout and other diseases by way of systemic exercise of the joints‚ similar to later occurrences of physical therapy practices. The earliest documented origins of actual physical therapy as a professional group
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was my junior year when I was named as a captain. At the beginning of the year the team named two senior players as captains. During the first month of the season one of them got injured during a game and he ended having an ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) on his right knee. This injured was a huge impact to the team because he was one of the best players on the team and the best mentor the team could have. One of the philosophies of my high-school soccer coach was that a team always needs at least
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It happens about 100 times a game in the National Football League: a bone-jarring tackle that slams a player to the turf. On the play shown in the photo above‚ Seattle Seahawks defensive back Marcus Trufant (23) drilled Philadelphia Eagles receiver Greg Lewis (83) with such force that Lewis couldn’t hang on to the ball. (Seattle won the Dec. 5‚ 2005‚ game at Philadelphia 42-0 in the most lopsided shutout ever broadcast on Monday Night Football.) Incompletions and fumbles aren’t the only consequences
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General Purpose: To explain what the Anterior Cruciate Ligament is. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience how the ACL can be torn. General Idea: I will go into detail about what the acl is‚ how it can be torn‚ and the process to go through after it has been torn. Introduction In my speech I am going to start off by letting my audience know some facts about ACL tears. My speech is going to be all about the Anterior Cruciate Ligament and how it tears. I feel that I am certified to speak about this
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evaluation of non-operative and operative treatment after anterior cruciate ligament injury. Moksnes‚ & Risberg‚ (2008) The purpose of the second study reviewed was to determine if there was a difference in the functional outcome in a group of individuals who had suffered an ACL injury. After non-operative treatment‚ and after surgical treatment at a 1 year follow up. The true ultimate outcome of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction is not well known. (Beynnon‚ Johnson‚ Abate‚ Fleming‚ & Nichols
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Callie Cattaneo FYW101 Professor Henrichon 9/6/12 Journey of Hurdles The ACL‚ or Anterior Cruciate Ligament‚ is an extremely important tendon in your knee that is needed to be able to put weight on your leg. It is common‚ now days‚ for women to tear their ACL’s playing soccer‚ but it is not common to tear three. I was 14 years old and starting my freshman year of high school at Sentinel High in Missoula‚ Montana. It was a week after tryouts and to my surprise I had made the varsity soccer
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Introduction: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries of the knee are common in sports that require jumping and rotational movements such as‚ gymnastics‚ basketball‚ soccer‚ volleyball‚ football‚ and handball (Gilchrist‚ 2008). Treatment for an ACL injury is expensive‚ requires extensive amounts of rehabilitation‚ and increases the risk of early osteoarthritis in individuals (Meeuwisse & Emery‚ 2010; Waldén et al.‚ 2012). The financial costs associated with ACL injuries are an estimated $3 billion
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human body. Proper motion of the joint relies significantly on the function of the soft tissue constituents including the four ligaments of the tibiofemoral joint. These ligaments allow primarily flexion/extension and rotation of the joint by enabling the bony constituents (femur and tibia) to translate and rotate relative to each other. In addition to the ligaments‚ soft cartilage in the joint space permits nearly frictionless contact between the bones. Computational modeling of the knee provides
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Birmingham‚ T. B.‚ Bryant‚ D. M.‚ Giffin‚ J. R.‚ Litchfield‚ R. B.‚ Kramer‚ J. F.‚ Donner‚ A.‚ & Fowier‚ P. J. (2008). A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Functional Knee Brace and Neoprene Sleeve Use After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. American Journal Of Sports Medicine‚ 36(4)‚ 648-655. This article would be helpful for a paper on this topic. In summation‚ the article speaks about a test of 150 people in which they had either received a functional ACL brace or
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There are several factors that affect the career of an NFL player. These factors can affect the number of years an NFL player can play at the professional level. The issues vary in so many forms that includes on and off the field elements. The players have little control over certain circumstances. They have to try their best to stay healthy‚ limit the negative incidents off the field and play well in order to increase their length in the NFL. The factors that affect an NFL player’s career are injuries
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