Overuse injuries are speculated to be on the rise in kids. With increased pressure to specialize in a sport and the bar ever-raising to be more competitive and successful in sports‚ younger kids are specializing in one sport and training more hours per week then ever before. As a result‚ overuse injuries have been thrust into the public spotlight. Overuse injuries have previously been defined in a variety of ways. For example‚ Roos et. al described overuse injuries as “injuries that present in a
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against the Seattle Seahawks‚ thus requiring surgery. This devastating injury is rarely heard in the world of football. Lisfranc fracture got the spotlight when Ryan Kalil‚ a very promising athlete sustained this injury. Kalil who is a three-time Pro Bowl selection and one of the best centers in the world of football was placed on injured reserve. Football is a very rough game and the foot is subject to this kind of injury. This injury happens when the front of the foot is twisted against the back of
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Traumatic Brain Injury or Head Injury A head injury occurs as a result of trauma to the scalp‚ skull or brain. Head injuries are classified as closed‚ in which there is no cut or laceration to the skin‚ or penetrating‚ in which the skin and/or bone of the skull is broken. Traumatic brain injuries range from mild (called mild traumatic brain injury) to severe. The symptoms of a head injury may occur immediately following trauma‚ or they may develop slowly over several hours or days. Specific types
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Burn injuries cause several physiological changes within in the body. A burn can come from thermal‚ chemical or electrical environments. The location and severity of the burn will determine the morbidity and mortality outcome. The risk of death increases with age‚ inhalation injury and burn area. Burns can cause tissue damage‚ electrolyte imbalance and organ system failure. There are several different depths of burns: First degree‚ Second degree‚ and Third degree. First degree burns (partial
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The Invisible Injuries Of An Automobile Accident: Understanding The Psychological Impacts And How To Cope Car accidents change lives‚ but in different ways for different people. Even if you’re not physically hurt‚ you may have sustained psychological or invisible injuries that can destroy life as you know it. Here’s how to understand what’s happened‚ so you can cope with it effectively. What These Invisible Injuries Are And How They Change Your Ability To Function From the outside‚ you look completely
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allowing their children to play the American institution: Football. American parents are reluctant because of the risk of severe injuries to their children. More research should be completed in order to prevent high impact sports injuries that cause concussions‚ major brain damage such as CTE‚ and can sometimes result in death. Concussions as a result of high impact sports are something that can affect a person for life. The text states‚ “several former football players all found to have CTE and have
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participating in all levels of sports has risen greatly in recent years‚ and the way they play has changed too. Women’s sports used to be played by a slow defensive style. Today‚ the sports are played with speed‚ precision‚ and power. With these changes have come increased injuries‚ and female athletes have higher injury rates than men in many sports. Knee injuries have been rising in female sports. Anterior crutiate ligament (ACL) injuries have become the most common injury in the knee to female
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Musculoskeletal injuries are characterized by the presence of discomfort‚ disability‚ or persistent pain in the joint‚ muscles‚ tendons‚ and other soft tissues‚ caused or aggravated by repeated movement and prolong awkward or forced body posture (1). The prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal injuries is significant in many professions‚ and this has had a marked impact on professionals (2). The etiology and risk factors associated with many of these occupational injuries are not well understood
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Life is unpredictable at the best of times and when you suffer a personal injury that was not your fault you may find the consequences are life changing. Claiming compensation for injuries caused by the negligence of a third party is your right but it is not something you should contemplate doing yourself - unless you have extensive legal knowledge of personal injuries that is! Personal injury claims are notoriously complex‚ requiring expertise not only in this particular area of law‚ but also when
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and falls happen while at work‚ which can take an employee to the hospital and leave them unable to work due to their injury. Here is what you should do if a workplace injury happens to you. Let Your Employer Know Immediately You need to immediately notify your employer about the injury so there is no doubt about when and where it happened. This helps create a record about the injury so there are no questions later on about how it happened. Let them know details about how it happened‚ who witnessed
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