Achilles Tendon Injury 1. Anatomy: 2. Pathology: – Achilles tendonitis – Achilles tendon rupture – Achilles tendon avulsion Anatomy • Largest tendon in the body • Achilles tendon forms from the union of gastrocnemius (medial and lateral) and soleus tendons • Blood supply: posterior tibial artery Imaging • • Figure 1. Normal MRI of the Achilles tendon demonstrates this to be a well defined hypointense (dark) structure (arrow) inserting onto the calcaneus‚ thereafter becoming
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Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury Outline I. Introduction A. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important public health issue in the United States. B. TBI is caused by a bump‚ blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain C. TBI is generally categorized as mild‚ moderate or severe.
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assignment was the turf toe cases. The turf toe injury is a common injury in outdoor sports. Turf toe and any type of injury to the first metatarsophalangeal joints are very common injuries in athletes. This injury could become severe if the plantar plate and sesamoid apparatus is ruptured. If it is ruptured it may be better off with surgery than rehabilitation. In this article the three cases that have been studied concerning the turf toe injury are all almost alike. All three of the athletes
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football. Over the years‚ many head related injuries have become more common while playing high school sports. People used to be careless of head injuries until the numbers of concussions that have been occurring began to raise quickly. Because of this people are starting to take action and becoming more aware of head injuries to try to prevent them. Head injuries may often lead to concussions‚ which in some cases lead to long-term head trauma. Head injuries are being prevented by trying to reduce head
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hard to find any person that is not affected by a traumatic brain injury or stroke‚ whether they personally experienced the brain injury‚ or they know someone who was affected by a brain injury. Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are any injuries to the brain caused by a range of bumps‚ jolts‚ and even penetrations‚ which have a negative impact on normal function in the brain. Concussions may be considered mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) because the people experiencing concussions have shorter periods
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10 boxers die in the ring each year. Boxers put their health and even their lives at stake every time they choose to compete in a boxing match ("Common Boxing Injuries & Prevention | iSport.com"). Short Term Injuries While boxing‚ injuries that can last anywhere from one day to a few months occur on a regular basis. Most short term injuries do
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The first way to prevent sports injuries is to educate people about it. Sports injuries are a common problem in sports these days. One of the most common sports injury is a concussion. The concussion can be life threatening because it has to do with the brain. “42% of teens playing sports said they have downplayed or hidden an injury because they wanted to keep playing” according to Elizabeth Murry. If 42% of students are not telling coaches they can be severely injured and puts them at risk of being
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Researchers at the VA Boston Healthcare System found that 87 out of 91 deceased former NFL football players showed signs of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). A concussion is an injury that disrupts the normal functioning of the brain. Your brain is surrounded by spinal fluid to cushion it from your hard skull. If you are hit hard your brain may hit your skull and become injured. There may be no visible signs of a concussion at all. The symptoms of a concussion vary from each person. Some may
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Injuries can be quite an experience especially the one that we consider to be life changing. Injuries are something that can happen to us at almost anytime but usually do not but when they do we are never quite prepared for them. In this story‚ I had gotten injured and still am dealing with it today and was not at all prepared to be hurt at all. No injury is good but good things have come from being injured. When the injury happened first I had received the injury‚ then taken to the hospital and
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skin and may stick out. * Hairline fracture. In which the bone does not separate because the line of break is so fine and only partially fractured. These fractures can be difficult to detect on x-rays. * Simple fracture. This is when your injury causes a single crack across the bone. * Complex fracture. These are also called spiral fractures due to their shape. They are caused by a twisting movement. Fractures in long bones‚ such as your thigh bone (femur) are often spiral fractures.
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