This document summarizes common sports injuries and their treatment. It discusses how injuries often occur due to overuse and lack of protective equipment. Common injuries in basketball like ankle sprains and ACL tears are explained. The treatment process for ACL tears using RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) and surgery is summarized. It also discusses how to rehabilitate and strengthen the knee through stretching, muscle exercises, and cardio to aid recovery and prevent reinjury.
3. My Goals for this Project Show different injuries that happen in sports and how to treat them. Show how you can train to prevent yourself from becoming injured.
4. Thesis Often times injuries occur due to the constant pounding your body takes in sports. The body was not made to take all this but there are ways that you can get you body stronger to help prevent from getting hurt.
8. Sports Injuries Every year there are over 74,000,000 participants in high school sports.
9. Causes Most injuries that occur in sports often happen in practice more than they do in games.
10. Causes The intensity of practice can wear down your body causing this to happen. Injuries also happen due to the contact and maybe lack of equipment in a sport.
11. Causes Basketball is a sport that other than maybe a mouth guard has no protective equipment and has the most injury cases each year.
12. Basketball Injuries/treatment Survey by the U.S. consumer product safety commission of players found basketball leads all sports with injuries. (574,000) Double the number of baseball and over 100,000 more than football
13. Background Basketball is played with very little protective equipment. The most important is a good pair of sneakers which can prevent problems such as ankle sprains, knee injuries, and lower back pain.
17. Common Injuries Strenuous actions on any court can cause ankle sprains, heel bruises, and fractures.
18. Common Injuries Sprains that severely stretch the ligaments of the outside ankle is common in basketball. Can be caused from a rapid change in direction.
19. Common Injuries Heel bruises can happen when a player leaps for the ball and lands incorrectly. Achilles Tendonitis- tendon becomes inflamed.
20. Knee injuries More serious than ankle and foot injuries and can shorten careers.
26. ACL tear An ACL tear is most often a sports-related injury. ACL tears can also occur during rough play, mover vehicle collisions, falls, and work-related injuries. About 80% of sports-related ACL tears are "non-contact" injuries. This means that the injury occurs without the contact of another athlete, such as a tackle in football.
27. ACL Tear Female athletes are known to have a higher risk of injuring their anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, while participating in competitive sports.
28. Diagnosis ACL Tear felt a "pop" in their knee, and the knee usually gives-out from under them. ACL tears cause knee swelling and pain. On examination, your doctor can look for signs of instability of the knee.
29. Surgery Necessary?? do you regularly perform activities that normally require a functional ACL? do you experience knee instability?
30. Knee Surgery The usual surgery for an ACL tear is called an ACL reconstruction. Risks of ACL surgery include infection, persistent instability and pain, stiffness, and difficulty returning to your previous level of activity. better than 90% of patients have no complications with ACL surgery.
32. R.I.C.E. Rest:The first 24-48 hours after the injury is considered a critical treatment period and activities need to be curtailed. Gradually use the injured extremity as much as tolerated, by try to avoid any activities that cause pain. Often using a splint, sling, or crutches is necessary to adequately rest the injured body part.
33. R.I.C.E. Ice:For the first 48 hours post-injury, ice the sprain or strain 20 minutes at a time every 3-4 hours.
35. R.I.C.E. Elevate:Keep your sprain or strain as best possible--try to get it higher than your heart if possible. Elevate at night by placing pillows under your arm or leg.
36. Ways to rehab and strengthen the knee The goal of knee rehab is twofold. One is to prevent weakening of the muscles that surround the knee. Second is to diminish the burden on the knee joint.
37. Rehabbing and strengthening knee the first and last part of any exercise program should be a simple stretching routine. A few simple leg stretches can get your rehab exercises started off properly.
38. Rehabbing and Strengthening knee Exercising surrounding muscles quadriceps, hamstring, and calf muscles. Also do cardio to increase muscle endurance
40. Hamstring Injuries Many people suffer with tight hamstrings. Most of the time they will not cause a problem but can be more prone to bad tears, may contribute towards injuries such as Lower back pain
44. Tight HamStrings Some people are just genetically prone to have shorter hamstrings causing them to tighten up more. Not enough Stretching Tight hamstrings can lead to lower back problems.
45. Problems caused by tight Hamtrrings More susceptible to tearing. back problems. Body cannot perform at 100%
Sports Injuries: How to prevent, Diagnose, & treat Basketball. By John Wright
Sports Injuries: How to prevent, Diagnose, & treat Basketball. By John Wright
Sports Injuries: How to prevent, Diagnose, & treat Basketball. By John Wright
Sports Injuries: How to prevent, Diagnose, & treat Basketball. By John Wright
Sports Injuries: How to prevent, Diagnose, & treat Basketball. By John Wright
Sports Injuries: How to prevent, Diagnose, & treat Basketball. By John Wright
Sports Injuries: How to prevent, Diagnose, & treat Basketball. By John WrightAcute Injuries caused by hard hit during game. Contusion- bruise that can cause swelling or bleeding in muscle or tissue. Abrasion is a scrape. Laceration is a cut requiring stitches. A sprain is a stretch or tear of a ligament.
Sports Injuries: How to prevent, Diagnose, & treat Basketball. By John WrightThe same injury occurring to a specific part of your body causes stress and can hurt that part of the bodies chances of recovering completely.
Sports Injuries: How to prevent, Diagnose, & treat Basketball. By John WrightBasketball contains a lot of running and jumping which demands a lot from your feet and ankles. Things such as leaping for a rebound or making quick cuts can cause uncertain landings. Also playing on outdoor courts causes knee stress.
Sports Injuries: How to prevent, Diagnose, & treat Basketball. By John Wright
Sports Injuries: How to prevent, Diagnose, & treat Basketball. By John Wright
Sports Injuries: How to prevent, Diagnose, & treat Basketball. By John WrightPoor fitting shoes can also lead to bruising of your heel where the achilles tendon attaches the back of the heel to the muscles of the calf of the leg.
Sports Injuries: How to prevent, Diagnose, & treat Basketball. By John WrightBasketball puts a lot of stress on your knees. Hard court surfaces increase the hard jamming of the knee.
http://www.arthroscopy.com/sp05001.htm The knee is essentially made up of four bones. The femur, which is the large bone in your thigh, attaches by ligaments and a capsule to your tibia. Just below and next to the tibia is the fibula, which runs parallel to the tibia. The patella, or what we call the knee cap, rides on the knee joint as the knee bends.
(http://www.arthroscopy.com/sp05001.htm) When the knee moves, it does not just bend and straighten, or, as it is medically termed, flex and extend. There is also a slight rotational component in this motion. This component was recognized only within the last 50 years, which may be part of the reason people have so many unknown injuries. The knee muscles which go across the knee joint are the quadriceps and the hamstrings. The quadriceps muscles are on the front of the knee, and the hamstrings are on the back of the knee. The ligaments are equally important in the knee joint because they hold the joint together. You may have heard of people who have had ligament tears. Problems with ligaments are common.
(http://www.arthroscopy.com/sp05001.htm) The knee joint also has a structure made of cartilage, which is called the meniscus or meniscal cartilage. The meniscus is a C-shaped piece of tissue which fits into the joint between the tibia and the femur. It helps to protect the joint and allows the bones to slide freely on each other. There is also a bursa around the knee joint. A bursa is a little fluid sac that helps the muscles and tendons slide freely as the knee moves.
(http://www.arthroscopy.com/sp05001.htm) There are two cruciate ligaments located in the center of the knee joint. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) are the major stabilizing ligaments of the knee. In figure 4, on the lateral view, the posterior cruciate ligament prevents the femur from sliding forward on the tibia (or the tibia from sliding backwards on the femur). In the medial view, the anterior cruciate ligament prevents the femur from sliding backwards on the tibia (or the tibia sliding forwards on the femur). Most importantly, both of these ligaments stabilize the knee in a rotational fashion. Thus, if one of these ligaments is significantly damaged, the knee will be unstable when planting the foot of the injured extremity and pivoting, causing the knee to buckle and give way.
http://orthopedics.about.com/od/aclinjury/tp/acl.htmMost often ACL tears occur when pivoting or landing from a jump. The knee gives-out from under the athlete when the ACL is torn.
http://orthopedics.about.com/od/aclinjury/tp/acl.htmThese special tests place stress on the ACL, and can detect a torn ligament. An MRI may also be used to determine if the ligament is torn, and also to look for signs of any associated injuries in the knee.
http://orthopedics.about.com/od/aclinjury/tp/acl.htmIf you don't do sports that require an ACL, and you don't have an unstable knee, then you may not need ACL surgery. If the ACL is not completely torn, then ACL reconstruction surgery may not be necessary.
http://orthopedics.about.com/od/aclinjury/tp/acl.htmA repair of the ligament is rarely a possibility, and thus the ligament is reconstructed using another tendon or ligament to substitute for the torn ligament.
Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation is one of the easiest ways to rehabilitate an injury.
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/sprainsstrains/a/sprain_4.htm Rest:The first 24-48 hours after the injury is considered a critical treatment period and activities need to be curtailed. Gradually use the injured extremity as much as tolerated, by try to avoid any activities that cause pain. Often using a splint, sling, or crutches is necessary to adequately rest the injured body part.
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/sprainsstrains/a/sprain_4.htmThe ice pack can be a bag of frozen vegetables (peas or corn), allowing you to be able to re-use the bag. Another popular treatment method is to fill paper cups with water then freeze the cup. Use the frozen cube like an ice cream cone, peeling away paper as the ice melts. Do NOT ice a sprain or strain for more than 20 minutes at a time!! You will not be helping heal the injury any faster, and you can cause damage to the tissues!
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/sprainsstrains/a/sprain_4.htmUsing an Ace bandage, wrap the area overlapping the elastic wrap by one-half of the width of the wrap. The wrap should be snug, but not cutting off circulation to the extremity. So, if your fingers or toes become cold, blue, or tingle, re-wrap!
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/sprainsstrains/a/sprain_4.htmThe affected part should be elevated so it is 12 inches above the heart, to help reduce swelling.
People who have stronger muscles surrounding the knee often have fewer problems with the joint. Weaker muscles create more work for the knee joint by providing less support. Conversely, strong muscles of the leg better support and control the knee joint.
When injuries occur, often these muscles become weaker and less supportive of the knee.
http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/back/hamstrings/tighthamstrings.htmWhen running the hamstrings act eccentrically to slow down the knee extension motion. hamstring strains are common in individuals with chronically tight hamstrings or who do not warm-up thoroughly.
http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/back/hamstrings/tighthamstrings.htmSemimembranosus is the most medial of the three hamstring muscles. Chronically tight hamstrings are often a contributary factor to lower back pain and knee pain.
http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/back/hamstrings/tighthamstrings.htmBiceps Femoris is one of the three muscles which form the hamstring group forming the back of the thigh. The muscle is often described as having a long head (the attachment from the ischium) and a short head (attached to the femur).
http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/back/hamstrings/tighthamstrings.htmIf you participate in a lot of sport and do not stretch properly then you are more likely to have your hamstrings tighten up. It is especially important to stretch properly after exercise as this is when the muscles are warm and more receptive to stretching.Problems in your lower back can put pressure on your sciatic nerve which runs down the legs and cause muscles to tighten.
More susceptible to tearing. If you force a muscle to go further than it can normally go at speed it is likely to tear.Tight hamstrings can cause the hips and pelvis to rotate back flattening the lower back and causing back problems.http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/back/hamstrings/tighthamstrings.htmIf your muscles have tightened up then blood has been squeezed out of them therefore your muscles are working at less than 100 % of capacity and your performance will be down as a result. Regular sports massage and stretching to improve muscle condition will not only reduce the likelihood of injury but may also improve sporting performance.
