Sports Injury Management

Introduction Sports injuries are injuries which occurs in

athletic activities or physical exertion. They can after effect from accidents, poor training address in practice, bare equipment, and overuse of an accurate physique part. In the United States, there are about 30 million teenagers and children that participate in some anatomy of organized sport. The Sports Injury Management is for avoiding the major injuries like death, brain injuries, fracture, etc and their treatment.

Most Common Injuries

Ankle sprain Groin pull Hamstring strain Shin splints Knee injury : ACL tear Knee injury : Patellofemoral syndrome — injury

resulting from the repetitive movement of your kneecap against your thigh bone

Tennis elbow (epicondylitis)

Be Prepared... the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise - Robert Baden-Powell

Assessment of injuriesABCTOTAPS

Treatment of injuries PRICERNo HARM

1. ABC Airway Breathing Circulation

Airway The human respiratory system includes a

series of organs like lungs and the airways. The lungs are responsible for taking oxygen in and expelling carbon dioxide out while breathing.

Breathing  Breathing is the process that

inhalation of oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide from the lungs. In addition to removing carbon dioxide, breathing results in loss of water from the body.

Circulation Circulation is the process of blood

movement through the vessels of the body induced by the pumping action of the heart.

2. TOTAPS

Talk Observe Touch Active Passive Skills

TALK

What happened? What was the mechanism of injury? Where does it hurt? Did you hear any sounds i.e. cracks, snaps?

The story of how it happened tells you a lot about the injury

OBSERVE

Look for obvious deformity If it doesn’t look right.... It probably isn’t...

Look for swelling Look for discolouration Compare the bad side to the good side

TOUCH

Tenderness – mild moderate severe

Location soft tissue bony

Heat/ Temperature- If hot more blood

ACTIVE MOVEMENT

Assess how much movement athlete can do by themselves.. Is it Full Range? When does it get painful? Where is it painful?

PASSIVE MOVEMENT

How much movement is there passively? ie movement YOU can make

Compare the bad side to the good side

SKILLS

If all OK so far.. then need to test the Athlete with sport specific skill..

Running on the spot Hopping Jumping “Z” running

Must be something to test the injury.

Initial treatment of injuriesPRICER Protection

Rest Ice Compression Elevation Referral

Protection

Take player away from field to avoid further injury as soon as possible

Rest

Remove player from field Rest injured area Immobilize area Why?

Reduces further tissue damage Reduces blood flow Allows for full assessment of injury

Ice

Ice bag, pack Ice water bath 15 mins/ 5 times a day

Why? Cool the area which constricts blood vessels,

reduces blood flow and fluid leakage, less swelling, pressures and pain

Compression

Compress injured area with Elastic bandage Cohesive bandage Strapping Move distal to proximal Why?

External pressure reduces fluid leakage and bleeding into tissues

Provide support the area Immobilizes the area is REST

Elevation

Elevate area above height Why?

Reduces bleeding as blood has to flow up hill Gravity helps swelling to move towards lymph

nodes

Referral

Physiotherapist Hospital Doctor Why?

Diagnosis Treatment can commence The sooner treatment begins, the better the

outcome

No HARM

Heat AlcoholRunningMassage

No HEAT Includes Hot packs Spas Saunas

Why? Increases blood flow to area therefore increases

swelling

No ALCOHOL

Includes most things adults enjoy after a game of sports

Why? Thins blood which increases swelling In excess brings on silly behavior Less pain felt therefore more damage caused Adds toxins to already injured area

No RUNNING

Includes running as well as any exercise that is painful

Why? Increases in tissue damage Overload to other area as compensation

No MASSAGE Includes Rub down Massage Mobilizations

Why? May increases tissue damage Increases blood circulation to the injured area

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