3.27 Optimising training and avoiding injury

Question 1

what do you do before you start any form of exercise?

Answer 1

fill out a PARQ

Question 2

how can you prevent injury?

Answer 2

-warming up and cooling down
-correct equipment and facilities
-correct clothing and protective equipment
-playing by the rules of the competition
-correctly applying the principles of training
-filling out a PARQ

Question 3

what are the different types of injuries?

Answer 3

-soft tissue injury
-strain
-golfers and tennis elbow
-abrasion
-sprain
-torn cartilage
-closed bone fracture
-open bone fracture
-dislocation
-concusion

Question 4

soft tissue injuries

Answer 4

some injuries are chronic, this means they develop over a long time and are usually caused by continuous stress

Question 5

strain

Answer 5

pulled or stretched muscle or tendon

Question 6

symptoms of a strain

Answer 6

pain, swelling, bruising, weakness in the area

Question 7

how to treat a strain

Answer 7

games player often suffer this type of injury due to the nature of the sport
-treat with RICE

Question 8

golfers and tennis elbow

Answer 8

tendons that attach the muscles to the elbow joint become inflamed, sore and painful

Question 9

abrasion

Answer 9

caused when a layer of skin is rubbed off, this may cause bleeding or none at all

Question 10

sprain

Answer 10

twisted or wrenched ligament

Question 11

symptoms of sprain

Answer 11

pain, swelling, bruising

Question 12

what is the most common sport for sprains?

Answer 12

this soft tissue injury can occur when the ligaments at a specific joint get stretched and torn, sprains are common in basketball players due to the game involving a lot of jumping and landing throughout

Question 13

torn cartilage

Answer 13

cartilage can tear if the joint is twisted excessively

Question 14

what is the most common sport for torn cartilage?

Answer 14

football players, caused when they change direction quickly

Question 15

treatment of torn cartilage

Answer 15

ice pack can reduce swelling but surgery is sometimes needed to repair the damaged cartilage

Question 16

closed bone fracture

Answer 16

the surrounding skin is unbroken however injury to internal tissue may cause swelling

Question 17

open bone fracture

Answer 17

skin is broken and the bone may protrude through

Question 18

dislocation

Answer 18

if a sudden impact injures a joint it may become dislocated

Question 19

symptoms of dislocation

Answer 19

deformity, swelling, bruising, numbness and pain

Question 20

what two injuries is it difficult to know the difference between?

Answer 20

break and dislocation

Question 21

concusion

Answer 21

sudden but short lived loss of mental function that occurs after a blow or other injury to the head

Question 22

symptoms of concussion

Answer 22

-may become unconscious
-feel sick, dizzy or drowsy
-get confused, stare and suffer memory loss