Preventing Injuries Soc 10

Question 1

What are the main reasons of warming up and cooling down?

Answer 1

One of the main reasons for warming up is that warming the muscles gradually helps to prevent injury and makes your workouts more effective. Cooling down after an exercise or sport gradually lowers your body temperature, heart rate and breathing rate.

Question 2

What Sports need protective equipment?

Answer 2

American Football, Cricket, Rugby, Fencing

Question 3

Who needs to check the safety?

Answer 3

Organisers and officials, as well as participants, need to check for safety before an activity or competition.

Question 4

What is an overuse or acute injury?

Answer 4

Sustained from repeated action

A sudden injury

Question 5

Playing to the rules

Answer 5

Rules help to ensure player safety, helps the competition.

Question 6

Concussion

Answer 6

An injury normally caused by a blow to the head.

Question 7

4 types of fractures

Answer 7

Compound: the broken bone protrudes through the skin.
InClosed: the skin is over the break
Stress: They can result from fatigue
Simple: take place in one line, with no displacement of the bone

Question 8

Torn Cartilage

Answer 8

Cartilage is a firm elastic substance which lines adjoining bones. It adsorbs the impact on the bones while reducing the friction during sports.

Question 9

Sprains

Answer 9

A sprain is a damged ligament. Oneof the most common sprains in sport of a twisted ankle.

Question 10

Soft tissue injury

Answer 10

Joint are where two or more bones meet.

Question 11

Strains

Answer 11

A strain is a twist, pull or tear of a muscle