Preventing Injury Flashcards
5 ways to prevent injury
👾correct training, warming up and cooling down,
🇦🇶wearing appropriate clothing,
🤩checking equipment and facilities and
🗯playing to the rules/ competition.
How can principles of training prevent injury
➢Overuse injury: sustained from repeated action.
➢Acute injury: a sudden injury that is usually associated with a traumatic event.
What is an overuse injury
➢Overuse injury: sustained from repeated action.
What is an acute injury
➢Acute injury: a sudden injury that is usually associated with a traumatic event.
8 different types of injury
Sprain Strain Fractures Abrasion Dislocation Torn cartilage Soft tissue injury Concussion
What is concussion
Concussion is an injury normally caused by a blow to the head and can happen in many sports
What are the symptoms of concussion
Headaches, weakness, loss of co-ordination or balance, confusion or slurred speech
What is a fracture
A fracture is a broken or a cracked bone that can occur from a blow.
Different types of fractures
➢ In closed: the skin over the break is not damaged.
➢ Compound fractures: the broken bone protrudes through the skin.
➢ Simple fracture: take place in one line, with no displacement of the bone.
➢ Stress fractures (overuse injuries): They can happen as a result of fatigue.
Green stick
A break only part way across the bone
Transverse
Break straight across
Impacted
Pieces locked into each other
Comminuted
Broken into more than two pieces
Oblique
Brake at an angle
Dislocation
A dislocation is when a bone at a joint is forced out of
its normal position. Often occurs as a result of a hard
blow which causes one of the bones to be displaced.
