Sports Injuries and Prevention

Question 1

What are acute injuries?

Answer 1

An acute injury is one that occurs quickly and for which pain and loss of function is immediate.

Question 2

What are Chronic injuries?

Answer 2

Chronic injuries tend to start out as acute in nature, and then recur as a result of re-injury through a prolonged weakness or insufficient rehabilitation following the previous injury. Recurring hamstring strains in AFL players are chronic injuries.

Question 3

What are Overuse Injuries?

Answer 3

Overuse injuries are caused by excessive and repeated use of the same muscle, bone or joint, and are usually diagnosed by the presence of inflammation and pain.

Question 4

What are direct Injuries?

Answer 4

Direct Injuries are caused by an external force - collisions between players. Some examples are a bruise, fracture or cut.

Question 5

What are in-direct injuries?

Answer 5

Indirect injuries are caused by internal force - overstreching connective tissues or losing balance. Some examples are sprain, tear or strain.

Question 6

What is SALTAPS

Answer 6

• S – you must stop instantly when you feel like you have an injury or if one is starting
• A – Ask the player how it happen, when it happened and why did it happen
• L – Look at the injury and look for any changes I size, colour and other aspects (observe before you touch it)
• T- Assess the injury by touching it to see if you can feel lumps, bones out of place, etc.
• A – see if the person can do active movement, e.g. Walk, move the part of the body and do other movements.
• P – See if they can do passive movement, see if they can extend it or move the joint or muscle.
• S – if all is okay, stand up and play on.

Question 7

Injury prevention

Answer 7

Pre-participation screening

Physical Preparation

Warm Up and Cool Down