Sports Medicine II
Determination of serious life threatening injury Done on field immediately after injury Life-threatening conditions ◦ Airway obstruction ◦ No breathing ◦ No circulation ◦ Profuse bleeding ◦ Shock
Thorough evaluation-off the field Sidelines, ER, TR ◦ Vital signs ◦ Musculoskeletal assessment HOPS ◦ History ◦ Observation ◦ Palpation ◦ Special Tests SOAP note ◦ Subjective What the athlete tells you ◦ Objective What you observe ◦ Assessment Special tests, ROM, palpations ◦ Plan How is it treated
Soft tissue-soft and spongy, a gradual painless stop ◦ Ex. knee flexion Capsular feel-firm endpoint Bone to bone-a distinct and abrupt endpoint, two hard surfaces come together Muscular-springy feeling ◦ Ex. Shoulder abduction
Empty feel-pain occurs before the end of the range Spasm-involuntary muscles contraction, guarding Loose-hypermobility Springy block-rebound at an endpoint ◦ Ex. Meniscus tear