1. Write Away: Have you ever experienced a sports injury
Write Away: Have you ever experienced a sports injury? Explain what happened

2. Sports Injuries Prevention

3. Some Vocabulary to start us off
Ligament: a tough connective tissue/ fiber that connects bones, it joins one end of the bone to another
Muscle: body tissue capable of contracting upon stimulation
Tendon: tough tissue fiber that attaches muscle to bone
Sprain: stretch or tear of the ligament
Strain: the overstretching of a muscle that may result in tearing of a muscle or tendon

4. Knee Joint

5. How do injuries occur?
~ Lack of education and awareness about safety precautions and potential injury
~ Inappropriate gear
~Improper or lack of conditioning
~Insufficient warm up
~Going beyond your limits. LISTEN to your body
~Continuing to play with an injury/Returning too soon
~ Disrespectful Play

6. Acute vs. Chronic Chronic – develop slowly and last a long time
Acute - occur suddenly
Chronic – develop slowly and last a long time
repetitive, overuse
Overuse injuries are responsible for nearly half of all sports injuries to middle and high school student

7. How to know you have an injury
Signs of Chronic injuries
Pain when performing
A dull ache when at rest
Swelling
Mild but cause future problems
Signs of Acute injuries
Sudden, severe, sharp pain
Immediate swelling
Extreme tenderness
Deformity
Weakness
Decrease in range of motion
Bruising and lack of proper blood circulation

8. Preventing injuries
According to the CDC, more than half of all sports injuries in children are preventable.
~ Environment
~ Taking time off from the sport
~Conditioning
~Equipment

9. Preventing injuries
Warming up/stretching properly before and after activity
Taking time off from the sport at least one day per week (REST)
Wearing proper gear
Strengthen the muscles being used
Increasing flexibility
Compression sports wear

10. Preventing injuries cont.
~Using proper techniques
~Stop if feeling pain
~Hydrating properly
~Getting adequate sleep
~ Playing Safe
~ Nutrition / Balanced diet

11. Trends influencing injury rates…
Specialization
Year round availability
Cost of college
Television
Extreme Sports

12. Factors affecting injury types
Age
Sport
Gender
Equipment

13. What do you think are 4 most common adolescent injuries?

14. Most common Adolescent injuries
Sprain: in a joint, caused by ligaments being stretched
Contusion: bruise
Fracture: separation of a bone (broken bone)
Concussion: a head injury with a temporary loss of brain function

15. Special considerations for adolescents
Developing coordination
Difference in size at same age
Osgood Schlatter (OSD)
Sever’s Disease
Special concerns for females
ACL injury rates
Concussion susceptibility

16. Osgood- Schlatter An overuse condition
Growing children and adolescents, particularly those who participate physical activity
This is an age where the bones are typically growing faster than the muscles and tendons
Bump below knee / tibia

17. Sever’s Results from inflammation of the growth plate in the heel
The heel bone growing faster than the leg muscles and tendons
Muscles and tendons to become very tight and overstretched, making the heel less flexible and putting pressure on the growth plate.
Repeated stress causes swelling, tenderness, and pain

18. OSD Sever’s

19. Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Important for proper movement
Injuries range from mild to severe
Injury is caused when: the Knee bent too much, knee receives direct impact when stable, knee is forced to make sharp changes of movement, stiff landing
Determined by an individual if a popping sound is heard after impact, swelling after a couple hrs, severe pain, when the knee buckles or locks

21. Treatment Rest Ice Compression Elevation Sprain Contusion Fracture
Concussion

22. When to return from an injury
Each injury is unique
Waiting too long can lead to de-conditioning
Follow RICE and limit injury
Discussion with doctor
Use comfort as a guide
Once strength and flexibility return
Make sure you are pain free
Swelling is gone

23. Training after injury To train after the injury you can:
Physical therapy
Cross training
Gradually strengthen the injured area
Circuit training
Getting back in shape
Stretching