The NFL season is not off to a positive start for the Arizona Cardinals. They lost their first regular season game on September 10 to the Detroit Tigers. After the game, they found out that they will have to play without running back David Johnson, who will be out for two to three months. Johnson suffered a dislocated wrist, which requires surgery.…
Maria is a lady who loves Rugby, played at international level and became one of the first full-time professional women’s’ rugby players in England. During one of her training sessions, Maria felt stiff before warm-up and did not see the tackle coming which led to injury; she raptured her anterior cruciate ligament and tore the cartilage in her left knee during a training match. This happened when she was in the process of buying a house with her boyfriend Michael which eventually led to Maria getting stressed. As the injury progressed, Maria experienced negative emotions and could not associate with team mates. To treat the injury, Maria had to undergo through surgery to try and fix the problem.…
Patient is a 52-year-old male hub technician who alleges cumulative injury from 07/24/1995 to 01/09/2017 to the bilateral knees. Per OMNI entry, he was initially diagnosed with bilateral patellar tendonitis and bilateral knee sprain. Based on the medical report dated 02/02/17, the patient states since approximately June of 2015, he noticed the gradual onset of pain on his bilateral knees, which he attributes to performing his job duties which required him to sit for prolong periods of time in a cold room at 70 degrees Fahrenheit. He also performed carrying, stooping, squatting, lifting and bending. He states he reported his symptoms to his manager, who did not offer sending him to the industrial doctor.…
ACL injuries are amongst the most widespread knee injuries. The ACL, which stands for anterior cruciate ligament, is a ligament in the knee that joins the upper leg bone with the lower leg bone. While minor ACL tears can sometimes heal on their own with time, a more severe tear can require a lot of orthopedic rehab. Keeping your body strong and flexible will give you more control over your body’s movements and will help prevent the chance of injury. There are three important habits people can adopt to help decrease the likelihood of an ACL tear: 1.…
The present case study presents a 22 year old male football player with a Hamstring, Bicep femoris Grade II tear at his left foot. The injury was suffered during an in-season game, on natural grass, when the player was decelerating while the ball was going out of play. The athlete is a left winger and has been involved in football from a young age (Fig 1.) Client…
Describe a procedure used to assess the nature and extent of a sport injury ( ½ pages) (provide characteristics and features) TOTAPS is an acronym that is used when an athlete is injured and needs to be assessed. When the athlete gets injured you need to ask them questions and talk to them, things like how it happened? Where it hurts? Etc., by doing this you can gather valuable information about the injury; this is Talk (T) the first step complete. The next step is to observe (O) the athlete, when you look at the injured area is there any obvious signs of deformity or swelling?…
The Injury The ACL or Anterior Cruciate Ligament attaches from the front of the tibia to the back of the femur. It is an important ligament in which keeps the tibia from sliding too far forward in relation to the femur bone and provides stability to the knee joint in sagittal plane movements. Injuries to the ACL are very common in individuals who have the knee in an awkward position such as stopping suddenly while jogging or sprinting, a rapid change in direction, and an abnormal landing stance that leaves the knee joint locked. Your ACL can be injured if your knee joint is bent backward, twisted, or bent side to side.…
In the early 1900s, football was a brutal sport that resulted in serious or life threatening injuries. There were no football pads or helmets to protect the players from these injuries. Football was mainly a college sport at this time. Due to the concern of the young players, a magazine in 1904 reported that were 18 deaths and 159 serious injuries throughout different prep schools. Football season even got the name "death harvest".…
Athletic injuries are common in sports. They can happen in all different types of athletes. Some injuries can be very dangerous or not bother someone at all. It can depend on what happened, how it happened, or how severe the injury was. Some injuries can cause major difficulties in the future and/or even ruin someones sports career.…
Additionally, a talar tilt test done by the physiotherapist recorded the right ankle as 22º and the left affected as 16°. The player also demonstrated pain, reduced ROM and increased joint laxity; this would suggest a positive test because a talar tilt of more than 5°c compared to the unaffected ankle indicates instability in the ligaments (Gaebler et al., 1997). A talar tilt test had been done because it is more specific for detecting injury to the CFL (Rasmussen,…
This is a review of the article titled Sex Differences in Concussion Symptoms of High School Athletes. The purpose of this study was to determine possible differences in concussion symptoms between genders of high school athletes. In the United States, more than 1.6 million sports-related concussions occur every year. Averages of 21% of these happen to high school athletes (Frommer et al., 2011). More males have participated in sports than females over the years.…
Joe Ferrici 3/21/15 Med Aspects Springer ACL Research In the world of sports today, there is a wide variety of pressures that athletes have to face. Athletes have to deal with the pressure of coaches, family, playing well, and getting scouted to name a few; being injured is not looked past either. Injuries during physical activity are inevitable, especially in today’s world where athletes are getting extremely more athletic and active. Social media is constantly releasing stories of these excruciating injuries athletes continue to have.…
In addition, dancers can get injured just as easily as other sport athletes. Research has shown that dancers have very similar injuries compared to other athletes. One study showed that ankle injuries account for about 21% of all sports-related injuries and 31% for ballerinas (“Dance IS a Sport...at Least in Terms of Injury”). This statistic shows that amount of strain that performers and athletes put on their ankle joint is about the same. This proves that dancers and athletes put the same amount of exertion into their work and should be accredited the same for…
Every patient experiences an ACL injury different, but there are some common symptoms associated with an ACL tear. Pain can range from minimal and transient to severe and lasting. The pain may be described as being deep in the knee but more anterior. Most individuals that tear their ACL experience a popping, snapping or tearing sensation during injury. With a tear there will be rapid swelling and weight bearing leads to a feeling of the knee giving way or “just not feel right” as described by our patient (Wedro 2015).…
Initial step was to determine the components of basketball game to be analyzed and the volume and intensity of the warm-up exercises (Andrejić, Tošić & Knežević, 2012). The purpose of this proposal was to examine whether the pre-competition static stretching affects lower limb force production and agility in basketball players. It was hypothesized that static and PNF stretching would have detrimental effects on the motor performance skills of the players. It was also assumed that a high-volume static stretching and PNF stretching would exhibit more intense adverse effects on the performance as compared to a low-volume static stretching and PNF stretching.…