I thought I would do one on pulled mucles firstly because pulled muscles are probably the most common type of muscle injury but more importantly because I just suffered a badly pulled hamstring on friday at my soccer tournament...
They are very popular and almost the easiest to sustain.. All it takes is an improper warm up or a bad plant or sprint during a match and all of a sudden you pull a muscle...
They are very annoying and are hard to get rid of if they are badly pulled.. They can really frustrate you when having to play through a match....
The symptoms are quite obvious... you just have a very sore leg that becomes hard to do stuff with if you do not stretch,..
I believe the best treatment for this type of injure just a fools gold load of acute stretching and icing before any exercises...
So.. after watching that video you can slighty get an idea of what I am talking about here on this post.
Rotator cuff injuries are very common and can be very tricky and painful...
The shoulder can feel fine but then all of a sudden when you go to throw the ball or spike the volleyball you feel the sharpest pain to the shoulder...
The rotator cuff is made up of four muscles that help move and stabilize the shoulder joint. Damage to any one of the four muscles or their ligaments that attach the muscle to bone can occur because of acute injury, chronic overuse, or gradual aging.
This can cause significant pain and disability with range of motion or use of the shoulder joint.
Some symptoms of this injury are:
Pain usually is worse at night and may interfere with sleep.
Gradual weakness and decreased shoulder motion develop as the pain worsens.
Decrease in the ability to abduct the arm or move it out to the side. This allows the arm to be used for most activities but the affected person is unable to use the injured arm for activities that entail lifting the arm as high as or higher than the shoulder to the front or side.
Self-Care at Home
Rest and ice are the first-line home treatment of any sprain or strain.
Apply ice for 15-20-minute periods at least three times a day.
A sling may be helpful to rest the shoulder but care must be taken not to wear the sling for too long, otherwise the shoulder joint will become stiff and may require significant effort in regaining the lost range of motion.
Concussions these days are a major evolving health issue in the sports world...
It is because the human race is evolving.. kids that are being born are growing taller, bigger, stronger and the training is gaining way more intensity...
The biggest controversy in the sport of hockey right now is the amount of concussions that are occurring and how much it is affecting the future of the brain that just got rattled...
They are trying to do everything but these days the NHL game is such a fast game that injuries and extremely prone to occur..
Most people with concussions recover just fine with appropriate treatment. But it's important to takeproper steps if you suspect a concussion because it can be serious.
Some symptoms of a well developed concussion are:
Loss of consciousness after any trauma to the head
Loss of short-term memory (you may not remember the actual injury and the events some time before or after the impact)
Perseverating (repeating the same thing over and over, despite being told the answer each time, for example, "Was I in an accident?")
If a concussion is suspected due to a sports injury, the Centers for Disease Control recommends implementing a 4-step plan:
Remove the athlete from play.
Ensure that the athlete is evaluated by a health care professional experienced in evaluating for concussion. Do not try to judge the severity of the injury yourself.
Inform the athlete's parents or guardians about the possible concussion and give them the fact sheet on concussion.
Keep the athlete out of play the day of the injury and until a health care professional, experienced in evaluating for concussion, says they are symptom-free and it's OK to return to play.
No matter how good you are at what you do or how much you train and stretch so that you dont get injured... it will happen.
You evidently cannot avoid being injured during sport because if you are a true athlete, you push and grind to get ever ball or puck and push your hardest, you will get injured. It really only takes a split second....
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most commonly injured ligaments of the knee.
Approximately 50 percent of ACL injuries occur in combination with damage to the meniscus, articular cartilage, or other ligaments. Additionally, patients may have bruises of the bone beneath the cartilage surface.
Most often ACL tears occur when pivoting or landing from a jump. The knee gives-out from under the athlete when the ACL is torn... as you can see in the picture above!!! ^
People who injure their ACL often complain of the following symptoms:
A popping sound that comes from inside the knee
A feeling that the knee is giving away
Immediate, intense knee pain
Immediate swelling, inflammation, redness and slight bruising
Surgery is quite often needed for this type of injury, and can be quite gruesome from the picutres I have seen if you ask me...
The best treatment after surgery is known as RICE. It stansds for....
R: Rest the knee by using crutches and keeping weight off of it
I: Ice the knee
C: Compress the knee with a wrap
E: Elevate the leg
I have had many sporting injuries in the past and many I still have ongoing but....this.... have never happened to me and I dont plan on it!
