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Body conditioning, injuries, and preventing injury
- What is body conditioning?
- Physical exercise which enhances of
maintains physical fitness, therefore your
overall health or wellness.
- Prepares the body for the demands of the
environment.
- Physical exercise which enhances of
maintains physical fitness, therefore your
overall health or wellness.
- Why weight train in order
to prevent injury
- Increase tendon strength.
- Increase ligament strength.
- Increase bone strength.
- Reduces the risk of injury as bones are less
likely to break and less damage is likely to
occur to tendons and ligaments.
- Increase tendon strength.
- Why flexibility exercises will
prevent injury
- Increases range of movement.
- Allows muscles to stretch further.
- Reduces injuries such as strained
and pulled muscles.
- Allows more intense training.
- Increases range of movement.
- Why endurance training will prevent injury
- Less likely to suffer from cramp and dehydration.
- Ensures correct technique through training.
- Less likely to suffer from cramp and dehydration.
- Different types of injuries
- Joint injuries
- Sprains.
- Disclocation.
- Ligaments.
- Prevention/treatment: R.I.C.E, thorough
warm up.
- Sprains.
- Overuse injuries
- Tennis/Golfer's elbow.
- Shin splints.
- Prevention/treatment: ensure the correct size/weight
equipment is being used, R.I.C.E.
- Tennis/Golfer's elbow.
- Hard tissue injuries
- Broken bones.
- Fractures.
- Prevention/treatment: ensure
balanced competition, R.I.C.E.
- Stress Fracture
- Causes: constant impact,
repeated stress.
- Sports: badminton,tennis,athletics.
- Symptoms: small breaks,pain
during/after event, tender
shins.
- Treatment: rest and recovery,
low impact training.
- Causes: constant impact,
repeated stress.
- Open Fracture
- Causes: Impact with objects/people.
- Sports: basketball, rugby, football.
- Symptoms: bone pierced skin.
- Treatment: bridge cast. bandage, elevation.
- Causes: Impact with objects/people.
- Closed Fracture
- Causes: impact with object/person.
- Sports: rugby, football, basketball.
- Symptoms: clean break, no pierce of skin.
- Treatment: keep still, warm, dial 999, bone imobolised.
- Causes: impact with object/person.
- Greenstick Fracture
- Causes: impact, common in children.
- Sports: hockey. football.
- Symptoms: partial cracks in bones.
- Treatment: bone imobolised with a cast.
- Causes: impact, common in children.
- Dislocation
- Causes: Ball and socket joint, hard impact.
- Sports: rugby, basketball.
- Symptoms: limbs are limp, bone out of place, lots of pain.
- Treatment: Put back into place, joint kept warm,
tissue takes a long time to heal.
- Causes: Ball and socket joint, hard impact.
- Broken bones.
- Soft tissue injuries
- Pulled/strained muscles.
- Cuts.
- Bruises.
- Prevention/treatment: wear
protective equipment, R.I.C.E.
- Pulled/strained muscles.
- Joint injuries
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