Physiotherapy For Sports Injury

Sports medicine like all other branches of medicine aims at the complete physical mental and spiritual well being of a sport person.

Classification Of Sports Injuries  

Williams Classification

 Among The Consequential Injuries

    1. Primary Extrinsic
      • Human: black eye due to direct blow
      • Implemental: incidental or due  to overuse
      • Vehicular: clavicle fracture due to fall from cycle etc
      • Environmental: injuries in divers
      • Occupational: jumpers knee in athletes, condromalacia in cyclists,etc.

 

  1.       Primary Intrinsic
    • Incidental: strains, sprains.
    • Overuse: acute tenosynovitising of the wrist extensor in can exists.
    • Chronic: march fracture in soldiers,etc.

Nonconsequential Injuries

  • Not related to sports but is due to injuries either at home (e.g. slip and fall at home).

Common Sports Injuries:

Upper Limbs

Shoulder Complex

  • Rotator cuff injuries
  • Shoulder dislocation
  • Fracture clavicle
  • Acromio clavicular injuries
  • Bicipital tendinitis of rupture

Elbow

  • Tennis elbow
  • Golfers elbow
  • Dislocation of elbow

Wrist

  • Wrist pain
  • Baseball injury
  • Jersey thumb
  • Injuries to the finger joints.
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome

Hand

  • Mallet finger injury
  • Baseball injury
  • Jersey thumb
  • Injury to the finger joint.

Lower Limb

Hip

  • Illiotibial or tract syndrome.
  • Quadriceps strain
  • Hip pain.
  • Groin pain due to adductor strain.

Knee

  • Jumpers knee
  • Chondromalacia
  • Fracture patella
  • Knee ligament injuries
  • Meniscal injuries.

Legs

  • Calf muscle strain
  • Hamstring sprain
  • Stress fracture of tibia
  • Compartmental syndrome of leg

 

Ankle Injuries

  • Ankle sprain
  • Injuries to tendoachilles
  • Tenosynovitis

Foot

  • March fracture
  • Jones fracture
  • Foefoot Injuries
  • Injuries of sesamoid bone of great toe.

 

Head, Neck, Trunk And Spine

  • Head injuries
  • Whiplash injuries
  • Rib fractures
  • Trunk muscle strains
  • Abdominal muscle strain
  • Low backache

Preventive Measures

  •  Proper clinical examination to identify defects.
  • Fitness training
  • Correcting the wrong body postures
  • Conditioning exercises
  • Cardiopulmonary conditioning exercise for endurance
  • Proper warm up\Wearing proper foot wears
  • For prevention of overuse injuries frequent breaks
  • Avoid sports in very high and low climates area.

Treatment

General Principles

Concept Or RICEMM

R- REST

I-ICE THWERAPY

C-Compression bandaging

E-Elevation of injured part

M-Medicines like pain killers.

M-Modalities like heat,straps,supports,etc.

After immobilization and rest early vigorous exercises shall be started

Training:  Physiotherapist has to train sportsperson for to increase endurance, strength, runing, weight bearing.

  • Exercises to increase Cardiopulmonary Capacity for endurance

 

  • Exercise to increase muscle strength

 

  • Exercise for Free weight bearing to increase tensile strength

 

  • Measures to improve Agility for balance and coordination.

 

  • Improvement in speed-polymetrics.

 

  • Measures for Relaxation and body stretches.

 

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