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
- 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.
- 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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