What Are the Different Types of Sports Injury Therapy?

Athletic Injuries refers to various injuries that occur during exercise. The damage site is related to sports and special technical characteristics. For example, the injured parts of gymnasts are mostly wrists, shoulders and waists, which are related to support, turning shoulders, jumping, and tossing in gymnastics. Tennis elbow occurs mostly in tennis players and javelin throwers.

Basic Information

English name: Athletic Injuries
Visiting department: orthopedics
Common causes: Insufficient training level, poor physical fitness, incorrect movements, insufficient preparation activities before exercise, etc.

Common symptoms: Abrasions, nosebleeds, sprains, contusions, concussions, dislocations, fractures, etc.

Causes of sports injuries

The main causes of injuries are: insufficient training level, poor physical fitness, incorrect movements, lack of self-protection ability; lack of preparatory activities or inadequate preparation activities before exercise, lack of training to adapt to the environment, and improper organization of teaching and competition work. There are more acute than chronic injuries in sports injuries. Reasons such as improper treatment of acute injuries or early participation in training can be converted into chronic injuries.

Clinical manifestations of sports injuries

Abrasion

Can be expressed as scratches, scratches, bumps, indentations, rubbing marks and so on.

Nosebleed

The nose was hit by an external force, causing the capillaries to rupture and bleed.

3. Sprain

The pain and swelling of the injured area and the limited joint movement are common in the waist, ankle, knee, shoulder, wrist, elbow, and hip.

4. Bruises

Subcutaneous tissues, muscles, ligaments, or other tissues are injured under the action of blunt instrument strikes or external forces, and the injured skin is often intact or only slightly damaged.

5. concussion

The head was struck by an external force or bumped into a hard object, showing transient coma, recent forgetting, and headaches, nausea, and vomiting. No positive signs were found on neurological examination.

6. Dislocation

Pain, swelling, and dysfunction may be accompanied by deformity, elastic fixation, and glenoid emptiness.

7. Fracture

Pain, swelling, and dysfunction can be accompanied by deformities, abnormal activities, and bone abrasion.

Sports injury check

Soft tissue contusion

(1) Patients with acute soft tissue injury have drag or tear-like pain.

(2) Local swelling.

(3) Activities are significantly limited.

2. Muscle strain

Muscle strain can occur at the boundary between the abdomen and the tendon, or it can occur when the tendon is attached to the bone. A strain can be a minor injury or a partial tear in a muscle fiber or even a complete break. Generally manifested as pain in the wound, local swelling, muscle tension or cramps, with obvious tenderness.

3. Imaging examination

If necessary, X-ray film, CT and other inspections can be performed.

Sports injury diagnosis

Diagnosis is based on history of exercise, clinical manifestations, and examinations.

Differential diagnosis of sports injuries

Muscle ligament strain

Local swelling, pain, tenderness, and bruising with visible subcutaneous bleeding.

2. Joint sprain

The pain and swelling of the injured area and the limited joint movement are common in the waist, ankle, knee, shoulder, wrist, elbow, and hip.

Sports injury treatment

First aid

Among the various injuries, find the main contradiction for emergency treatment, such as bleeding, first stop bleeding. When shocking, first resist the shock, do not hesitate to delay the timing.

2. General handling

(1) Abrasions: Rinse the wounds with clean water. If the wounds are clean, apply red or purple potion or apply a band-aid to heal. Severe abrasions first need to stop bleeding. If appropriate, cold compress method, raised limb method, bandage pressure bandaging method, direct finger pressure hemostasis method and other methods are used for treatment. If necessary, go to the hospital for wound cleaning, suture, medication, bandaging Wait for treatment to avoid infection or excessive bleeding.

(2) Nasal hemorrhage: Let the injured person sit down, tilt his head back, breathe through his mouth temporarily, plug the nostrils with gauze or clean soft paper, and apply a cold towel on the forehead and bridge of the nose to stop bleeding. If it does not stop, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment, and take effective measures in time to prevent shock from mass bleeding.

(3) Sprain: First of all, hemostatic and analgesic measures should be taken. You can raise the injured limb, rinse the wounded area with cold water or cold compress with a cold towel to shrink blood vessels and reduce bleeding and pain. Do not rub around to prevent increased bleeding. Put cotton on the injured area and apply pressure with a bandage. The injured person should be taken to the hospital for further medical treatment immediately after the simple treatment.

(4) Bruises: Cold compress with a cold towel to shrink blood vessels and reduce bleeding and pain. Put cotton on the injured area and apply pressure with a bandage. The injured person should be taken to the hospital for further medical treatment immediately after the simple treatment.

(5) Concussion: Patients with mild concussion can recover after resting in bed for one or two days. For moderate and severe concussions, keep the wounded absolutely quiet. Lie on your back in a flat place with a cold compress on your head. Pay attention to your body's warmth and send it to the hospital for treatment in time.

(6) Dislocation: The movement should be light, and it should not be stretched or twisted. You can apply cold, apply bandages, and keep the joints fixed. Then send them to the hospital for treatment.

(7) Fracture: First of all, the injured should be comforted to prevent shock, pay attention to keep the body warm, and immediately send to the hospital for treatment.

Sports injury prevention

Most of the sports system strains are caused by long-term local overload. In order to reduce these injuries, coaches should strictly abide by sports training principles, and reasonably arrange exercise load according to age, gender, health status, training level and characteristics of various sports.