Transcript Athletic Injuries ATC 222

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What structures
do you think
provide support
to a joint?
Athletic Injuries
ATC 222
Recognizing Different
Sports Injuries
Chapter 13
What structures provide
support to a joint?
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Muscles
Ligaments
Bones
Cartilage
Nerves
Muscular Trauma
• Contusion
– hematoma
• myositis ossificans
• Strain
– causes
– grades
– common sites of injury
• muscular sites
• site on musculotendon unit
– general treatment
– tendon ruptures?
• Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
(DOMS)
Cramp vs. Spasm
• Cramp
– painful involuntary contraction
– causes
– treatment
• Spasm
– reflex reaction due to trauma
– treatment
Chronic Soft-Tissue Injury
Tendonitis
– calcific tendonitis
• Bursitis
Joint Trauma
• Sprains
– grades
– general treatment
• Subluxation (partial dislocation)
• Luxation (dislocation)
Anatomy of a Long Bone
• Gross Structures
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diaphysis
epiphysis
apophysis
physis
periosteum
hyaline cartilage
Bone Trauma
• Periostitis
• Fractures
– types
• Stress Fracture
– signs and symptoms
• point pain, swelling, pain at night/rest
• pain with percussion
• x-ray?
– etiology
– common sites
• tibia/fibula
• metatarsals
• pars interarticularis
– treatment
Bone Trauma
• Epiphyseal
Growth Plate
Injuries
– complications
• Apophyseal
Injuries
– Sever’s syndrome
– OsgoodSchlatter’s
syndrome
Body Mechanics and Injury
• Microtrauma and
overuse
• Posture
– genu
valgum/varus
– kyphosis
– lordosis
– scoliosis
• Running
Mechanics
• Throwing
Mechanics