Common Sports Injuries:

 

Basketball:

 

Ankle Sprains: The most common injury that occurs in basketball is ankle sprains, this happens when the player lands on another player's foot or the ankle is rolled outwards. The ligaments connecting bones inside the ankle are torn and stretched

 

ACL(Anterior Cruciate Ligament): The most severe injury related to basketball is the ACL tear, this is the most commonly torn ligament in the knee. This is a complete tear of the ligament. 

 

Torn Meniscus: The tissue between the knee is known as the mensicus and is a cushion between the bones of the upper and lower leg at the knee.

 

Football:

 

Concussion: Most common injury, this is due to a big hit by a defender. Sometimes the concussions can be mild or very severe.

 

Shoulder Dislocation: This happens when the impact causes an abduction or extreme rotation to the head of the upper arm bone pops out of the socket.

 

Broken Neck: A big hit or impact on the neck region. This happens when the head goes staright into the ground or another player and the spinal cord becomes like a accordian, causing the neck to break. 

 

Baseball:

 

URL (Ulnar Collateral Ligament): Occurs mainly to picthers, this injury is severe and effects any hand motion. This injury bascially effects the medial elbow, this puts the player in serious pain.

 

Torn Rotator Cuff: This is term that is used to describe the tendons and muscles that support, stablize and allow the arm to move to up and down. The muscles that are located here are the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis, and teres minor. When these muscles are bruised or inflammated the person endures severe pain, basically the tendons being torn and the athelete is not able to have good motion in the hand.

 

Separated shoulder: This refers to the stretching and tearing of ligaments where the collarbone meets the shoulder blade. This injury is usually caused by an impact to the front of the shoulder or by falling hard on the outstretched arm. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solutions For...

 

Tennis

First comes first, tennis may look like an easy sport to play, but as mentioned above, there are many places you can get injured.

Tennis elbow is just one example, but there is always the possibility of a fatal accident that could very well end your life. Of course, many of these

accidents could occur while playing soccer or even running, but its still helpful to know how to prevent them.

 

Basketball

Everyone knows basketball. The rules of the game are simple and understandeble, while the game is playable by all ages. Although knowing the game does enhance specific views of the game, there are several portions where injuries can occur. Injuries are inevitable, even when there is extreme caution, and it is important to know how to prevent them. Take the example of Shaun Livingston, who was one of the most careful players in the league. He ripped several of his ligaments, and he did nothing to deserve it. Knowing how to prevent accidents is crucial to growth.

 

Football

Football is another sport commonly played by us IA students.  As we all know, football is not the safest sport to play. Even the "safe" two hand touch football can get violent and angry as "two hand" turn to fists and "touch" turns to attack.

The first step to preventing any accidents from occuring is to get in shape. I'm not saying that you have to gain a 6 pack and massive biceps, but

its always good to stay in shape; its the best way for fatal accidents to turn into minor accidents.

Take the example of Stafon Johnson, a college football player for USC. He recently suffered a major injury; his neck and back were crushed in a weightlifting accident.

300 pounds of steel crushed his neck, and nearly killed him. It would have too, if it wasn't for his amazing neck muscle strength.

Because he worked out and had an incredible amount of muscle on him, the blow from the benchpress didn't kill him, but left him with some major injuries that put him out for the

rest of the season.

 

Hopefully, the accidents that happen to us everyday IA students won't be so drastic (straining a brain muscle?), but having a little bit of strength never hurt anyone, especially

not Stafon Johnson.

 

The next step to preventing accidents is to be smart. Not educationally, but knowing yourself. Know your limitations and know what you can do,

if you know you can't hit a 100 mile an hour serve then don't rip apart your body trying. Build up gradually, and then when you feel confident,

smash the ball to the other side of the court.

 

Finally, use common sense. This goes for any sport; if you're going to play a sport that has a lot of vigourous physical activity, don't

go wearing flip flops and chewing gum, because that will only hurt you. Understand what you need to do to be successful;

don't take shortcuts and definetley don't play tennis while wearing flip flops.

 

Like I mentioned earlier, the game of Tennis is simple, but difficult. Accidents happen every day while playing tennis, ranging from sprained ankle to dislocated shoulder

to many more extremes. Remember to always be smart, use common sense, and always push yourself to do the best that you can.