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1. What is the most common injury you see? Ankle sprain.

2. What's the difference between a sprain and strain? Sprain is the

term for a stretched ligament. Strain is the term for a stretched muscle

3. What sport causes most of the injuries you see? Football. Why? The

most collisions. Large participants.

4. What are some precautionary things to prevent injury before playing

a sport? Get warmed up first including stretching. Good physical

fitness.

5. What is the most common body part injured? Ankle

6. What is the age range for most injuries? All ages really. The older

you get the more prone to injury you are and the longer it takes to

heal. I can speak from experience.

7. What are some treatments for injuries? Generally rest and time are

the most effective. This is also the most common treatment initially

for most injuries. Some injuries require physical therapy and time in

the training room prior to returning to competition. Rare sports

injuries require surgery.

8. What are some of the more rare sports injuries? Fractures of tibia,

Cruciate ligament injuries in the knee (ACL, PCL).

9. What long-term effects do some serious injuries have? Some can

disable an athlete enough that a return to sports is unrealistic. The most

severe injuries in terms of overall function are spine injuries that

can result in paralysis.

10. On average, how many sports related injuries do you see in a week?

Depends on what service I'm working on . I switch from sports, to

hand, to trauma, to