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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
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