Unit 6 Injury Prevention

Unit 6 Injury Prevention

by Brittany Stahl

​•Each year over seven million students take part in organized high school athletics. Would it surprise you to learn that more than one-quarter of them suffered some form of injury? Half a million of those required a doctor’s care, and 30,000 resulted in hospitalization.

​Lesson Objectives

​•Recognize the importance of proper safety techniques and equipment in avoiding injury.

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•Identify common sports injuries and how they should be treated.

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•Engage in physical activity and experience the health benefits of exercise.

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​Standard 2: The physically literate individual applies knowledge of concepts, principles, strategies and tactics related to movement and performance.

Open Ended

What injuries have you seen?

Poll

What kind of equipment do you use to stay safe?

Multiple Choice

What is a Bruise?

• They are caused by a hard, sudden impact on the skin that ruptures small blood vessels underneath. 

• occur when a joint and its ligaments are bent in a direction they don't naturally want to go

• repetitive motion injury because the tendons of these joints can become inflamed due to overuse

• Tenderness, pain, or mild swelling along the inside of your lower leg

Multiple Select

Tendonitis is a painful condition that most commonly occurs around the wrist, elbow, shoulder, or knee. It is known as a repetitive motion injury because the tendons of these joints can become inflamed due to overuse. How do we treat this?

• Keep Playing

• REST

• ICE

• COMPRESS

Fill in the Blank

______occur when a joint and its ligaments are bent in a direction they don't naturally want to go. 

​CONCUSSIONS

​• A forceful blow to the head can send the brain bouncing around the inside of the skull, damaging nerve fibers and sometimes causing bleeding. 

​RICE

​•Chances are, if your injury doesn't require further medical care, your doctor will send you home with one word of instruction: R.I.C.E.

•Rest the injured area.

•Ice the injury no more than 20 minutes every 3 to 4 hours.

•Compression, in the form of an elastic bandage roll.

•Elevate the injury above the level of your heart.

Open Ended

Why do you think Injuries occur and how could you prevent them?