Sporting Injury - Class activity Form 4

what does the term sport's injury describe?

• any physical contact that occurs on and off the field

• anything which causes bodily harm to the human body which limits the body’s ability to carry out its normal function

• a players ability to recover after getting a hit/blow

• the cracking or breaking of a bone.

Sport injuries tend to fall in two main categories. These are ?

• Chronic and Sprain

• Fractures and Acute

• Impact and Overuse

• Dislocation and Swelling

________ injuries occur where there is a sudden stress on the body, for example; collision between players in contact sports.

• Fracture

• Breakage

• Sprain

• Impact

An athlete playing the US Open, experiences dull pains every time the elbow is flexed throughout the tournament. He/She is most likely suffering from?

• A poor diet

• A fracture along the arm

• A chronic injury

• Orthopnea

Injuries that develop over time, usually from training errors or sports that demand lots of training are referred to as ?

• Acute injuries

• Recovery

• Overuse injuries

• RICE

Of the three types of sporting injuries, a ______ is less severe than a ________ which is less severe than a ________.

• Sprain, dislocation, Fracture

• Dislocation, Sprain, Fracture

• Fracture, Dislocation, Sprain

• Dislocation, Fracture, Sprain

RICE is an abbreviation for ?

• Rest, Inflammation, Control, Elevation

• Rise, Improve, Celebrate, Engage

• Rest, Ice, Compression, Extension

• Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation

Which of the following is not a symptom of a sprain?

• Muscle spasms

• Loss of ability to move the joint

• Pain

• Tenderness at the affected area

Dislocation occurs when the ________ is jolted out of its normal position at the ________.

• hand, shoulder

• Bone, joint

• muscle, fulcrum

• elbow, radius

Which of the following indicates that the injury might be a severe fracture and not just a sprain?

• swelling

• light but visible bruising

• grating sensation

• pain