Sport Medicine - a field that uses a holistic, comprehensive, and multidisciplinary approach to health
care for those engaged in sporting or recreational activity
Duties of Team Physician - - complete the pre-participation physical exam (PPE)
- Review the results of the PPE and determine readiness to play
- Provide on site medical coverage at athletic events, particularly those involving collision and or contact
sports
- Diagnose injuries and recommend rehab programs
- dispense medications
- Facilitate referrals to other medical specialities
- Provide educational counselling to sport participants and other involved
- determine readiness to play after injuries
- protect confidentially of medical histories
Duties of Athletic Therapist - 1) Prevention
2) Recognition, evaluation and assessment of athletic injuries and medical referrals
3) First Aid and Emergency Care
4) Treatment, Rehabilitation and Reconditioning
5) Organization and Administration
6) Counselling and Guidance
7) Education
Sport Injury Definition - - occurs as a result of participation in an organized practice or game
- requires medical attention by a therapist or physician
- results in restriction of athlete's participation or performance for one or more days
mechanism of injury (MOI) - what happened, how was the athlete injured, main cause
, provide clues as to acute or chronic
Importance of MOI - details how the injury occurred, determine when it occurred, guides evaluation,
determines levels of severity, leads to a differential diagnosis, guides treatment plans
Questions to determine MOI - what is your primary complaint
what happened how did it happen where do you hurt
what makes it feel better
what makes it feel worse
when did it happen
what can you do, what can't you do
was the pain sudden or did it gradually appear
Critical Force - tissue are said to have a limit that it is able to withstand a force, this limit is the critical
force
the critical force value varies for each type of tissue
the critical force may depend upon age, temperature, skeletal maturity, sex and body weight
Acute injury - a single force (macro-trauma)
definite moment of onset (usually rapid onset) followed by a relatively predictable pattern of events
usually a single traumatic event
Chronic Injury - repeated loading or stress (micro-trauma)
develops and worsens over a period of time, slow or insidious onset
pain and inflammation- worsen with time
may persist in activities with repeated continuous movements
often called overuse injuries
catastrophic Injuries - involve damage to the brain and or spinal cord and are potentially life-threatening
or permanent
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