Unit 18 Sports Injuries - Risk factors and prevention of sports injuries Assignment 1 D*
Physiological Responses to sports Injuries:
- Importance of scar tissue
- Strain
- Internal bleeding into or around a muscle
- Damaged tissue
Psychological Responses to sports Injuries:
- Depression
- Anxiety
-...
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Unit 18 Sports Injures: Risk factors and prevention of sports injures
Aim and objective: Know common sports injuries that can be prevented by the correct identification of risk factors!!
What is the extrinsic factor? This is when you participate in sport and things you can’t be in charge of as you can’t controlee these factors such as
Weather:
technology. Playing on 3G also known as artificial pitch, originally it has Blades on shoes:
been replaced as the pitch can withstand much more and last
longer. Which is cheaper to have than a normal grass pitch as
the normal grass pitch gets damaged within every game, you
must wait until repaired which is very time consuming and
expensive. So 3G is a better option as it doesn't get damaged
as fast and no weather condition can affect it. However, the
material that it is made out of effects sports for example
when slide tackling in football or in contact sports like rugby.
Playing in high temperatures can have a big influence You end up getting a lot of friction burns which creates cuts
and impact on performance as well as the athlete. If and skin burns also this can lead to infections which will Blades also known as studs they are used
core body temperature unstable and drops it can lead affect performance as they will need to recover or will not be to increase the stability, grip and help wh
to hypothermia or if too high it can lead to able to do certain training because it can cause more However there is a lot of different types
hyperpyrexia which leads to fever and carrying on to problems. metal studs, which are a risk factors they
increase can lead to organ failure. example slide tackling if missed the ball a
Prevention methods: shin or in contact with opposite player th
fractures or injures or standing on a foot
Prevention methods: You can put Vaseline on areas that get most friction so if you
breaking bones. Which can eliminate oth
For example if it is a hot day and they after play rugby do fall you will prevent your self from getting injured as you
playing as they will be injured.
in that condition. Than their should be regular breaks will have Vaseline covering you, which prevent friction also
for the athletes to hydrate to up their fluids. As the another way to avoid it is by wearing more layers of clothing Prevention methods:
athletes will be getting tired twice as fast and get or padding which can help when playing which will eliminate Before the game the referee would need
dehydrated faster as they will require more as they friction burns and cuts as the areas will be covered. boots, This will allow an inspection of the
are in demand because of the weather as it makes the Artificial pitches: and if the referee sees’ that there are me
body work twice as hard. Also if not hydrated enough not be allowed to play football unless the
it can lead to increase in core temperature which Which would keep other players safe and
could result in fever and if the temperature increase it when playing as the players will not have
can lead to organ failure. So to prevent from
happening and keeping athletes healthy you need to Before every game, you would make sure
pads as an extra precaution for safety. Th
make sure to have frequent breaks within the game
risk of injuries as you will be protected b
so that they don’t over work when competing.
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