Samantha Pothier Lateral Ankle Sprains An inversion ankle sprain is when the ankle is turned inwards and there is an injury to a ligament either tearing or stretching. Inversion Ankle sprains are the most common and usually happen when the ankle is forced into plantar flexion and also forced inward. An ankle sprain can be just a stretch of the muscle or tendon, and it also can partially or completely tear. (2. Ferrel) There are different degrees of ankle sprains.
The affected joints are usually “load-bearing” joints located in the knees, hands, hips, feet, and spine, although the condition often starts in a single joint. Osteoarthritis is also known as degenerative joint disease and as “wear and tear” arthritis. Amputation Amputation is defined as the complete severance of one of the body’s extremities. This may be due to a medical operation, an injury, or some other form of trauma. In any case, amputation by definition involves the loss of a body part such as a hand, foot, arm or leg.
Each clavicle is attached to the breastbone (sternum) at one end and to the shoulder blade (scapula) at the other end. They connect the arms to the trunk of the body. The Collar Bone or Clavicle is one of the most frequently broken bones in the body. A broken Collar bone is an extremely common shoulder injury in Motocross
A boxers fracture is when the second and/or the third metacarpal gets a fracture in the neck. Usually the cause of the fracture is when you hit a hard object such as a wall or fence with a clenched fist. The symptoms include pain or tenderness located in a single location on the hand, possibly around the knuckle. You might also have swelling, discoloration, deformity, and very rarely abnormal movements when using your hand. The treatment varies on how bad the fracture is.
Discussion 1. What is meant by a "complete, comminuted, intertrochanteric fracture of the right hip"? A complete fracture is a complete break between parts of the bone. Comminuted means that part of the broken bone has shattered into smaller pieces. Intertrochanteric refers to the area of a bone that rests between trochanters.
The most common golf injuries that can happen to golf players are hand and finger injury, wrist injury, and tendonitis in the elbows. The first common kind of golf injury is hand and finger injury. According to the article 10 common golf injuries by Palacios-Jansen and Karen, it says that “the repetitive motions of golf, and the high speed of the typical golf swing can place the hands and fingers at high risk for injury” (p.27). The symptoms of hand and finger injury are blunt trauma, single severe trauma to the hands and fingers. Moreover, repetition of these injuries could lead to many worse conditions, like tendonitis and broken or deformed bones.
There are three main types of soft tissues and these include tendons, muscles and ligaments. Our muscles contract to produce movement and they are attached to bones by tendons. Ligaments which are strong bonds of inelastic fibrous tissue connect bone to bone. Unfortunately for us these soft tissues cause major injuries mainly whilst participating in sporting events. The three types of soft tissue injuries include, sprain, strain and contusion.
Other reasons that may cause chondromalacia may be because of overuse of the knee, it can be due to a slight alignment in the knee which can cause the patella to rub rather then glide over the femur. A small injury could also contribute to the knee problem. Degeneration leading to chondromalacia may also develop as part of the aging process, like putting a lot of miles on a car. This would happen specifically to elderly people; it can develop through their aging process where there is “wear and tear” in their joints (6). Abnormal pressure on the articular surface of the patella is also a factor to chondromalacia (Figure 3).
Explain the muscle anatomy or the hip and what function each muscle group performs. Discuss in detail how a femur fracture may be life threatening to an athlete. 31. Explain what myositis ossificans is and how it may develop. Myositis ossificans means that bone forms within muscle due to a blunt injury that causes deep tissue bleeding in an athlete.
Carpal tunnel syndrome Carpal tunnel syndrome is a progressively painful hand and arm condition caused by a pinched nerve in your wrist. A number of factors can contribute to carpal tunnel syndrome, including the anatomy of your wrist, certain underlying health problems and possibly patterns of hand use. Carpal tunnel syndrome is pressure on the median nerve -- the nerve in the wrist that supplies feeling and movement to parts of the hand. It can lead to numbness, tingling, weakness, or muscle damage in the hand and fingers. The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway about as big around as your thumb located on the palm side of your wrist.