sports med

What region of the body would it make sense for the sports medicine professional to focus on during palpation (P in HOPS)?

Injured area & surrounding soft tissues

Name the bones in the entire leg (excluding foot bones).

Femur, patella, fibula, tibia

Identify types of bone fractures.

Closed, open, comminuted, greenstick, transverse, oblique, spiral, and segmental

What type of connective tissues are found in the knee?

Ligament, tendon, cartilage

What is the job of a physical therapist?

help patients recover movement and strength after injury

What type of PT would be most useful for a knee injury?

Orthopedic physical therapy

What is a concussion, what area of the body is affected, what are some of the possible  symptoms, and what are the treatments?

Concussion is a mild brain injury in which the brain is affected. Some symptoms include headache, nausea, dizziness. And treatments for concussion are rest, avoid screen activity, and gradual return under the doctor’s note.

What muscles would be involved with PT to the hip region?

Gluteus, iliopsoas, adductors, hamstrings, and tfl

What are ligaments & tendons?

Ligaments connect bone to bone which stabilizes joints, and tendons connects muscles to bones which helps movement.

What muscles allow flexing and extending your arm?

Biceps brachii allow flexing and triceps brachii allow extending the arm.

If doing a squat, use a regional term, a directional term, the name of a bone (anatomical), the type of joint (anatomical), the name of a muscle (anatomical), and the type of movement to describe what the person is doing from the standing position to the squatting position?

The person flexes at the knee joint in the lower limb. The femur moves inferiorly. The names of the muscles are gluteus maximus and quadriceps femoris. The movement is flexion at the knee and hip joints.

Rice

rest, ice, compression, elevation

Be able to discuss “Performance Enhancers” (name, purpose, neg. effects etc.)

Caffeine - helps with awakeness, alertness  negative effects are anxiety and heart rate problems

What does HOPS stand for?

History, Observation, Palpation, Special tests