PE preventing injuries

Types of injuries  

• Soft tissue injuries: is the damage of muscles ligament and tendons throughout the body  

• Sprain: a stretching or tearing of ligaments 

• Strain: an acute or chronic soft tissue injury that occurs to a muscle  

• Dislocation: the ends of your bones are forced from their normal positions  

• Fracture: crack or break in bone 

• Tendinopathy: degeneration of a tendon  

Injury classification  

• Acute: sudden occurs without warning  

• Chronic: with overuse of a particular area of the body over a period of time  

Acute injuries  

• Acute direct: result of external force e.g. collision with another person  

• Acute indirect: cause by sudden change in direction where force required is greater than the load muscle or ligament can sustain e.g. Dre Greenlaw injury SB 57 

Chronic injuries  

• Usually associated with overuse of a particular area of the body over a period  

• Examples include shin splints, tennis elbow and patellar tendonitis  

Musculoskeletal illness  

Osteoporosis  

• aggressive bone density, weakening bone structure and increasing incidence of bone damage  

• Risk factors: ageing, low calcium, physical inactivity, and hormone imbalance  

Arthritis  

• Characterised by inflammation in joints causing stiffens & pain 

• Osteoarthritis: healthy cartilage starts to break down & wear away  

• Rheumatoid arthritis: a chronic disease where the Body’s immune system attacks soft tissue