Essay On Overuse Injuries

Studies have also shown that women in particular, unfortunately have a disadvantage in life when compared to male counterparts, and that is one pertaining to their higher risk for ACL injury. Due to a neuromuscular imbalance that is concomitant with overactive quadriceps strength compared to hamstring strength, females tend to place more stress on the ACL. Accordingly, this increases the pressure on the ACL leading to a higher prevalence of injury that will arise more on the female spectrum than that of the male (Myer et al., 2009). Furthermore, this is important to be aware of for female athletes and for the Physical Therapists who treat them in efforts to provide educational information regarding the relationship of stronger hamstrings correlating to a lesser chance of ACL injury. Personally, I have worked with athletic females in the past as a personal trainer and while I was not strengthening hamstrings with the direct objective to prevent an ACL injury, I was cognizant of the notion that a balanced quadriceps and hamstring ratio was necessary to avoid lower extremity injuries as a

According to stopsportsinjuries.org, high school athletes make up two million sports injuries, half a million doctor’s visits and 30,000 hospitalizations each year. Those numbers are huge, and a large part of them could have been avoided. The website also goes on to give more specific statistics, and of those, it is mentioned that half of the injuries that student athletes get in middle or high school are from overuse. And of the sports injuries listed on their website, over half of them are

Young children having major physical injuries while participating in sports should be of more concern. In the article High School Football Comes With a Risk, by Jeffrey Perkel it states that, “...boys aged 10 to 14 we’re most likely to end up in the nation’s emergency departments with a traumatic brain injury…,” This shows how adolescents are unnecessarily hurting themselves because of these sports. Expectedly, during the 2005-2006 US high school football season an , estimate of 517, 726 injuries were submitted to the RIO. Even my own personal experiences with sports all ended in tragic faults. Swimming with

These injuries develop over time (page 13). So even if you don't practice everyday for hours on end, you are still at risk for an injury. "'I felt a sharp pain–like a knife–on my elbow, says Kellen, now 20. 'It hurt too much to play.' I sat in the dugout for the game, hoping it wasn't a big deal.' (Page 12)." This detail shows how the injury felt and how it affected him in the moment. But overuse injuries don't only affect you during the sport that caused it. They can affect your ability to walk, run or even use your hands (fine motor skills). "You could miss an entire season, end your sports career or even jeopardize your ability to do normal activities like running and jumping...they can affect your life. (Page 13)" "You are particularly vulnerable to these injuries, thanks to a growth spurt that occurs during puberty. This growth spurt creates tension and instability in the muscles and tendons, making them more fragile and more susceptible to pulls or strains. " Years of training can cause overuse injuries, "a problem plaguing teens across the country (page 14)", because our bodies are not yet ready to handle the intensity of the practice required to "go pro". But this wasn't always the case. "Youth sports are a far cry from the days when kids played mainly for fun, and and experts warn that this seismic cultural shift is harming a generation of growing bodies. (Page 13)" Because

Lowering this rate would allow female athletes of all levels to have a lower probability of ACL injury. Sex difference has proven that female athletes are more likely to have an ACL injury than males. Since we are unable to change our sex (intrinsic factor), the focus must then be placed on the factors that can be modified. A list of these factors include: preparation, skill acquisition (from a young age), and playing style (Ireland, 1999). The factors listed are all controllable extrinsic factors, focusing on these and the partially controllable factors could aid in the prevention of ACL injuries in

There have been many studies done to explain the higher rate of ACL injury in female athletes. The most convincing findings relate to knee kinematics and neuromuscular control. In a study of 20 subjects (10 male and 10 female) forces from jump tasks were recorded using 3-D videography and force plates. One conclusion from the study was that force on the ACL was greatest during the landing phase of a jump tasks. Females frequently showed more leg extension and valgus movements during the landing phase, which also puts more stress on the ACL (Chappel et all, 2002). A similar study found that internal rotation combined with valgus movement creates

Injuries are one of the top reasons why sports are bad for kids. In the video we watched from WCPO called “Pressure On Teen Athletes Sore” they say that the amount of injuries have increased from 7 Thousand to 22 Thousand a year. The amount tripled. It is said that the injured children's families spent $30,000 in six months. This source also said that the more sports you play there is an increased risk of getting an injury. In one of the article called “ High School, College Football Comes With Risk. In this article a Primary Investigator at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio named R. Dawn Comstock states that there might be more injuries in some school because some schools

The highest rate of sports related injuries for the youth is between the years of 5 to 14 years of age. As many as 20 percent of children who play sports get hurt, and about 25 percent of their injuries are classified as serious. As of now football is the number one sport that has the most injuries with the youth reported, with basketball falling in second behind it. Sprains, strains, fractures, and concussions are the most common injury between the age of 6-19 years old.

Young athletes are at very high risks for injuries during the course of playing sports. It should be recognized that the development stage of adolescent growth is a period of physiological growth in height, muscle, skeletal and with their desire to be recognized by peers. Their belief that nothing bad will happen to them makes adolescents themselves prone to injuries. High school students play sports for various reasons such as scholarships, talents, hobbies, and fame, these reasons make high school athletics an important aspect of the student’s life.

The conclusion of a 7-year study in Victoria in 2010, found that children aged 15 and under were 5.4 times more likely to be hospitalised for sports-related injuries than for road-traffic injuries . This is cause for major concern amongst the junior sporting population of Australia, with a significant increase in sports-related hospitalisations nationally each year. Eccentric factors such as overtraining and early specialisation have been linked to this rise. In the absence of a national sporting injury prevention body and subsequent national injury prevention policy, associations and sporting clubs may be ill-equipped to deal with this extensive

Millions of children participate in organized sports in America every year, and millions of children are diagnosed with overuse injuries every year as well. This paper will examine four of the major overuse injuries plaguing the adolescent population in the US. It will also cover the treatment and prevention methods for each diagnosis in addition to reasons why the injuries occur and how they should be addressed.

The ACL injury becomes more prone to injured as sports increases. Female counterparts have been found the more susceptible than males. Many reasons suggesting for injury intrinsic as well as extrinsic factors.

For most female teenage athletes, staying healthy is one of the key reasons they participate in athletics. Playing sports helps with things such as building higher self-esteem as well as improved physical and mental health. Unfortunately, some young female athletes are also experiencing the "female athlete triad."

There are twenty-three different sports injuries. the first one on the list would be an achilles tendon injury. The achilles is the biggest tendon in your body, it is very common for this tendon to get injured. The tendon gets injured in the following sports such as basketball, baseball, softball, football, soccer, tennis, volleyball, running, dancing, and gymnastics.

“Children must be developmentally ready to learn particular motor skills.” Children without developed motor skills cannot reach a standard required for elite level competition, and forcing such children may only lead to added pressure and poor self-worth. Likewise, athletes of such a young age, training to compete in high level events can cause physical damage to their developing body. The still-growing bodies of young athletes are especially vulnerable. In a study published in 2008 Lara B. McKenzie, doctor at the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, found that gymnastics and ice hockey were associated with the highest clinical incidence of catastrophic injuries, in both male and female participants. Relating to training while too young. Children who are still growing are at risk for something called growth-plate fractures, as well as lasting physical problems, despite taking precautions while training, which will still peak in adolescents. Training programs for these athletes are physically challenging. Due to this, it creates physical stress on their developing body and as a result can damage