Physical Injuries Of A Prophylactic Ankle Brace

When you sprain and ankle the ligaments in the ankle stretch more than naturally intended and tear. “Sprained ankles are the most common type of musculoskeletal injury”-https://www.emedicinehealth.com. The ankle is made up of three bones the tibia is the major bone in the ankle and it hold most of the bodies weight. The fibula is the smallest bone in the ankle and the final bone is the talus which is the bone on the top of the foot. Stress on the ligaments causes them to stretch or tear. You can sprain an ankle by landing on the side of your foot when you jump or run, stepping on a not flat surface like stepping in a pothole or in sports when

This study evaluated 90 total ACL injuries from soccer players ranging from a mean age of 19.4 ± 2.3 years.1 The reported mean age at injury was 17.4 ± 1.9 years, with the highest injury rate at 18 years of age.1 Of the total 90 injuries, 48 were the dominant leg, 62 occurred on artificial turf, 57 occurred in players wearing round spikes, 41 occurred in defenders, 54 occurred during defense, 56 occurred during a game, and 55 were non-contact injuries.1 Furthermore, of the 55 non-contact injuries, 29 occurred during a cutting maneuver and 22 occurred during pressing.1 Assessing the results, it was discovered that non-contact injuries during pressing were significantly more common than contact injuries during pressing.1

Common type of sprains would be in the ankle and in the wrist. The ankle is one of the most common injuries in professional and recreational sports and activities. Most ankle sprains happen when the foot abruptly turns inward or outward as an athlete runs, turns, falls, or lands after a jump. One or more of the lateral ligaments can be injured if this occurs. Wrists are often sprained after a fall in which the athlete lands on an outstretched hand.

It is very important to see your doctor if you experience problems with your ankle. He will determine if it is a sprain or something more severe.

Ligament uinjuries are common events in adults, especially anterior cruciate ligament injuries, which basically occur during sport activities

The typical ankle sprain arises with inversion of the plantar flexed foot during weight bearing. Maximum elongation and strain of the Anterior talo fibular ligament occurs when foot is in plantar flexion. Stressful inversion through in plantar flexion can increase the chance of stress and strain to the ligament external the yield point or even the final failure strain. The force may be adequate to damage the calcaeno fibular ligament. More frequently, damage to the anterior talo fibular ligament causes excessive dorsiflexion of the ankle . Constant inversion stress with the ankle neutral or dorsiflexion leads to failure strain of the calcaeno fibular ligament .19 The athelete or sports player who uses the ankle more, so his sole of the foot

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a common sports injury occurs widely in the USA with the majority of suffering by healthy individuals with 70% of non contact period, during a variety of movements such as jump landing, cutting and pivoting (21). Different risk factors should be considered for injury, such as environmental, hormonal and biomechanical (18, 19). ACL injury prevalence is very high in soccer as well as other sports in females compared with males (29). Anterior shear force, valgus collapse, quadriceps to hamstring strength ratio (1, 21, 35, 37) are considered as other main risk factors in both genders. Co-contraction of the hamstring and quadriceps has been shown to provide dynamic stability to the frontal plane at the knee that protects maximum knee abduction loading (35). So, the main focus of the study should be on muscular strength between agonist –antagonist muscle of lower limbs and recovery after injury. Female athletes get injured almost 2-8 time higher than the male counterparts (1,5,7,19,21,24,29,33,35). Interesting point for comparing injuries in sports, dominancy of leg plays a role in ACL injury. In a non contact injury, females are more prone to get injured in their supporting leg, whereas male soccer athletes tend to injure the ACL in their preferred kicking leg (5). Biomechanical point of view, such as more extended hip-knee landing technique postures, knee pressure

In this paper I will be researching ACL injuries in sports. Along with what causes these injuries to happen, how they can be prevent and if the footwear we use as athletes can make these injuries more or less likely to happen to us. I will also be looking closely into the reoccurring ACL injury in which Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls has been suffering from for the past few years.

This paper focuses on the prevention and treatment of injuries in basketball. This paper explores the basic concepts of preventing injuries and the different methods to treat injuries that occur as a result of playing basketball. There are a variety of preventive measures to limit injuries at recreational, collegiate and professional levels of playing basketball. This paper will elaborate on specific approaches to injury prevention for each circumstance. Depending on the duration and intensity of play many contributing factors play a role in the prescribed treatment of basketball injuries. This paper will examine the different types of treatment available and the major factors that are considered based on case by case basis. Basketball is an enjoyable sport with the risk of minor and major injury. This paper will give insight into those injuries and remedies to treat and prevent them.

Players in an offensive mode, with the ball, can use tactics and forms of physics which can bring the defence off there feet, to enable an easy path to the basket. This scenario is called breaking the defenders ankles. Breaking the defenders ankles is a term which relates to the defender being subjected to a large sum of momentum causing an instability in their ankles, consequently giving way. A players momentum can be calc8lated through the use of their mass and final velocity as followed; p=mv, p being the magnitude of the players momentum, m being the players mass, and v being the velocity at which the object or player is travelling. Due to the velocity and momentum being vector, the direction of each determine the final outcome. As the offensive player travels in a particular direction at a velocity, the defender would naturally defend by moving and following in front, guarding the offensive player. As the offensive player has a mass and a directional velocity, the offensive player can switch direction abruptly, causing the defenders momentum to continue in there initial same direction. The basic forms of physcis, such as momentum, can significantly determine an succesful or unsuccefeul defencive or offencive play. Therefore minimizining the risk of the metioned senarios, ankle bracing can be worn to increase the stubility of the defender in

Foot injuries are very common in athletics as well as in everyday life. It’s very debilitating to have a foot injury since we use our feet in all of our daily activities. Research published in "Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise” indicates that the average adult takes between 5,000 to 7,000 steps a day. Some sports require the most dedicated athletes spend multiple hours a day pounding their feet on the turf or pavement. Most injuries that occur in the foot require a person to try and stay off of it or completely immobilize it. Since this is very difficult for a person to do, a large percentage of foot injuries often have a very high chance of reoccurring. The severity of some injuries that can be deceiving as well. Often times a nagging pain is ignored and eventually becomes a much bigger problem.

Participating in basketball begins with picking which basketball shoes to wear. The purpose of a sports shoe is to improve performance or reduce the risk of injury (Fong, Hong & Li, 2007). While playing the game of basketball I’ve realized it is a sport that involves different types of shoes which help improve jumping, landing, cutting and much more. Basketball has its positives and negatives for every age group; it has good health benefits, but it also consists of moderate to high risk lower body injuries to the lower back, legs and ankles. There are different types of basketball shoes which consist of high tops, mid tops, low cuts, cushioned shoes, non-cushioned shoes, and other different combinations. The high tops basketball shoe will have a collar that goes above the ankle like a sleeve. The mid tops basketball shoe covers slightly above the ankle, but lower than high tops. The low cut basketball shoes don’t have a collar at all and they don’t cover the ankle. Shoes also vary by weight and outsole traction. Through my knowledge picking the shoe to wear is solely on your preference. Whatever shoe that you choose will have different advantages or disadvantages to them. The purpose of this literature review is to explore the variety of effects specific shoe types have on basketball athletes.

Background: The most common way to sprain an ankle in basketball is to step on someone else’s foot, or to plant and to turn the wrong way.

Prevalence of injuries during sports activities has become a common phenomenon in all over the world, requiring to attention of all workers in the sports field, despite the tremendous progress in various medical and sports sciences that use the modern methods in training, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention and provision of specialist coaches, doctors and physiotherapists, but the sports injuries are inevitable and are remain a mostly widespread among elite athletes, threatening their performance levels and a barrier to achieve the expected goals in different sports activities (Asser S. A., 2012) (Hatami K. et al, 2011).

• Gross anatomy of the ankle joint also known as the Talocrural joint, the ankle is a hinge joint meaning it has many ranges of movement allowing people to produce a variety of motor skills within sport. The movement available at the ankle includes dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, Inversion, Eversion, Pronation, Supination. Another joint at the ankle is the subtalar joint, this is located at the meeting point of the talus and calcaneus and the purpose of this joint is to enable you to twist your body while your foot remains planted on the ground and provides shock absorbers as your feet hit the ground. • Anatomical Systems in football: An Essay for strength and conditioning coaches.