Upper Limb Injuries

Elbow fractures are often the result of either a fall or a direct blow to the elbow. The fracture type will depend in large part upon how the person falls or gets hit. For example, someone who falls onto an outstretched arm will hurt a different part of the elbow

This is part of a group of group of injuries called “overuse injuries”, which are most prevalent in runners and athletes who practice strenuous exercise.

SLAP lesion can develop due to the repetitive forces of the throwing motion. Athletes that are involved in overhead activities tend to develop a struggle in glenohumeral internal rotation. Both internal impingement and peel back mechanisms can cause that to happen.

Sports are great to keep you in shape and to have fun but there is also a heavy risk of getting injured. Injuries such as pulling a hamstring or breaking an arm can lead to many complications. There are 2 injuries that are pretty common but they are some of the worst injuries. That is an ACL tear and a concussion.

Elbow and biceps injuries can be both serious and painful. Along with pain around the injured area, difficulty bending the arm and deformities around the injured area may be indicators of a serious biceps injury. Only a qualified doctor, with the help of x-rays and MRIs, can determine the extent of the injury.

Many injuries can occur in the elbow including ulnar collateral ligament valgus extension overload. This injury is common to occur in overhead throwing athletes, and needs to be taken into consideration as a diagnosis when there is medial pain distal to the medial epicondyle in the elbow. To fully understand the injury of UCL valgus overload it is important to understand the anatomy of the elbow, the etiology of UCL valgus overload, the evaluation process, how to treat the injury, and other injuries that need to be ruled

Instability Impingement. This occurs in younger patients, typically 15-30 years old. The rotator cuff is irritated because the shoulder is loose in the socket. This often happens in baseball pitchers, swimmers, and other throwing athletes. Shoulder instability can be classified into two different types, dislocations and subluxations. Dislocations happen when the head of the humerus completely pops out of the socket. The first few times this happens, it is usually with significant trauma although some people can have these without any injury at all. After that, it can get easier and easier for the joint to dislocate. Most shoulder dislocations are anterior - this means that the ball pops out the front of the socket. Subluxations are the feeling that the shoulder slips slightly out of socket, then immediately comes back in place. This often happens without any major trauma. Sometimes it happens in people who are very "loose-jointed". Sometimes these happen in just one direction like out the front, "anterior", and other times they happen out multiple directions like the front and back,

Over the course of baseballs long existence it has been a very laid back sport with only minor injuries. But in the last decade or so the injuries have been popping up all over. Definitely the most common one being the tearing of the ucl tendon in the arm. This injury takes time to tear and it usually starts to hurt before the ligament actually snaps. “Most commonly, there is a gradual onset of elbow pain due to repetitive stresses on the ligament”(Hopkins Medicine). But there are cases where thee injury can be sudden and happen on one pitch. There have been more and more of these injuries but the biggest shock is the amount of young kids dealing with pain in their elbows. This is an effect of year round baseball, because the kids and teens are not getting their proper rest in between pitch outings. Also their coaches could be pushing them to pitch more innings and throw more pitches. But not only are young people getting these injuries older pros are also. There has been a substantial increase in

An Elbow dislocation is usually occurred by direct impact. This injury is more common in children and very traumatic. A posterior elbow dislocation is the most common and is described by falling with an outstretched hand onto a hard surface or in sports such as

The game of baseball has been called America’s past time but recently the sport has had a drastic epidemic of elbow injuries. Tommy John surgery in the past was a rare occurrence in athletes. Now many athletes are falling to the injury and sitting out for a season or two recovering from the injury. Many sport experts are pondering how to help lower the injury rate that is becoming a commonality among baseball players. The impact of the diagnosis of Tommy John surgery has led to the investigations of its causes as well as preventions of the

Objective: Little leaguer’s should is the common name for proximal humeral epiphysiolysis. It is most common in youth throwing athletes because of their growth plates are more vulnerable to being injured. Youth baseball players are the demographic in which this injury is the most common. This study is important because it helps you see the predispositions for this injury and the sign and symptoms that can all help you find the best treatment. This article is also helpful in making a treatment and rehabilitation plan. However, even though we know this injury is more common in youth baseball players, we don’t know the exact cause of little leaguer’s elbow.

With an ever increasing number of people becoming involved with athletic activities, there is an increasing number of injuries occurring which can be devastating for the individual. Most of the injuries that affect athletes occur in one of four structures in the human body: bones, muscles, tendons, or ligaments. Because ligaments attach bone to bone and play a major part in providing stability for joints, the major stabilizing ligament in the knee, the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), assists in performing everyday actions of the human body including sitting, standing, walking, running, dancing, and participating in other sports. The injury that specifically affects this ligament is very serious and always

Shoulder injuries are a very common injury that occurs in most sports. All injuries and the rehabilitation done to the injured shoulder are based on the anatomy and structures of the shoulder. Doctors have developed different tests for evaluating the degree and seriousness of injured shoulders. Some have also developed different phases a person must go through to properly rehabilitate the shoulder.

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.

Elbow supports provide warmth and support for less acute elbow injuries, while elbow pads and elbow wraps protect the elbow from impact during contact sports such as hockey. Sports elbow pads help minimize damage from impact sports like volleyball, football and motocross. To avoid injuries such as golfer’s elbow, the athlete can strengthen the forearm muscles by squeezing and old tennis ball for 5 minutes at a time, do wrist curls with a lightweight dumbbell, and do reverse wrist curls using a lightweight dumbbell. In tennis, tennis elbow is another type of tendon inflammation. In order to avoid injuries, the athlete can do exercises to strengthen your forearm, switch to a lightweight racket and increase the grip size, and wear a splint on