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    Within this task I studied the sport that I most enjoy both playing and watching, football, and what Biomechanical principles are implemented when striking a football. Looking at the skeletal images below of the five movement phases when approaching and striking the ball you can already start to envisage the Biomechanical principles that are included within the body when participating in football. Movement Phases 1 The approach 2 The backswing 3 Support foot plant 4 Foot-ball

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    describes the most common types of injuries(Ankle sprains, Hamstring, Knee), causes of injuries, effects of injuries and prevention/treatment of injuries for soccer. Most common types of injuries: First, there are three most common types of soccer injuries, which are ankle sprains, hamstring and muscle cramps. Ankle sprains are the most common injuries that occur in the sport. This injury occurs when the foot suddenly twists or rolls, which then forces the ankle joint to be out of its normal position

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    Cheerleading Satire

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    Five, six, seven, eight…” ◑ Today is September 17, 2016, almost a year since my accident and I’ve come a long way since then. My ankles healed and I’m back to cheerleading with no complications, I’ve even been going to tumbling and working on my back handspring, which brings us here. At tumbling, a back handspring is easy because the floor is springy but the track at a football

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    Treatment for Syndesmotic ankle sprains appears to be based on clinical experience and there is a lack of evidence based studies on this topic (Williams, Jones and Amendola, 2007; Williams and Allen, 2010). Williams, Jones and Amendola (2007) evaluated 3 articles on syndesmotic sprains and suggested the following treatment structure: 1st phase is an acute phase, in which the primary goals are protection of the injured joint and minimization of the inflammatory response, including pain control.

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    acute ankle injury that accounts for about 10 to 25 percent of all injuries. Of all these injuries that occur, almost ¾ of them are related to the lateral structures in our ankle. The most common and minor form of these injuries is a lateral ankle sprain, which is caused by an inversion stress to the joint of the ankle. When someone happens to sprain their ankle, the usual preventive measures by athletic trainers and sports doctors are taken into action such as ankle taping, using of an ankle brace

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    My Family Vacation

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    ocean, it goes up and down.” By Vanessa Paradis. To start off the year on new-year's day I was in a snowmobile accident and was taken to the hospital. There I got x-rayed and examined and they said nothing was wrong, just internal bruising, and a high ankle sprain, so I got put into a walking boot and started physical therapy. A few weeks later still couldn't put weight on it and so I went back to the doctor and he took more x-rays and said it looked good. There was nothing he saw when he was examining

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    that changed my life. On my final jump i landed in 2 cm of snow. That snow wasn't close enough to what we were jumping into a 2 feet of snow kinda ended and i landed on that one spot. My left ankel took most of the impact. When i hit the ground my ankle had a really sharp pain i tried to walk it off but it just got worse and at this time i had no clue what to do. I kept on yelling for my mom and no one came i was scared. I started to yell at my friend. This is when my little brother got to the

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    are included in Table 2, indicating evidence level, design, population characteristics, intervention specifics, outcome measures, and PICO question relevance. Article One: Jung-Hyun, C. & Nyeon-Jun, K. (2015). The Effects of Balance Training and Ankle Training on the Gait of Elderly People who have Fallen. Journal of Physical Therapy Science, 27(1), 139-142. Selection of the randomized controlled trial (RCT) by Jung-Hyun and Nyeon-Jun (2015) was based on inclusion criteria, objective of the study

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    Pre-Trial Release Programs lets individuals be released prior to trial with conditions. Some of these conditions are that you have to pay cash, wear an ankle bracelet while being on house arrest, be alcohol/drug tested, or even be watched/monitored. Pretrial release programs can be denied for capital offenses. The law allows release on personal recognizance of an unsecured appearance bond. “Common conditions: commercial surety, cash deposit, property bond, other secured bonds, supervision and additional

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    By: nada kabouli Wafaa kaffas Mirna Ramadan Amputation: Is the absence of part of the upper or lower extremities Causes of amputation: 1-peripheral vascular disease 2- Trauma 3-malignancy 4 congenital deficiencies Prosthesis Is an artificial device that provide replacement for a missing body parts of the lower or upper extremities, is designed to replace the function or appearance of a missing limb or body part. Purpose: 1- To provide an individual who has an amputated limb

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