Sports injuries

Learning Objectives:

1. List the most common forms of sports injuries2. Interpret a range of X-rays 3. Describe what steps to take when treating an

injury4. List the contents of a typical physiotherapists

bag

Types of sports injury:

1. Bones/ joints - Break, fractures and dislocations

2. Muscles- Tears and strains

3. Ligaments and tendons- Sprain

Were you paying attention?

• Which part of the body could be injured by a tear or strain?

• Name the 3 common injuries for bones.

X-rays

These allow us to see inside our body by taking a ‘picture’ using X-rays.

The ‘soft’ tissues do not really show up but the ‘hard’ bones do.

TaskCopy and complete the sentences using the words below:

______ allow us to see inside our bodies. A picture is taken of the _______. It works because the _____ tissues allow the X-rays through but the bones do not because they are _____.

X-rays , bones , soft , hard

The foot

The hand

The shoulder

The arm

The knee and shin

The skull

WARNING!

The next few slides contain disturbing images

You may want to look away

Michael OwenWithin the first few minutes of a world cup match against Sweden in

Germany 2006 Michael fell awkwardly and twisted his knee. He was

flown home the next day.

England lost to Argentina in the quarter finals.

David BeckhamDavid fractured his toe

bones before the world cup in

Japan and Korea 2002. He

struggled to fully recover and

failed to impress.

England lost to Brazil in the

quarter finals.

Wayne Rooney

Wayne broke his foot bones

playing for Manchester United a

couple of months before the world

cup 2006 was due to start. He

rushed his recovery and returned

Only to injure the foot against

Portugal in the quarter finals.

England lost on penalties to

Portugal.

Craig Bellamy

Zola said: “Injuries have been the downside of his career, otherwise he would have

playing for top teams with more consistency.”

“The fragility he has got in the muscles has stopped him from

being a higher player.”

Zola has struggled to replace 30-year-old Bellamy’s pace and

verve.

Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation

R . I . C . E

What’s in the physiotherapist’s bag

Learning Objectives:

1. List the most common forms of sports injuries2. Interpret a range of X-rays 3. Describe what steps to take when treating an

injury4. List the contents of a typical physiotherapists

bag

Use your traffic lights page in your planners to

vote

Homework

• Cut out newspaper articles related to injuries from the sports section of newspapers.

• Date due = next week