Some useful Prevention Strategies to Avoid Sport Injuries

by Creeksize Physiotherapy ***

An injury is a damage, either intentional or unintentional caused to a body. The body which is severely exposed to electrical, thermal, chemical or mechanical energy or if the body is severely devoid of these in the form of oxygen or heat, both can get injured. Sport injuries Airdrie recommends sports personnel’s to prevent injuries by understanding its types, causes and strategies of careful prevention.

Causes of various sports injuries:

•    Age

•    Size of the body

•    Intrinsic reasons

•    Gender

•    Fitness

•    History of injury

•    Flexibility

•    Skill level

•    State of mental set up

•    Equipment

•    Extrinsic factors

•    Activity type

•    Environment

•    Errors in conditioning

Preventing injuries is a strategic planning which Sport injuries therapists in Airdrie explain and tutors people. One can prevent injuries by making changes in the environment, product, behavior, legislation, social rules, policies of the institution and the government. All these preventive methods can be adapted to reduce or erase any kind of risks which can occur during a sports performance.

Types of injury prevention

Primary prevention- This involves all the methods adapted to prevent an injury from its occurrence.

Secondary prevention- This involves prevention of injuries occurring over and over again by making changes.

 

Strategic Prevention of injuries:

Prevention of injuries depends on many factors. Years of experience has helped therapists guide the sportsmen and women to help their body recognize such factors.  They are elaborated below:-

Warming Up –Raising the body temperature is needed before jump starting workouts. This is known as warming up. Warming up has many advantages such as -

o    Enhancement of flow of blood to the muscles

o    Enhanced mechanical effectiveness of the muscles

o    Reduced muscle viscosity which makes contractions smoother

o    A positive neuro-myo conductance

o    Positive changes in muscle receptor reducing muscle sensitivity when stretched

o    Enhanced cardiovascular abilities

o    Enhanced level of focus

 

Stretching – Injuries can be prevented if proper and gentle stretching is practiced on a regular basis. With stretching, flexibility enhances. Hence any musculoskeletal related injuries minimize and soreness is alleviated.

Bracing- Braces and taps like using ankle taping is a kind of a protective mechanism. It is used mainly in the healing phase.

Equipment protection- Equipment used in any sports must be thoroughly checked to ensure they are safe.

Proper biomechanics- If the biomechanics are not correct, it can give rise to anatomical or functional abnormalities.

Surface- Surfaces which are softer, if used reduces the potential occurrence of any sports-related injuries.

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