7 Common Sports Injuries You Need to Know About!

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7 Common Sports Injuries You Need to Know About!
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• Participating in one or more than one types of
  sports is important to lead a healthy and active
  lifestyle. It is not only good for the heart and
  respiration, but it is also beneficial for
  building and maintaining muscular endurance and
  strength. In a perfect world, playing sports only
  has good outcomes and nothing bad ever happens
  but of course, we do not live in a perfect world.

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• Moving in the wrong way, tripping and falling,
  making sudden contact with the ground or with
  other people - all these end up in muscles and
  joint injuries in sports. There are many types of
  injuries in sport, but you should not let them
  deter you from playing your favourite games.
  However, by being aware of some of the most
  common athletic training injuries, you can take
  the necessary steps to prevent or decrease the
  risk of hurting yourself.

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Hip Flexor Strain

• The hip flexor is a group of muscles, that help
  with the upward motion, of the knee or the leg.
  An injury occurs in them when these muscles get
  stretched too far or get torn. This can happen if
  you have stiff muscles, forget to warm up before
  a workout, have weak muscles, or you fall when
  exercising. It is the most common muscle injury
  in sports, people with hip flexor problems
  usually participate in sports that involve sudden
  changes in direction or sudden upward movements
  such as soccer, hockey, football, and martial
  arts.

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• Swelling, bruising, pain, and spasms, can be
  experienced, when your hip meets your leg. If you
  have a minor hip flexor injury, then you can heal
  it at home by taking rest, using ice, and pain
  medications including anti-inflammatory
  medicines. You can do different hip-strengthening
  exercises, however, if the pain persists, consult
  a doctor for a potentially torn hip flexor.

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Knees and Meniscus injuries

• There are quite a number of injuries that can
  result in pain in the knee, but one of the common
  sports injuries is a meniscus tear. These
  injuries occur when the cartilage gets torn as a
  consequence of a twisting movement when theres a
  lot of weight on it, or it can happen from years
  of wear. These kinds of injuries are more
  frequent among weekend warriors or people,
  exercising, who are over 40. With these injuries,
  its important to keep in mind that one movement
  may not cause it. Plus, theyre often
  asymptomatic until the tear gets worse.

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Concussion

• Concussions are brain injuries that occur when
  someone receives a significant impact to their
  head. While not all types of concussions end up
  in a loss of consciousness, they do often involve
  feeling nauseous, having difficulty
  concentrating, headaches, losing balance,
  disorientation, dizziness, amnesia, and other
  symptoms. People who take part in contact sports
  such as wrestling, boxing, hockey, soccer, and
  football most commonly suffer from concussions.
  Boxing and wrestling have similar injury rates
  for concussions (1). Plus, skiers and gymnasts
  are also at risk.

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• Getting multiple concussions can result in
  permanent damage to the brain. Returning to any
  contact sports way too quickly can also cause
  second-impact syndrome, which is a fatal
  condition, which happens after getting another
  concussion before your first concussion heals.

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ACL Injuries

• An ACL injury is a sprain or tear of the anterior
  cruciate ligament which is a major ligament in
  the knee. The biggest symptom of a torn ACL is
  hearing or feeling a pop in your knee with
  swelling, pain to bear weight, and unsteadiness.
  This kind of injury is most likely to happen with
  sudden changes in direction or stops, making the
  foot stay in one direction while your knee and
  body go in another. Typically, this happens in
  sports like soccer, downhill skiing, basketball,
  and football.

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• Surgery for ACL injuries is kind of common to
  keep stability and rotation in the knee, and
  without getting surgery, your body depends on
  other cartilage for protection. This can also put
  you at risk for arthritis in future. With these
  injuries, the longer you wait, to return to
  athletics, the better it is because it will build
  strength, endurance, and reduce your risk of
  re-injury.

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Fractures

• No one likes to know that they have got a broken
  bone, but both acute and stress fractures occur
  during sports. Here is the difference between
  these two common sports injuries
• Acute Fractures These occur from a specific,
  singular injury, and are sometimes called
  traumatic or complete fractures. While stress
  fractures are actually just tiny cracks in the
  bone, acute fractures are an actual break that
  needs to be set to heal. These kinds of fractures
  are caused by a distinct impact on the bone,
  ending up in an acute injury.

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• Stress Fractures These happen as a result of
  improper stress on the joints, which can have a
  lot of different causes. They usually occur when
  people suddenly change their activities or
  exercise routine, or when athletes dont use the
  right equipment or technique to do a specific
  exercise.

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• Exercising too much and not giving your body
  enough rest can also raise your risk of stress
  fractures, and people with osteoporosis are
  especially at risk. The most common places to get
  stress fractures are the bones in the feet and
  lower legs.

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Hamstring Strain

• Hamstring strains are common (1) in a lot of
  sports. A strain is a tendon or a muscle injury.
  There are 3 muscles behind your knee that make
  the hamstring. They most often get pulled when
  you overstretch or overuse the muscle. The pain
  is felt, because of the tears in the tendons and
  muscles, and even bruising can sometimes occur
  when you pull hamstrings. Doing activities like
  falling or hurdling forward while waterskiing are
  common reasons for a hamstring strain.

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• Plus, lack of flexibility and forgetting to
  warm-up can result in a pulled muscle, especially
  in the hamstring. One way to prevent the injury
  is learning to stop when youre tired. Also,
  hamstrings take a very long time to heal. If you
  start exercising after pulling a hamstring, you
  should stop every once in a while in order to
  stretch the muscles. This tip also applies for
  any pulled muscle.

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Ankle Sprain

• An ankle sprain happens when one or more than one
  ligament supporting a joint get torn or
  stretched. This can occur when the ankle twists
  or lands awkwardly with your bodys weight fully
  on it. Sports movements that can result in an
  ankle sprain include jumping like soccer,
  handball, basketball, (2) and football. Symptoms
  include pain when putting weight on the foot,
  bruising, restricted motion, and swelling.