Please share an interesting fact about sports injuries.

50%: 50% of sports injuries in middle school and high school are overuse injuries! keep kids safe.

Every: Every year more than 3.5 million children < 14 Y.O. Are treated for sports injuries!

People: It's a myth that people with asthma shouldn't play sports.

Knee: Knee pain with swelling is more ominous than just knee pain alone.

In: In almost all sports, especially involving swinging or throwing, proper rotation of your spine is key.

Female: Female athletes are up to 8x likelier to tear their ACL than males.

About: About 2200 female ncaa athletes injure their acl each year on average.

Per: Per the cdc ~19000 female athletes age 19 and younger had surgery for torn acls in 2006.

Learning: Learning the appropriate technique for a sport is important to prevent injuries.

Muscle: Muscle strength is directly proportional to muscle size.

Ultrasound: Ultrasound is an inexpensive and powerful study for musculoskeletal problems.

Mechanism: Mechanism of injury for an acl tear is typically valgus, hyperextension, external rotation.

Mechanism: Mechanism of injury for a meniscus tear is a pivot, twist, or turn.

Ultrasound: Ultrasound can examine where you hurt while you do what hurts. No other test can.

Athletes: Athletes want to heal too quickly! workers injured on the job, well they take too long to heal!

If: If you can't raise your arm above the horizontal, you may have a rotator cuff tear: get an mri!

If: If you have lateral elbow pain that is worse with palm-down lifting, get treatment for tennis elbow!

In: In the nfl, professional players have a 100% chance of an injury at some point.

Concussion: Concussion victims and alzheimer’s patients experience similar brain changes to white matter.

Many: Many are preventable. Whistle does not mean action stops. Be on guard in the game or on sidelines.

Smokers: Smokers have a slower recovery time for sport injuries.

Patellar: Patellar tendinitis is a common over use injury in soccer.

Anterior: Anterior cruciate ligament (acl) sprains are a common knee injury in soccer.

SOCCER: Soccer injuries - wrist sprains & fractures can occur from falling on an outstretched arm.

Shoulder: Shoulder dislocations can occur while playing soccer through player to player contact or falls.

Calf: Calf pulls are a common overuse injury when playing soccer.

Achilles: Achilles tendinitis is a common overuse injury in soccer.

Groin: Groin pulls are common in soccer.

Studies: Studies show far more neck injuries related to playing football than ice hockey or soccer (in us).

Injury: Injury rates are higher during games than practice due to increased intensity or play.

According: According to the national sports injury registry, archery is safer than bowling.

Repetitive: Repetitive strain injuries are common in athletes whereas #bones/torn ligaments occur in others.

In: In rehabilitating achilles tendon injuries, the athlete must be able to do 50 one sided toe raises.

Member: Member good team include expect orthopedic surgery, anesthesiolohy, radiogy, fp, neuro, pt and reh.

"Take: "take pride in your accomplishments, especially those that are hard won, ; enjoy the ride." b.Bultas.

Ignore: If you get hurt, stop playing. Continuing to play or exercise can cause more harm.

Ignore: Mouthguard should be worn for all contact sports, such as soccer, basketball, etc.

Ignore: Sports injuries most often are sprains/strains. Rest for 1-2 weeks with stretching usually heals.

Ignore: Sometimes the best treatment is prevention. Stay fit, cross train, use the best shoes, be smart.

Ignore: Overdoing nsaids as treatment can prevent proper healing of injured bones, ligaments or tendons.

Ignore: Basketball players need mouthguard also. They fracture their teeth too.

Ignore: Minor sports injuries can be treated successfully.

Ignore: Head injuries from cycling account for twice as many head injuries compared to football. Wear helmet.

Ignore: Cross train doing activities that differ from your sport.

Ignore: Fatigue is one of strongest factors related to injury. So get fit and bs careful when tired.

Ignore: Lower incidence of sports injuries by good warmup/stretch, conditioning, proper mechanics, cool down.

Ignore: Consider trigger point injections for discrete muscle knots that hurt.

Ignore: Concussion is like pregnancy… You either have it or you don't. The nomenclature "mild concussion" is antiquated and does nothing more than confuse patients and place them at greater risk of injury.

Ignore: Injuries are more likely to occur when fatigued. Thus, limit competition when fatigue is an issue.