Sports Medicine Basics
This field focuses on preventing, treating, and rehabilitating injuries related to physical activity
What is Sports Medicine?
Muscles pull on these structures to create movement
What are Bones?
This type of injury involves a broken bone
What is a fracture?
The "I" in RICE stands for this
What is Ice?
(Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation)
Taking breaks during practice helps prevent dehydration and this dangerous condition caused by overheating
What is heat exhaustion
True or False: Sports medicine is only for professional athletes
What is False?
This connects muscle to bone
What is a Tendon?
An injury where a joint is forced out of its normal position
What is a dislocation?
Compression helps reduce this
What is swelling?
These minerals help regulate muscle contractions, nerve function, and fluid balance in the body
What are electrolytes?
Name one healthcare professional commonly found on the sidelines during athletic events
Who is an athletic trainer, physician, EMT, nurse, or physical therapist?
This connects bone to bone
What is a ligament?
A bruise is also called this
What is a contusion?
Ice should never be placed directly on this
What is bare skin?
Sports drinks often contain this nutrient to provide quick energy
What is sugar?
Proactive strategies to reduce the incidence and severity of physical harm
What is Injury Prevention?
A tear in a ligament is usually called this type of injury
What is a sprain?
The first step when responding to any injury is checking for this
What is scene safety?
An injury that happens suddenly, like falling during a game, is called this type of injury
What is an acute injury?
This common overuse injury involves inflammation or irritation of a tendon
What is tendinitis (or tendinopathy)?
Safely resuming sports after recovery
Return to Play
A tear or overstretching of a muscle or tendon is called this
What is a strain?
Name two signs that someone should stop playing immediately after an injury
What is Severe pain, inability to bear weight, deformity, loss of consciousness, suspected concussion, heavy bleeding, numbness
Elevation works best when the injured body part is above this
What is the heart?
A runner develops knee pain after increasing mileage every week without rest. This is an example of what type of injury?
What is a chronic (overuse) injury?