Injury and Rehab
A musculoskeletal injury in which a ligament is stretched beyond its normal capacity but not completely torn.
What is a Grade I sprain?
This anatomical movement term refers to moving a limb away from the midline of the body.
What is Abduction?
This structure is a tough band of connective tissue that connects bone to bone.
What is a ligament?
This bone is commonly called the collarbone.
What is the Clavicle?
A common condition where joints become painful, stiff, and swollen due to wear and tear.
What is arthritis?
What is Price?
This body plane divides the body into superior and inferior sections.
What is the Transverse plane?
This fluid reduces friction and nourishes articular cartilages.
What is Synovial fluid?
What is the mandible?
A condition where the spine curves sideways, often seen as an "S" shape.
What is scoliosis?
A runner pulls the back of their thigh after sprinting too hard, injuring the muscle fibers. This is the injury.
This anatomical plane divides the body into anterior and posterior portions.
What is the frontal (coronal) plane?
This structural classification of a joint is connected by cartilage and allows limited movement.
Formed by the fusion of 4 vertebrae, this structure is commonly known as the tailbone and serves as an attachment point for ligaments and muscles.
What is Coccyx?
A condition caused by a lack of calcium/ vitamin D that leads to weak bones in children.
What is rickets?
The stage of healing most influenced by controlled mechanical stress in rehabilitation to improve tissue strength and organization over time.
What is the remodelling phase?
On the same limb, the wrist is ____ to the elbow, while the shoulder is _____ to the elbow.
What are Distal and Proximal?
A runner pushes off the ground by pointing their toes downward at the ankle joint during sprinting. This movement is called this.
What is plantar Flexion?
What is the Hyoid-Bone?
A condition where bones become weak and brittle due to loss of bone density.
What is Osteoporosis?
Darren Watkins Jr., a soccer player recovering from an ACL reconstruction, begins exercises that gradually increase stress on the healing tissues to stimulate adaptation without causing damage. This rehab is known as this.
What is Progressive overload?
This term describes a body position where the individual is lying face down.
What is Prone?
This movement involves rotating a limb so the palm or sole faces upward or forward.
What is Supination?
This bone is found along the body's midline, which protects the thoracic organs, and it attaches to the True ribs.
What is the Sternum?
The medical term for tennis elbow describes inflammation of tendons attaching to the lateral elbow.
What is Lateral Epicondylitis?