Injury Classification
This type of injury occurs quickly, with pain and loss of function that is immediate.
What is an acute injury?
This thinner, more elastic form of tape supports a muscle without restricting the joint's range of motion.
What is kinesiology tape?
This preventative strategy, often a questionnaire, is used to identify individuals at risk before they start or increase physical activity.
What is pre-participation screening?
This condition is characterised by inflammation of a joint, causing pain and stiffness, and affects an estimated 3.6 million Australians.
What is arthritis?
This training method exercises a muscle or group of muscles against a resistance and is the most common method to build strength, power or endurance.
What is resistance training?
This international agency produces an annually updated list of substances and methods banned in sport.
What is WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency)?
A player twists an ankle changing direction with no contact from anyone else — this is caused by this type of force.
What is an indirect force (internal force)?
This piece of protective equipment, worn in boxing and collision sports, mainly prevents dental and jaw injuries.
What is a mouthguard?
This opening phase of a warm up includes low-to-moderate cardiovascular activity, like jogging, combined with dynamic stretching.
What is the general phase?
This form of arthritis results from cartilage wearing away at weight-bearing joints and mostly affects people aged 40–55.
What is osteoarthritis?
This training method uses the stretch-shortening cycle, first stretching a muscle eccentrically, then contracting it concentrically in the shortest time possible.
What is plyometric training?
This naturally occurring compound, stored in skeletal muscle, assists in the regeneration of ATP during short-duration, high-intensity exercise.
What is creatine?
This soft-tissue injury is a tear to a ligament.
What is a sprain?
A podiatrist may prescribe these shoe inserts for athletes with flat feet, high arches or overpronation.
What are orthotics?
This form of stretching, used mainly in a cool down, involves taking a joint through its full range of motion and holding it for at least 10 seconds.
What is static stretching?
Often called the 'silent disease', this condition involves the thinning and weakening of bone as minerals like calcium are lost faster than they can be replaced.
What is osteoporosis?
This type of interval training uses the ATP-CP energy system, an intensity of 95%+ MHR, and a work-to-rest ratio of 1:5 or higher.
What is short interval training?
This class of synthetic drugs mimics the hormone testosterone, producing anabolic effects such as increased muscle growth and bone density.
What are anabolic steroids?
This type of injury tends to start out acute in nature, then recurs due to weakness or insufficient rehabilitation — think recurring hamstring strains in AFL players.
What is a chronic injury?
Name two potential harms of using taping as a preventative measure.
What are skin irritation, reduced circulation (if too tight), or loss of elasticity over time?
This acronym describes the initial treatment of an acute injury: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation and Referral.
What is RICER?
This form of arthritis is an autoimmune response, where the immune system attacks the tissue lining the joints, commonly affecting the hands and feet.
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
This form of stretching involves controlled movement through a joint's full range of motion, like arm swings, and features in a warm up.
What is dynamic stretching?
Used by endurance athletes before events lasting longer than 90 minutes, this strategy maximises glycogen stores in the muscle and liver.
What is carbohydrate loading?
This hard-tissue injury occurs at a joint when the bones forming it are displaced; a partial version of it is called a subluxation.
What is a dislocation?
This physical aid serves a similar purpose to taping in injury prevention, but is more economical over time and has the added advantage of being able to be applied by the athlete themselves.
What is a sports brace?
Name the four components of a rehabilitation program.
What are treatment, mobility, strength, and return to physical activity?
Name two risk factors for developing osteoporosis.
What are (any two of) sedentary behaviour, physical inactivity, poor calcium intake, vitamin D deficiency, increasing age, or being female?
This chronic muscular adaptation to resistance training describes an increase in the size of muscle fibres.
What is muscular hypertrophy?
This peptide hormone, naturally produced by the pituitary gland, is taken synthetically in the belief it builds muscle, but carries potential harms like acromegaly and joint pain.
What is (synthetic) human growth hormone (HGH)?