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Common Sports Injuries .
If you have recently suffered a sports injury or in search of strengthening exercises to help aid your common sports injury we will help you get back to full fitness in no time.
With dedication and hard work anybody can cure their sports injuries including you.
Preventing sports injuries.
Prevention of sports injuries is extremely important, especially for those who suffer frequent and common occurring injuries.
There is a range of products and exercises to help prevent future injury - if done correctly you will be healed and back to full fitness in no time.
Sports injuries treatment.
Injuries must be treated immediately. You will be able to perform some methods of treatment yourself to help aid a faster recovery. We also cover more complex healing treatments such as infrared and massage therapies.
articles on sports injuries.
If you or a family member is a common sufferer of sports injuries then learning some of the below information could definitely be of help.
Top 10 sports injuries.
So what are the top 10 most common sports injuries? Some of the answers are quite obvious however a few are slightly unheard of. Here is the list.
For the full list read the top 10 sports injuries.
Injuries by sport.
If you play a lot of sports learning the most common sports injuries in each activity that you play will give you an idea of which parts of the body you should strengthen.
what is your sports injury?
Hip abductors
If you have hip pain to the side of your lower back or the pain spreads from the lower back, it is probably that you have an injury to the abductors. Whenever you use your legs in sport, whether ki...
Lower leg exercises
If you have suffered from a lower leg injury or want to re strengthen the lower muscle parts of your legs such as your calf muscle. Sports like soccer, (football), badminton, running or basketball ...
Plantar Fasciitis
This condition is very common and the most common hind foot problem in runners.
If you have pain under your heel towards the middle of your foot when running or walking, or, after getting ...
Hammer toes
Hammer Toes are so named becaused of their appearance. They are caused by the tendons of the foot becoming shortened. Tight shoes can be responsible for this by pulling the toes so that they end up...
Big toe injury - a brusied toe
Big toe injury - a brusied toe
A bruised toe or black toe nail is usually caused by a direct blow to the nail, although in some instances the toe nail can be lifted. Bleeding under the bi...
Dealing with sports injuries
When an injury happens it is usually when the well stocked first aid kit isn't available! However we can still do a certain amount to help the injured athlete. If an athlete falls to the floor or...
Ingrown toenail
Foot injuries/complaints
The feet put up with a large amount of injuries and can prevent you from participating in your sport for many weeks or months. The bones of the foot are made up ...
Swimming injuries
Common Swimming Injuries
The shoulder is the most common swimming injury. This is usually due to overuse from long practise sessions. The swimmer may feel a clicking whilst swimming indic...
Bursitis of the shoulder
Bursitis is the inflammation of a bursa. A bursa is a fluid - filled pouch which lies beneath the bone and gives protection, as in the knee where the bursa protects the front of the knee cap. The ...
Athelete's foot
Athlete's foot is a very common fungal infection that is contagious and caught from changing room floors, especially damp ones. Some people are lucky enough to never catch it, but others catch it...
Pain on the inside of the knee
As well as all the other knee injuries, there is a ligament that protects the inner side of the knee. This ligament can be simply over-stretched, or partially torn or in worse cases completely tor...
Posture
When you walk or bend and straighten your back, your pelvis moves as a whole. You can feel your pelvis move if you sit in a chair and place your hands over the top of your pelvis bones and then arc...
Slipped disk
The discs in the spine fit securely between the vertabrae and become gradually thicker towards the lumbar region. The discs themselves hardly move until the spine moves as a whole. Your stomach mus...
Injuries in badminton
Badminton is a very fast sport when played at a high level which involves a lot of twisting, reaching for shots and sudden stopping. The whole body is actually at risk but the most common badmint...
Top 10 Sports Injuries
As you can imagine there are hundreds of different types of injuries, each entirely different from the other. Thankfully treatment is available to most injuries which allows us to continune enjoyi...
Recognising sports injuries
We need to look at several factors to help establish what type of injury has happened, for example if you have an aching leg, if the pain or aches came on gradually over a period of time we need ...
Rib cage
The ribs are a cage that protect the heart and lungs. There are 12 ribs and they join the vertebrae in the back. When you breath you can feel the movement of your ribs expanding to let in air.
...R.I.C.E
What is rice?
Rice is an easy way of remembering how to treat an injury immediately after it has happened.
Rest is the first thing. Stop the athlete from performi...
dislocated shoulder
If your upper arm comes out of place from it's socket it is a dislocation, but if it goes straight back in it is called a subluxation. This is a common injury because the shoulder is a very loose a...
Broken Collarbone
What can cause a broken collarbone?
A broken collarbone is often caused in football, gymnastics and even more so in contact sports. The shoulder usually suffers a direct blow to the front...