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In hockey, stingers can occur during a check, when driving into an opponent with the top of the shoulder. In gymnastics and horseback riding, a stinger can occur if the individual accidentally lands on the neck and shoulder. Lacrosse, rugby, and even soccer players—particularly goalies—are ...
The most common causes of head injuries are: Car or motorcycle accidents Falls Child abuse Acts of violence A concussion or other head injury can also happen when two athletes collide or a player is hit in the head with a piece of sporting equipment. In soccer, even "heading" the ball...
With jumping injuries, the surface of the tibia can be damaged, resulting in a fracture to the tibial plateau. The mechanism of injury is jumping and landing on a fully extended, straightened knee. Since the femoral condyle sits on the tibial plateau to make the knee joint, it must heal w...
aAll returned to normal renal function. Six of these seven had multiple extremity injuries. One died of sepsis during hemodialysis. Iskit and colleagues (8) studied 33 patients _16 yrs old (16 girls and 17 boys; aged 14 days to 16 yrs). Of this group, 15 were diagnosed with crush in...
Grade 2 pulled calf muscle injuries tend to cause a moderate, sharp pain that is usually felt at the time of injury and there may be resultant swelling and bruising in the surrounding area. The area will be painful when the calf muscles contract or are stretched and the region is often te...
Soccer Baseball Softball Basketball Tennis Volleyball These injuries tend to happen when you start moving suddenly as you push off and lift your foot rather than when you land. For instance, a sprinter might get hurt at the start of a race as they surge off the starting block. The abrupt ...
Examples of these injuries include: Sudden head jerking, such as in a car accidents Falling and hitting your head on a hard surface Head impacts from sports like soccer, football, and lacrosse Direct blows to the head from sports like boxing ...
Stiffness after trauma may be difficult to recognize due to the pain that accompanies traumatic knee events. Usually these knee injuries are not subtle, but in the case that they are, stiffness may be the first symptom. Fracture:A fracture is defined as a broken bone. Patella (kneecap) frac...
Background:Groin pain syndrome is an important and increasing problem in numerous sports (e.g. soccer, football, ice hockey, handball and rugby). Long-standing groin pain syndrome is a form of groin pain syndrome in which the cohort of symptoms reported by the patient is experienced for a ...