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How Dangerous Are Sports?


The most dangerous sport widely played in Australia and New Zealand is rugby. Rugby League and Rugby Union have higher rates than Australian Rules, with a greater number of broken bones and face injuries are fewer, less serious and usually affect the legs.
In cricket and hockey, a major cause of injury is the hard ball hitting a player on the head. In squash, tennis, badminton and athletics, pulled muscles and sprains are the most common injuries, but eye injuries are also common injuries, but eye injuries are also common in squash.
The following are the sports which provide the greatest number of injured players for treatment at a leading Australian Sports of Medicine. The figures are the percentage of the total number of injuries treated over one year.

Rugby League: 26.46%
Rugby Union: 14.85%
Soccer: 14.03%
Tennis: 5.99%
Athletics: 4.58%
Squash: 4.03%
Basketball: 3.71%
Golf: 2.52%
Australian Rules: 2.03%
Cricket: 1.95%
Ballet: 1.40%
Swimming: 1.35%
Hockey: 1.33%
Skiing: 1.19%
Water skiing: 1.17%
Baseball: 1.12%

MKSOL Sports REHABILITATION

General Treatment of Fractures

In dealing with fractures various aims should be kept in mind.


(1) Reduction of the fracture and restoration of the normal alignment of the bone or bones. With a simple fracture of a finger this may not be difficult, because it is easy to feel the bone throughout its length. A fracture of the thigh bone presents a different problem, because the bone is deeply embedded in powerful muscles held in spasm and the two ends of the bone may overlap. Since you cannot give the patient a general anaesthetic, the best you can hope to do is so immobilize the limb and prevent the jagged ends of the bone from doing further damage to the tissues.

(2) Fixation of the fracture,, whether reduced or not, in splints so as to immobilize it, care being taken that the lower fragment is kept in correct alignment and not twisted - for it is, even though the fracture may have been reduced, much disability will result.

(3) Treatment of any wounds that may be present. Bandaging of the splints should be so done as to enable the necessary (perhaps daily) attention to be given to the wound without the splint having to be removed.

(4) Relief of Pain. After a splint is put on there may be considerable swelling of the part, which will cause pain by interfering with the blood supply. Tell the patient to let you know about any pain and watch the extremities for swelling, blueness, pallor, or numbness. If any of these signs is present, loosen the bandages. (As the swelling decreases, it may be necessary to tighten the bandages.)

Miracle: How To Treat Spinal Cord Injury?

I had a patient before. When he went out in the hospital.. I treated him in their place because he asked me too.. When i started to make an assessment or evaluation. His muscles are so stiff, his elbows and knees are bending, it's so difficult to make it straight.. Spinal Cord Injury patient like "Superman" star, died for secondary complication, he didn't die for having an injury in his spine..
Some people said that when you have Spinal Cord Injury, it is impossible to heal but they are wrong, there's hope.. When I already have a treatment plan for my patient, I didn't have second thoughts, I treated him as if there is hope.. But my patient didn't hope anymore that he will be cured because this is his third time to have a physical therapy treatment.. He is bedridden at all time. A bedridden patient could have a secondary complications. This are the management that I used in treating him:
- I always check his blood pressure all the time. This may lead to stroke, we will not exercise unless his blood pressure will go down.
- He is a complete spastic spinal cord injury patient. Gentle stretching on his elbows and knees x10 counts with 6 sec hold x 3 sets.
- Electrical Stimulation in elbows and knees towards extension x 20 minutes.
- Sitting for 20 minutes
- Bicycle Ergometrics x 20 minutes.
- Standing x 15 minutes with stabilization on his knees.
- Passive Range of Motion in all joints..
After 3 months the patient can now walk and hold something in his hand..
- Walking with walker with +1 maximum assist.
- Standing with +1 max assist.

1 year of treating the patient I can see his progress..
He is still a little bit spastic but at least he is now independent in doing something but needs assistance during walking..


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