How are sports injuries managed and classified?

Ways to classify sports injuries
1. Direct and Indirect
  1. Direct = external force (tackle)
  2. Indirect = intrinsic force (torn ligament - sprinting)
2. Soft and Hard Tissue
  1. Soft = everything but bone and teeth
  2. Hard = bone and teeth
3. Overuse
  1. Overuse of a specific body region
  2. running on hard surfaces (shin splints)
Soft Tissue Injuries
1. Tears,sprains and contusions
  1. tears = tissue stretched or severed
  2. sprains = streching or tearing a ligament
  3. strains = muscle or tendon is streched
2. Skin abrasions, lacerations, blisters
  1. abrasions = scraped skin on hard surface
  2. laceration = irregular tear of flesh
  3. blisters = collection of fluid under skin
3. Inflammatory response
  1. phase 1 = inflammatory stage
  2. phase 2 = repair stage
  3. phase 3 = remodeling stage
Hard tissue injuries
1. Fractures
  1. Chip or crack in bone
2. Dislocation
  1. Displacement of bone at a joint
TOTAPS
1. Observe
  1. Any signs of swelling or deformity
2. Touch
  1. pinpoint area of pain (gently)
3. Active Movement
  1. joint movements (flexion + extension)
4. Passive Movement
  1. Range of movements (any pain or instability)
5. Skill
  1. Peform a game skill
6. Talk
  1. What happened

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	Created by jakeholland1001 about 10 years ago