We have looked at trying to prevent injury or
minimise the chances of it as much as
possible with rules and regulations in sports
and use of equipment.
However it is not always possible. Therefore
we need to know how to recognise injuries
and how to treat them.
Key Words
 Signs = what we can see, feel, hear and smell – e.g.
swelling, bruising, bleeding, deformity.
 Symptoms = what the sufferer feels and describes – for
example pain, discomfort, nausea.
 Injuries can then be subdivided into Internal and
external.
Internally caused injuries
 Overuse injuries – caused by training performing too
much leading to stress fractures and muscle/tendon
injuries. E.g. Tennis players – tennis elbow.
 Sudden injuries – when taking part in sport stain is put
on the body owing to stretching, twisting, turning can
lead to Hamstring pulls etc.
Externally Caused Injuries
 Caused by outside forces such as an opponent,
equipment, playing conditions.
 Foul play – either by poor technique or deliberate,
which is why we have rules.
 Impact injuries – either through the nature of the
sport (rugby) or by colliding with a post (netball).
 Equipment/clothing – splinters from old hockey stick,
badly fitting trainers causing blisters. Baggy clothing
when trampolining.
 Accidents – sometimes will always happen.
Precautions
 Risk assessment carried out and findings followed up.
 Warm-ups always carried out.
 All rules or codes of conduct should be enforced and
clear.