Sport InjuriesThe Knee Joint

Charles Kim

Introduction

No matter how athletic a person is, we are all prone to injuries

All bones and muscles in the body are prone to break or tear if proper methods are not taken

Injuries are painful and most of the time when proper techniques are followed they can be avoided

Frequent Holistic Sports Injuries

Not Warming up Properly

Improper eating or nutrition intake

Lacking judgment of your limits

Overdoing, pushing past limits to hard or too long

Common Injuries Properties

Three types of injuriesFirst DegreeSecond DegreeThird Degree

TendintisDislocation and

SeperationCartilage DamageShin Splits

Knee Joint

Is a modified hinge joint, but today more correctly identified as a modified ellipsoid joint

Articulation of the femur and tibiaDistal end of femur is covered in cartilageHeld together by the medial collateral

ligament, and lateral collateral ligment

Common Knee Injuries

Knee Ligament TearsOsgood-Schlatter

SyndromePatellofemoral

SyndromeALC

Knee Ligament Tears

Most Common of knee injuries

This happens when a force is exerted on the side of the knee

Some people are more prone to this kind of injury

This injury can be avoided with proper stretching

Osgood-Schlatter Syndrome

Sometimes referred to as osterochondritis disease

The ossification of the centers of bones in children

More common in malesThe bones lengthen and if

overused the can become inflamed and cause pain

Anterior Cruciate Ligament 

The knee joint showing a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.

Common Knee InjuryTwisting force applied to bonesCan also be from a direct blow

to the kneeThis injury can happen in sports

such as football, rugbyThis type of injury can be

serious and must be treated with caution using the R.I.C.E. principle

Sort of like this

Treatments

Use the R.I.C.E. principleRest IceCompressionElevation

Sport InjuriesAround the kneeBroken legsTorn MusclesSlowed CareerForced RetirementDeath

Sports Injuries Today

For instance the NHLJeff Halpern C, Sep 18,

2008, Injured Reserve, Ruptured Right ACL, Right Knee Surgery

St. Louis Blues Erik Johnson D Sep 23, 2008Injured Reserve Torn Right ACL And MCL