Trauma: A physical injury or wound sustained in a sport and produced by an external/internal force
Tissue Properties:
-Load: outside forces acting on tissue
-Stiffness: the ability of a tissue to resist a load
-Stress: the internal reaction/resistance to an external load
-Strain: extent of deformation of tissue under loading
-Deformation: change and shape of a tissue
-Elasticity: property that allows a tissue to return to normal following deformation
-Yield Point: where its elasticity is fully exceeded
-Mechanical Failure: exceeding the ability to withstand stress and strain, causing tissue to break down
Tissue Stress:
-Compression: a force with enough energy to crush tissue
-Tension: a force that pulls or stretches tissue
-Bending: a force on a horizontal beam or bone
-Torsion: a force caused by twisting in opposite direction from the opposite ends of structure
-Shearing: a force that moves the parallel organization of the tissue
Injuries:
-Muscle strains
-Muscle cramps
-Muscle soreness
-Contusions
-Ligament sprains
-Dislocations/subluxation
-Tendinitis
-Tenosynovitis
-Bone fracture
-Stress fracture
-Osteoarthritis
-Bursitis-
-Capsulitis/synovitis
-Myofascial trigger points
-Epiphyseal injury
-Apophyseal injury
-Neuropraxia
-Neuritis
I tried to bring some terminology in to use for this blog and I hope most of these terms are new to you. It is crazy to think that our tissues can with stand so much and allow athletes to perform at such a high quality of play and do what they do. Who knew there was so much to sports trauma and body tissue?
Work Cited
McGown, A. T. "Blunt Abdominal and Chest Trauma." Athletic Therapy Today 9.1 (2004): 40-1. ProQuest. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.
I found it very interesting to find understand what some of these terms mean. I had no idea what things like yield point and mechanical failure meant in regard to the human body. I also cannot believe that the human body can withstand so much strain in order for athletes to compete at such a high level. You should continue to write posts like this in order to help your readers understand what you are talking about and the complicated terminology that results from these concepts.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the helpful and positive feedback Eric. I am glad that you liked how I presented the information and terms. I felt this was necessary for people to understand what sports trauma really is. I was hoping to inform people on this topic and it loos like I have, seeing that you found out some new information. The human body is an amazing machine that can with stands much ware and tare. I will continue to write blog posts like this to help people better understand the field of athletic training.
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