Sport specific injuries and RICE treatment

Physical education

PAR-Qs and injury prevention

Warm up and cool down

Performance enhancing drugs

This unit unpicks the many factors to be considered to prevent injury in sport. It focussess on the effective delivery of both warm up and cool down components of training.

Physical training: injury, injury prevention and performance enhancing drugs

Which of these are soft tissue injuries which would be treated by using RICE?

stop using and immobilise the injured area

apply an ice pack or bag of frozen peas to the injured area

use a bandage wrapped tight around the injury

Match the criteria from RICE to its definition.

muscular injury in which the muscle is overstretched or torn

overstretched or torn ligaments at a joint

caused by friction between the skin and a rough surface

damage to the tissue which acts as a buffer between bones

Loss of consciousness, feeling dizzy and temporary memory loss are all symptoms of a... 

Which of these are symptoms of a fracture?

A forceful impact on the elbow causes the lower arm to be dislodged from its normal position. This is called a...

Overuse injuries are caused by repetitive actions over a period of time. Where do you think butterfly stroke swimmers most commonly suffer an overuse injury?

give it five more minutes to see if it gets better

What is the first thing you should do if you suspect you have sprained your wrist playing sport?

Match the protective equipment to a possible injury it is helping to prevent.

Match the sport to the common injury experienced by performers in that sport.

Ligaments play the role of attaching what to what?

What word describes a break or crack in a bone?

Starter Quiz

Overuse injuries are caused by repetitive actions over a period of time. Where do you think butterfly stroke swimmers most commonly suffer an overuse injury?