1. Sports injuries

2. Learning Objectives: 1.List the most common forms of sports injuries 2.Interpret a range of X-rays 3.Describe what steps to take when treating an injury 4.List the contents of a typical physiotherapists bag

3. Types of sports injury: 1.Bones/ joints - Break, fractures and dislocations 2. Muscles - Tears and strains 3. Ligaments and tendons - Sprain

4. Were you paying attention? Which part of the body could be injured by a tear or strain? Name the 3 common injuries for bones.

5. X-rays These allow us to see inside our body by taking a ‘picture’ using X-rays. The ‘soft’ tissues do not really show up but the ‘hard’ bones do.

6. Task Copy and complete the sentences using the words below: ______ allow us to see inside our bodies. A picture is taken of the _______. It works because the _____ tissues allow the X-rays through but the bones do not because they are _____. X-rays, bones, soft, hard

7. The foot

8. The hand

9. The shoulder

10. The arm

11. The knee and shin

12. The skull

13. WARNING! The next few slides contain disturbing images You may want to look away

16. Michael Owen Within the first few minutes of a world cup match against Sweden in Germany 2006 Michael fell awkwardly and twisted his knee. He was flown home the next day. England lost to Argentina in the quarter finals.

18. David Beckham David fractured his toe bones before the world cup in Japan and Korea 2002. He struggled to fully recover and failed to impress. England lost to Brazil in the quarter finals.

19. Wayne Rooney Wayne broke his foot bones playing for Manchester United a couple of months before the world cup 2006 was due to start. He rushed his recovery and returned Only to injure the foot against Portugal in the quarter finals. England lost on penalties to Portugal.

20. Craig Bellamy Zola said: “Injuries have been the downside of his career, otherwise he would have playing for top teams with more consistency.” “The fragility he has got in the muscles has stopped him from being a higher player.” Zola has struggled to replace 30-year-old Bellamy’s pace and verve.

21. Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation R. I. C. E

22. What’s in the physiotherapist’s bag

23. Learning Objectives: 1.List the most common forms of sports injuries 2.Interpret a range of X-rays 3.Describe what steps to take when treating an injury 4.List the contents of a typical physiotherapists bag Use your traffic lights page in your planners to vote

24. Homework Cut out newspaper articles related to injuries from the sports section of newspapers. Date due = next week