1. INJURIES

2. VOCABULARY injury pain painful wound bandage tape plaster hurt swell, swelled, swollen cool stabilize heal, treat, cure recover

3. THE CAUSE FATIGUE ACCIDENT POOR TRAINING PRACTICES IMPROPER EQUIPMENT LACK OF CONDITION/ FITNESS/ FORM INSUFFICIENT WARM-UP, STRETCHING

4. TYPES OF INJURIES Less serious bruise scrape strain = pulled muscles More serious sprain (sprained ankle) bone fracture joint dislocation Achilles tendon injuries cracked or torn menisci unconsciousness concussion

5. Guess the injuries Guess the injuries - here are the symptoms STRAIN – muscle fibers tear as a result of overstretching pain, stiffness, swelling, inflammation, bruising SPRAIN – sudden overstretching of ligaments localized pain (in joints eg. ankle, fingers), swelling, loss of function BONE FRACTURE – a bone is broken hardly bearable pain after crash, can be open or closed DISLOCATION – of joints (knee, shoulder) stretching and twisting of the limbs, can also happen by a sudden fall

6. OPPOSITES INSUFFICIENT INSUFFICIENT warm-up, stretching POOR POOR training practice LACK OF LACK OF condition IMPROPER IMPROPER equipment FATIGUE FATIGUE FACE FACE accident SUFFICIENTRIGHTGOODPROPERFRESHNESSAVOID

7. prevent How to prevent injuries sufficient warm-ups and cool downs right training practice good condition proper equipment (use of safety equipment) rest enough (enough sleeping) try to avoid accidents

8. Questions to discuss: Do you have any experience with sport injuries? If so, how many sport injuries have you experienced so far? What was the most serious injury you have ever had? Can you describe it? Add some information about how it happened, add a few comments about the symptoms and the treatment? What do you do to avoid injuries while doing sports?