Unit 15 Sports Injuries Cambridge Tech LO1 - Know how common sports injuries can be prevented by the correct identification of risk factors (P1)

What is a Sports Injury? Each come up with a definition! How might we get a sports injury – lets list these Competition – who came up with the most?

Top 10 worst Sports Injuries How did they happen – don’t watch if you are SQUEMISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wUA wUA

Categories of Sports Injuries In LO1 (P1)– you need to be able to describe what the following are: Extrinsic Risk Factors Intrinsic Risk Factors And relate these to Sports Injuries

Extrinsic Risk Factors Extrinsic risk factors: coaching (e.g. poor coaching techniques, incorrect techniques, communication skills, playing by the rules of the sport) environmental factors (e.g. weather, cold weather (hypothermia), hot weather (e.g. heat stroke) playing surfaces), equipment (e.g. the use of protective equipment in a range of sport, clothing/footwear, safety hazards (e.g. reducing the risk by performing risk assessments, safety checks, emergency action plans )

Intrinsic Risk Factors Intrinsic risk factors: physical preparation (e.g. training, warm up, cool downs, fitness levels, overuse, muscle imbalances), individual variables gender, age, flexibility, nutrition, sleep, previous or reoccurring injuries), posture (e.g. cause of poor posture - poor standing, sitting, physical defects, lack of exercise, fatigue, emotional factors, clothing, specific sports. how they cause injury (e.g. pelvic tilt, lordosis, kyphosis, round shoulder, scoliosis.)

LO1 – P1 Task 1 - Give a definition of the following terms: Sports injuries, Extrinsic Risk Factors and Intrinsic Risk Factors Task 2 - Create a table of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Risk Factors associated with Sports Injuries Task 3 – Write in detail (for two extrinsic and intrinsic factors) how these problems could create or cause a sports injury

Useful websites for LO1 Vocational/SportsStudies/FoundationDegree/Standalo neproducts/FoundationsinSportsTherapy/Samples/FO UND_SPORT_MARKETING_SPEC_6b.pdf Vocational/SportsStudies/FoundationDegree/Standalo neproducts/FoundationsinSportsTherapy/Samples/FO UND_SPORT_MARKETING_SPEC_6b.pdf dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Sports+Injuries dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Sports+Injuries dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Sports+Injuries dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Sports+Injuries g/fitness/injuries_treatment.shtml g/fitness/injuries_treatment.shtml intrinsic-risk-factors-sport-injuries intrinsic-risk-factors-sport-injuries

Preventative Measures for Sports Injuries

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