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Sports Medicine. Troy Kenneth Aikman, Dallas Cowboys Quarterback 1989 - 2001. Sports Medicine. The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention and treatment of injuries that occur to athletes and the active population - anatomy - physiology
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Troy Kenneth Aikman, Dallas Cowboys Quarterback 1989 - 2001
Sports Medicine • The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention and treatment of injuries that occur to athletes and the active population - anatomy - physiology - strength training - psychology - nutrition - therapeutic modalities (ice, heat, e-stim, ultrasound)
Athletic Trainer, ATC • Deals with the care and prevention of athletic injuries *What is the difference between an athletic trainer and a personal trainer?
The Sports Medicine Team • Athletic Trainer • Physical Therapist • Chiropractor • Masseur • Dentist/Oral Surgeon • Exercise Physiologist
Sign • Objective indicators that are observable by others
Symptom • Experienced only by the patient • Subjective -
Etiology – • Diagnosis – • Prognosis –
Sagittal plane – Frontal – Transverse – Planes of the Body
Abdominal Quadrants Right Upper Quadrant Left Upper Quadrant Belly Button Right Lower Quadrant Left Lower Quadrant
Underlying Anatomy • Right lobe of liver Spleen • Gallbladder Stomach • Parts of stomach Pancreas • Small and large intestine Parts of large intestine • Appendix Most of small intestine • Ovary (female) Parts of large intestine • Spermatic cord (male) Ovary (female) • Small intestine Spermatic cord (male)
Referred Pain • Many abdominal injuries will cause pain in a body part away from the injured area What causes it? innervated by the same spinal segment Ex: Spleen injury – may cause pain in the left shoulder and upper arm KEHR’s SIGN Liver pain in the right shoulder
What is “getting the wind knocked out?” • Direct blow to the solar plexus – region of nerves in the upper middle abdomen *