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Sports Medicine

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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Sports Medicine

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  1. Sports Medicine

  2. Troy Kenneth Aikman, Dallas Cowboys Quarterback 1989 - 2001

  3. 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)

  4. Athletic Trainer, ATC • Deals with the care and prevention of athletic injuries *What is the difference between an athletic trainer and a personal trainer?

  5. The Sports Medicine Team • Athletic Trainer • Physical Therapist • Chiropractor • Masseur • Dentist/Oral Surgeon • Exercise Physiologist

  6. Medical Terminology

  7. Sign • Objective indicators that are observable by others - swelling, bleeding

  8. Symptom • Experienced only by the patient • Subjective - nausea, dizziness, sore throat

  9. Etiology – the cause of a disease or injury • Diagnosis – establishing the cause and nature of a disease or injury from its signs and symptoms • Prognosis – a prediction of the outcome of a disease or injury

  10. Sagittal plane – divides body into right and left sides Frontal – divides body into front and back Transverse – divides body into upper and lower half Planes of the Body

  11. Abdominal Quadrants Right Upper Quadrant Left Upper Quadrant Belly Button Right Lower Quadrant Left Lower Quadrant

  12. 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)

  13. 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

  14. What is “getting the wind knocked out?” • Direct blow to the solar plexus – region of nerves in the upper middle abdomen * Causes temporary paralysis of the diaphragm

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