Common sports injuries and precautions

While sports are a part of a healthy lifestyle, accidents/injuries can happen too. People often get hurt when they participate in sports activities or other physical sports. A sports injury involves harm to part of your body due to sports, exercise or athletic activities.

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Types of Common Sports Injuries

Every individual is likely to experience a sports injury in life. Whether it's a person who's healthy or a person who exercises every week, can have an injury sooner or later. It can be frustrating and interrupts the routine life of person.

Broadly there are two types of sports injuries: -

Acute - It occurs in an instant probably due to a sudden landing like a sprained ankle.

Chronic - It takes place because of overuse of muscles or joints and sometimes even structural abnormalities or poor technique. Sprains and strains.

Other common sports activities injuries include: -

• Injuries of the muscles
• Joint injuries including the ones related to ankle, knee, or shoulder. One feels ache, stiffness, or swelling.
• Dislocations
• Fractures
• Bruises
• Concussion including a brain injury resulting in unconsciousness. One can suffer from headache or feels dizzy or can suffer from a short-term memory loss.
• Abrasions as well as cuts especially on the hands and knees.
• Dental injury that results in the cracking of the jaw or breaking of the teeth.
• Strain in the groin
• Strain within the hamstring. An individual experiences swelling, pain, and bruising.
• Injuries within the nose due to direct blow

Prevention

There are a number of precautions which has to be taken to prevent sports injuries like running injuries, cricket accidents, football injuries, or tennis accidents.

• It is essential to take time from a sport, may be on weekends or vacations to provide time to the body to get better.
• Wearing right sports gears and equipment which includes knee pads and helmets to prevent cricket injuries.
• Include muscle-strengthening exercises as a part of your everyday routine like conditioning exercises while practicing.
• To enhance your body’s flexibility, do stretching exercises before and after playing.
• It is certainly essential to use proper strategies whilst playing or else one becomes prone to injuries.
• Keep taking rest in between your practice sessions.
• Follow proper guidelines of the sport like in football that's a contact sport. If you need to prevent football injuries, play within the boundary of the rules. Call for help in case of an emergency or terrible pain in the midst of the game. Get the sports medicine in Vizag
• Drink right amount of fluids to keep yourself hydrated during a game.