Unit 32: Mobility and Exercise P6, D2
What is an injury?
Simply put, an injury is damage to the emotional or physical state of an individual, there are
many different types of physical injuries, examples are presented in the tables below.
Type of injury Definition Example Image
Sprain When an The most
individual common
stretches or location for a
tears a sprain is in your
ligament, it is ankle.
known as a
sprain.
Figure 1
Strain There are two A common Leg example:
types of strains: example of a
acute and strain is in the
chronic. leg.
A strain is when Since sprains
the muscle or and strains are
tendons similar they
become pulled, tend to occur in
stretched or similar places.
even torn.
Figure 2
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What is an injury?
Simply put, an injury is damage to the emotional or physical state of an individual, there are
many different types of physical injuries, examples are presented in the tables below.
Type of injury Definition Example Image
Sprain When an The most
individual common
stretches or location for a
tears a sprain is in your
ligament, it is ankle.
known as a
sprain.
Figure 1
Strain There are two A common Leg example:
types of strains: example of a
acute and strain is in the
chronic. leg.
A strain is when Since sprains
the muscle or and strains are
tendons similar they
become pulled, tend to occur in
stretched or similar places.
even torn.
Figure 2
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