Sports Injuries
Scenario
You are about to complete a work placement at a local sports injury clinic. The physiotherapist that you will
be shadowing has asked you to research common sport injuries, causes and preventatve measures. You
need to be clear how these measures will reduce the risk of sports injuries.
Task 1
(P1) Describe extrinsic and intrinsic factors in relaton to sports injuries
- Coaching (e.g. poor coaching, incorrect techniques, communicaton skills and playing by the rules
- Environmental factors ( e.g weather, cold weather, hot weather and playing surfaces)
- Equipment (e.g clothing/footwear, safety hazards)
- Physical preparaton (e.g training, warm up/ cool downs, ftness levels, overuse, muscle imbalance)
- Individual variables (e.g gender, age, feeibility, nutriton, sleep, previous injury)
Posture (e.g what causes poor posture, pelvic tlt, lordosis, kyphosis, round shoulder, scoliosis)
(P2) Describe preventatve measures that can be taken in order to prevent sports injuries occurring
- Risk assessments, safety checks, emergency acton plans
- Use protectve equipment- checking equipment
(M1) Give examples of preventatve measures in sport which are in a place and are designed to reduce
risk factors
Sports Injuries P1/P2/M1
Aquinas College – CTEC SPORT. UNIT 15. TASK 1