Today we will continue to talking about injuries of basketball. We told us that basketball injuries can be separated into two general categories: overuse injuries and traumatic injuries. Today we will talk only about second category.
Traumatic injuries
Traumatic injuries are those caused by a sudden forceful injury. Some of the more common traumatic injuries in basketball are jammed fingers. The severity of a jammed finger can range from a minor injury of the ligaments, which connect bones, to a broken finger. Splinting may be needed to allow the injured finger to heal. Another type of traumatic injury is a muscle pull or tear. In basketball players, these injuries occur primarily in the large muscles of the legs. To prevent them, stretch your thighs and calves well and do warm-up exercises before playing.
Ankle sprains
The most common basketball injury is the ankle sprain. This injury often occurs when a player lands on another player's foot or the ankle rolls too far outward. When this happens, the ligaments connecting bones and supporting the ankle are stretched and torn. The ligaments can tear partially or completely. To treat your sprain, your doctor prescribes a short period of immobilization, keeping the joint still, so the ligaments can heal. After immobilization, you begin special exercises to strengthen the muscles that help hold your ankle in place. If your muscles and ligaments are not strong enough to prevent reinjury, you might need surgery to repair the damage and to help stabilize your ankle.
Knee injuries
Knee injuries are some of the most serious basketball injuries. One type of knee injury is a sprain. A knee sprain is a small tear in the ligaments or joint capsule that is not severe enough to cause your knee to give way. To help the tear heal, you must protect your knee for a short time by immobilizing it. After the tear heals, your doctor will prescribe stretching and strengthening exercises for the muscles that help hold the knee in place.
If you twist your knee, you can tear a meniscus, which is tissue that acts as a cushion between the bones of the upper and lower leg at the knee. To repair or remove a torn meniscus, you might need arthroscopic surgery. The surgeon inserts a camera and instruments into the knee joint through small skin incisions. With the instruments, the surgeon can see and treat the damaged meniscus.
A more severe injury is a complete tear of one or more of the ligaments that support the knee. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the more commonly torn ligaments in the knee. This ligament connects the upper and lower leg bones and helps hold the knee in place. if you damage your ACL, your knee will probably hurt and give way persistently. After an ACL injury, some players can participate in sports again without surgery. But they must do special exercises to strengthen their thigh muscles, and they must wear a brace on their knee. Strong thigh muscles give stability to the knee that the torn ACL cannot.
REFERENCES:
-Patrick O'Connell, M.D. & Virginia Beach, Virginia. Common Basketball Injuries
Keep Your Guard Up! Recuperado de http://www.hughston.com/hha/a.basket.htm
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