Sports Medicine
Sports injuries occur usually while practising or participating in any kind of sporting activities or exercising. It is extremely common and needs instant attention and care in order to ensure complete resolution. Since
sports person often encounter incidents and injuries during sports, the right treatment would ensure them to have a complete recovery and therefore they can get back to their routine. Sports injury treatment in Guntur
is a way to bring back people to their game. At Narayana Hospitals you will find the sports medicine doctors in Guntur who provide the expertise care for the athlete in you.
Some of the most common sports injuries are:
- Sprains: A stretch or tear of ligaments (tissues connecting the bones).
- Strains: Damage to any soft tissues in the body.
- Fracture: Damage to bone ranging from a small crack to a complete break.
- Dislocation: The joints of the bones are forced out of their normal position, which causes complete immobilization and deformation of the joint.
Immediate action to help reduce impact of sport injury:
- Rest: Complete freeze in movement.
- Ice: Instant application of ice pack to the injured area will help reduce inflammation and pain. Ice should not be placed directly on the injury.
- Compression: Injured area needs to be compressed with the help of elastic wrap, air casts, etc.
Areas of impact in a Sports Injury:
- Ankle and Foot: Sports such as football, skating, etc, cause injury to areas below the knee. Achilles tendon, fractures, sprains may be few of the types of injuries to this area. Physical therapy, braces,
surgery can help resolve the issue.
- Shoulder: Overuse of the shoulder joint causes damage to it.
- SLAP tear: Cartilage ring that surrounds the shoulder tears down due to over movement.
- Shoulder instability: When the tendons, ligaments and muscles are not held in the way they are supposed to, which may be due to contact sports etc, the socket in the shoulder could be popped out or dislocated.
- Rotator cuff injury: Extreme pain is a symptom of rotator cuff tear which also causes stiffness and swelling.
- Hip: The hip joint carries heavy body weight and therefore any fracture or injury to this joint must be treated with immediate medical care to avoid irreversible damage.
- Knee: ACL (Anterior cruciate ligament) tear is one of the most common sports injuries to the knee. ACL’s ability to recover is low and therefore causes instability for a long time.
Few tips to prevent sports injuries:
- Right exercise.
- Hydration.
- Warm up and stretches.
- Mandatory use of safety equipment.
- Do not over exert.
- Take appropriate breaks.
