2. Table of contents
ο Introduction
ο The reasons for knee injuries
ο Common injuries properties
ο Knee joint
ο Common knee injuries
ο Knee Ligament Tears
ο Osgood-Schlatter Syndrome
ο Anterior Cruciate Ligament
ο Treatment on knee injuries
ο Sport Injuries Around the Knee Outcome
ο Sports knee Injuries from past
3. Introduction
ο No matter how athletic person is we all get injured
ο All muscles and bones are prone to get damaged or
tear if proper method is not taken
ο Injuries are painful and painful to watch and most of
the time technique are followed there will be a higher
chance of avoiding injuries
4. The Reasons for Knee Injuries
ο not warming up
ο Not stretching
ο Improper eating or lack of nutrition
ο Lacking judgment of your limit
ο Overdoing, pushing past limits to hard or too long
(being stupid)
6. Knee stretch
ο Calf/Hamstring stretch
ο Elevate toe
ο Stay on heel
ο Bend at hips, not spine
ο Squeeze quad of front leg to relax hamstring
ο Quad/Hip- flexor stretch
ο Elevate foot of back leg
ο Squeeze but cheeks of back leg to relax hip
ο Reach hand to sky and twist away from back leg
7. Common Injuries Properties
ο Three types of injuries
ο First degree
ο Second degree
ο Third degree
ο Tendinitis
ο Dislocation and separation
ο Cartilage damage
ο Skin spilt
8. Knee Joints
ο Is a modified hinge joint, but today more correctly
identified as a modified ellipsoid joint
ο Articulation of femur and tibra
ο Distal end of femur is covered in cartilage
ο Held togather by the medical collateral ligament, and
lateral collateral ligament
10. Knee Ligament Tears
ο Most common knee injuries
ο This happens when a force is
exerted on the side of the knee
ο Most people is prone to this
injuries
ο This injury can be avoided with
proper stretching
11. Osgood-Schlatter Syndrome
ο Sometimes referred to as
osterochondritis disease
ο The ossification of the center
of bones in children
ο More common in males
ο The bones lengthen and if
overused they can become
inflamed and cause pain
12. Anterior Cruciate Ligament
ο Common knee injury
ο Twisting force applied to
bones
ο Can also be from a direct blow
to the knee
ο this injury can happen in
sports such as football or rugby
ο This type of injury can be
serious and must be treated
with caution using the RICE
principle
13. Treatment
ο Use the RICE principle
ο Rest
ο Ice
ο Compression
ο elevation
14. Sport Injuries Around the Knee
Outcome
ο Broken legs
ο Torn muscles
ο Slowed career
ο Forced retirement
ο death
15. Sports Knee Injuries from
Past
ο NHL
ο Jeff Halpern C, September 18 2008, injuried
reserve ruptured right ACL, right knee
surgery
ο St. Louis Blues Erik Johnson D, September 23
2008 injuried reserve torn right ACL and
MCL
ο NBA
ο Jermaine O'Neal was a starting line up in the
2004 Olympics and has ruptured right knee
ACL preventing him to compete in Olympics
and few games in NBA