Basketball

Basketball may not seem like a dangerous sport. During the game many injuries can happen. There is an estimate of 1.6 million injuries associated to basketball each year. Injuries such as sprained ankles, knee injuries, and stress fractures.

Sprained ankles can be a result of stepping on an opens foot and twisting your ankle or just landing on your foot wrong. Players that receive ankle sprains will most likely be out for at least a week. This injury can be treated by RICE. Rest, ice compression, and elevation.

Knees injuries can be brutal. They can be the determinant of whether you play another season or you retire. Knee injuries are caused by the constantly stopping and going in basketball. One of the two most common knee injuries is injury to the medial collateral ligament. This is caused by a heavy blow to the outside of the knee. This requires ice, bracing and a gradual return to activity.



The second most common knee injury in the sport of basketball is a torn ACL (anterior cruciate ligament). An injury the ACL is more severe the injured medial collateral ligament and is commonly a season ending injury. This occurs when landing from a jump or a sudden change in direction. This requires corrective surgery, current techniques used to repair the ACL ligament usually allows the player to return the next season.

Stress fractures is also a very common injury in basketball. Stress fractures occur from a quick change of activity level or over training. Stress fractures in basketball most commonly occur in the foot and lower leg. ). Once diagnosed, a period of immobilization and non-weight bearing is recommended. Return to play is permitted once the fracture has completely healed and the athlete is pain free.

http://www.stopsportsinjuries.org/basketball-injury-prevention.aspx#common





Baseball Injuries

Baseball does not require much toughness to play. Even though it is not a tough contact sport, there are still some serious injuries that can occur throughout the season. Many of these injuries occur on the shoulder, elbow, and the knees.

 Many shoulder injuries happen to pitchers. Many pitchers have had a torn rotator cuff in one of their shoulders. A torn rotator cuff is when there is a tear of tendons, ligaments, and some inflammation of the tendons. There are many different ways to injure your rotator cuff. Such as, an Acute Tear and a Chronic Tear. 

The elbow is an ideal place to watch for an injury while playing baseball. Medial Ligament Sprain is a common injury. This can be caused by poor throwing technique, for example Little League players who try to learn to throw breaking balls at a young age. Other injuries that involve the elbow that baseball players have seen are Medial Epicondylitis, Radial Nerve Entrapment. 

Knee injuries in baseball are very common due to the fact that the players on the field do a lot of running to steal second base or catch a fly ball. The Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury is a big one. A torn ACL usually occurs through a twisting force being applied to the knee whilst the foot is firmly planted on the ground or upon landing. It can also tear due to a blow to the outside of the knee. There are other injuries that will occur during a baseball game but these are just a few.

This following website is a good site to read up on these injuries http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/injurylist.htm.

Football

During the game of football, there are many ways to get hurt. Many injuries can be career ending, like neck injuries or maybe even getting paralyzed. football injuries are severe and must always be treated properly.

The most common injury in football is a sprain/strain. Runningback often wind up with these injuries. Sprained ligaments can occur when the runningback twists his ankle. If it is a bad sprain he can be out for the season. Strain is when the tendons that attech your muscles to your bones are stretched to far. This also occurs alot to runningbacks.

Another big one is concussions. Comcussions happen when a player recieves a blow to the head.This can result in different levels of impairment of brain functions. Symptoms of a concussion may include confusion, short term memory problems, and loss of consciousness.

Football can be a very dangerous sport. Just last year a player from Rutgers University Eric LeGrand had fractured his C3 and C4 vertabrae while trying to tackle an opposing player.  The doctors had told hom that he would be paralyzed and never walk agian. Since then he has made remarkable improvement. He tweets on how he is doing with his recovery.