What are some of the most common knee injuries among athletes?
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Young Athletes are always prone towards suffering different kinds of injuries relate to their knees. All the mentioned options i.e. Distal Femur Fracture, Tibial Tuberosity Avulsion and Meniscus Tear are three of the most common injuries related to knee which athletes tend to suffer.
Athletes involved in throwing activities and havyweight lifting suffer from rotator cuff injury?
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Rotator cuff refers to a group of muscles and tendons that assist in holding the shoulder joint in place and allow people to move their arms and shoulder. Injury occurs for all those players who are involved in throwing activities and affect even those who are into heavy weightlifting.
What are the possible causes behind the Meniscus Tear Knee Injury?
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Meniscus Tear injury can occur when the knee gets twisted unknowingly when the shredded cartilage breaks loose and catches in the joint. These situations mostly occur while doing squatting or while stepping. Other than these, contact sports like football, rugby can put athletes at risk of Meniscus Tear.
Tennis Players are exempt from any kind of shoulder or knee injury.
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Tennis Players are equally prone towards suffering from shoulder injuries. One very common injury for all these players is SLAP tear. This refers to a tear to the ring of cartilage that surrounds one s shoulder socket. SLAP Tear tends to develop over a period of time from repititive overhead motions while serving or even play a forehand shot in Tennis.
How can sports persons treat the injuries of Knee and Shoulder?
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Some of the treatment options include regular massages by physios who attend to the players so that the muscles are kept loose. Along with this, by preventing over-exertion of knee and shoulder through proper rest.
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