Sports Injuries

Who does not like to play sports? We all do right. Playing  sports makes us more alert, makes us physically active and super cool. Sports involves lot of physical activity and thus is highly prone area for injuries. Sports injuries varies from one sport to other sport. Excessive swelling can affect the motion and interrupt the natural healing process. Some common injuries may take several months to heal, even after good treatment. If the injury is severe, the entire muscle including tendon and ligament is torn away you may need an urgent surgery. We have the best orthopedic surgeon  and medical experts  in AXIS Hospital where you can get rid of your pain.

Some of the common injuries which occurs while playing sports can be sprains and strains, knee injuries, pain along the sheen bone, fractures some times multiple, swollen muscles, tendon or ligament injuries and sometimes may also cause dislocations specially ball-socket (Knee, Hip and Shoulder Joints) and many more injuries which may need orthopedic treatments. Injuries are those which we cannot avoid, we only have to cure it. Some injuries take longer time to heal like fractures or knee injuries. Knee Injuries may also need knee replacement surgery and quick medical consultation so that the treatment starts quickly and hence can expect faster recovery.

Swelling is the normal response to all such kind of injuries.  If you are  injured you  must take care, so that you will  heal quickly. You should protect yourself from getting injured in future. Complete rest should be taken and all the physical activities must be restricted. Ice treatment is the most beneficial treatment, as it slows the inflammation and swelling after the injury, ice packs also helps in numbing the sore tissues.  It also reduce the nerve impulses in the area. Ice packs  also decrease the tissue damage. Compression with elastic bandage will help reduce swelling. You should also see that one elevate the injured area. Elevating the injured area above the heart level  will also lessen the swelling. Injuries have to be treated well so that you can play your favorite sport again with a bang!

In day to day life no one has enough time to look after the injuries. We cannot stop them we can definitely  avoid them . Listed below are the few steps we can take:

• Do your warm-up exercises (any people avoid)
• Run on the grounds, avoid tar roads.
• Run on the flat surfaces .
• Do your stretches before and after your activity.
• While jumping, make sure you land up keeping your knees bend.
• Check your physical health before playing.
• Avoid overdoing it .
• Be mentally happy.