1. Kevin lee
March 24 2009
Exercise science

2. Table of contents
 Introduction
 The reasons for knee injuries
 Common injuries properties
 Knee joint
 Common knee injuries
 Knee Ligament Tears
 Osgood-Schlatter Syndrome
 Anterior Cruciate Ligament
 Treatment on knee injuries
 Sport Injuries Around the Knee Outcome
 Sports knee Injuries from past

3. Introduction
 No matter how athletic person is we all get injured
 All muscles and bones are prone to get damaged or
tear if proper method is not taken
 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
 not warming up
 Not stretching
 Improper eating or lack of nutrition
 Lacking judgment of your limit
 Overdoing, pushing past limits to hard or too long
(being stupid)

5. Could end up like this……

6. Knee stretch
 Calf/Hamstring stretch
 Elevate toe
 Stay on heel
 Bend at hips, not spine
 Squeeze quad of front leg to relax hamstring
 Quad/Hip- flexor stretch
 Elevate foot of back leg
 Squeeze but cheeks of back leg to relax hip
 Reach hand to sky and twist away from back leg

7. Common Injuries Properties
 Three types of injuries
 First degree
 Second degree
 Third degree
 Tendinitis
 Dislocation and separation
 Cartilage damage
 Skin spilt

8. Knee Joints
 Is a modified hinge joint, but today more correctly
identified as a modified ellipsoid joint
 Articulation of femur and tibra
 Distal end of femur is covered in cartilage
 Held togather by the medical collateral ligament, and
lateral collateral ligament

9. Common Knee Injuries
 Knee ligament tears
 Osgood-Schlatter syndrome
 Patellofemoral syndrome
 ALC

10. Knee Ligament Tears
 Most common knee injuries
 This happens when a force is
exerted on the side of the knee
 Most people is prone to this
injuries
 This injury can be avoided with
proper stretching

11. Osgood-Schlatter Syndrome
 Sometimes referred to as
osterochondritis disease
 The ossification of the center
of bones in children
 More common in males
 The bones lengthen and if
overused they can become
inflamed and cause pain

12. Anterior Cruciate Ligament
 Common knee injury
 Twisting force applied to
bones
 Can also be from a direct blow
to the knee
 this injury can happen in
sports such as football or rugby
 This type of injury can be
serious and must be treated
with caution using the RICE
principle

13. Treatment
 Use the RICE principle
 Rest
 Ice
 Compression
 elevation

14. Sport Injuries Around the Knee
Outcome
 Broken legs
 Torn muscles
 Slowed career
 Forced retirement
 death

15. Sports Knee Injuries from
Past
 NHL
 Jeff Halpern C, September 18 2008, injuried
reserve ruptured right ACL, right knee
surgery
 St. Louis Blues Erik Johnson D, September 23
2008 injuried reserve torn right ACL and
MCL
 NBA
 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

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