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Sports Injuries Case Study

You are to complete a Research Report that follows the process in addressing the following sections and questions.

Choose a sport that you participate in or are interested in.
Select / identify a specific sports injury that is significant for that sport.
Investigate and present information which explains the following aspects:
1. What were your reasons for selecting this specific sports injury?
2. What body structures are damaged?
3. Analyse your selected sport to identify and explain what movements or circumstances within that sport contribute to this injury occurring?

Injury Management Outlines the necessary processes in recovering from a sports injury
Injury Fact Sheets prevention and management for 12 common sporting injuries
Sports Injuries Sports injuries are commonly caused by overuse, direct impact, or the application of force that is greater than the body part can structurally withstand.
How are Sports Injuries Classified and Managed Examines the process of classification of sporting injuries & focuses on the assessment and management strategies that are appropriate for different types of sporting injuries based on their initial classification.

Cricket Fact Sheet
Avoid Being Bowled Over The pace of cricket, hazards of the play and expectations of the players have all increased over time. In addition, there are very different physical demands involved in different types of cricket, which has meant the injury profile is slightly different between five day test matches and one day matches.
Top 5 Cricket Injuries

Volleyball Fact Sheet Volleyball places many demands on the technical and physical skills of players. During the course of play, players serve, pass, set, attack, block and dig the ball. Although the game brings many health benefits, injuries can and do occur.
Volleyball Injuries Volleyball injuries are generally defined as either acute and traumatic or overuse injuries. Acute or traumatic injuries occur due to a sudden force, or impact, such as a fall or a stumble.
Preventing Volleyball Injuries volleyball injuries rank lowest for all major sports, volleyball players are at risk for both traumatic and overuse injuries.

Swimming Injries Swimmers are unfortunately prone to overuse injuries affecting the shoulder, neck, lower back and knees.
Injury Prevention in Swimming Injuries are common in a high performance sport like swimming. This is due to the large volume of training that most swimmers need to undertake to reach the elite level. The most common injuries swimmers sustain are to the shoulder, knee, neck and back. Whilst injuries are common there are some simple steps that you can take to reduce the risk of sustaining such injuries.
New Moves in Preventing and Managing Swimmer's Shoulder Sample of a workshop
Swimmer safety resource backed by pros

Football (Soccer) Fact Sheet Fact sheet of injuries
Stopping soccer injuries The exceptional skills of soccer players often lead to injury.

Running Fact Sheet: Sports Medicine Australia
HOW TO PREVENT COMMON RUNNING INJURIES A review of studies suggests that as few as 19 per cent or as many as 79 per cent of runners are sidelined each year. Many multiple times. Some—ouch—never run again.
Running Injuries
Sports injuries

Basketball Injuries With modern basketball’s fast pace game come many opportunities for injuries. It is estimated that more than 1.6 million injuries are associated with basketball each year.
Common Basketball Injuries Basketball injuries are generally defined as either acute/traumatic or overuse injuries
10 Most Common Basketball Injuries