Sports Medicine

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Sports Medicine

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Troy Kenneth Aikman, Dallas Cowboys
Quarterback 1989 - 2001
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Sports Medicine

• The branch of medicine that deals with the
  prevention and treatment of injuries that occur
  to athletes and the active population
• - anatomy - physiology
• - strength training - psychology
• - nutrition - therapeutic modalities
  (ice, heat, e-stim, ultrasound)

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Athletic Trainer, ATC

• Deals with the care and prevention of athletic
  injuries
• What is the difference between an athletic
  trainer and a personal trainer?

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The Sports Medicine Team

• Athletic Trainer
• Physical Therapist
• Chiropractor
• Masseur
• Dentist/Oral Surgeon
• Exercise Physiologist

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Medical Terminology
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Sign

• Objective indicators that are observable by
  others

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Symptom

• Experienced only by the patient
• Subjective
• -

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• Etiology
• Diagnosis
• Prognosis

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Planes of the Body

• Sagittal plane
• Frontal
• Transverse

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Abdominal Quadrants

• Right Upper Quadrant Left Upper Quadrant
• Belly Button
• Right Lower Quadrant Left Lower Quadrant

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Underlying Anatomy

• Right lobe of liver Spleen
• Gallbladder Stomach
• Parts of stomach Pancreas
• Small and large intestine Parts of large
  intestine
• Appendix Most of small intestine
• Ovary (female) Parts of large intestine
• Spermatic cord (male) Ovary (female)
• Small intestine Spermatic cord (male)

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Referred Pain

• Many abdominal injuries will cause pain in a body
  part away from the injured area
• What causes it? innervated by the same spinal
  segment
• Ex Spleen injury may cause pain in the left
  shoulder and upper arm KEHRs
  SIGN
• Liver pain in the right shoulder

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What is getting the wind knocked out?

• Direct blow to the solar plexus region of
  nerves in the upper middle abdomen