Sports Medicine

Troy Kenneth Aikman, Dallas Cowboys Quarterback

1989 - 2001

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)

Athletic Trainer, ATC

• Deals with the care and prevention of athletic injuries

*What is the difference between an athletic trainer and a personal trainer?

The Sports Medicine Team

• Athletic Trainer

• Physical Therapist

• Chiropractor

• Masseur

• Dentist/Oral Surgeon

• Exercise Physiologist

Medical Terminology

Sign

• Objective indicators that are observable by others

Symptom

• Experienced only by the patient

• Subjective

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• Etiology –

• Diagnosis –

• Prognosis –

Planes of the Body

• Sagittal plane –

• Frontal –

• Transverse –

Abdominal Quadrants

Right Upper Quadrant Left Upper Quadrant

Belly Button

Right Lower Quadrant Left Lower Quadrant

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)

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 KEHR’s SIGN

Liver pain in the right shoulder

What is “getting the wind knocked out?”

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

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