Sprain:
The player may get sprain. The feet and the wrists are prone to receive sprains. The ligaments and tissues quickly crack by chance around it. The player feels pain and is unable to take part in the game.
Type of Sprain:
Broadly speaking, there are two types of sprain-
1. Ordinary Sprain: In such a case the player gets slight in-jury on the tissue groups that crack, and he does not feel much pain.
2. Heavy Sprain: The player gets hard injury on his tissue group, and feels much pain, and is unable to take part in the game.
Causes:
There may be causes of sprain, some of which are as follows:
- The feet of the player land on uneven place.
- Sometimes the jumping pit is not well dug out.
- Sprain is caused sometimes when the player is not properly warmed up before actual play.
- The weakness of joints.
- The lack of proper coaching.
- A sudden fall while running.
- Sprain may be caused because of inadequate or rough sports equipment such as stud loose boots used in football.
Symptoms:
Whenever a player gets sprain on his joints, he feels pain on the very joint. He is unable to carry on with his game. He feels as if his joint has lost strength and is inflamed.
Treatment:
- When a player gets sprain, he should be called out of the play ground.
- By pouring cold water on the sprained joint or putting some ice on it, the bleeding slows down internally and the swelling also decreases.
- Dressing on the sprained joint also reduces the pain and swelling. Dressing should be done in shape of number 8.
- The sprained joint should be fomented after 48 hours.
- The player should not be allowed to move much.
- Index should be applied after 48 hours on the upper part of the joint. The patient may get some relief and the swelling decreases.
- The sprained joint should be fomented by warm lemon.
