This document discusses the differences between acute and chronic sports injuries. Acute injuries occur during exercise or sports from an external force, with symptoms like strains, sprains, or fractures. Chronic injuries are overuse injuries that develop over time from repetitive motions in activities like running or tennis. The document provides tips for treating and preventing both acute and chronic injuries, such as resting injuries, seeing a doctor for severe pain, stretching properly, using good form, and warming up before exercise.

1. Sports Injuries
A difference between
Chronic and Acute Injuries

2. What are sports Injuries?
“Sports Injuries” are Injuries that
occur during playing or exercising.
These injuries may occur due to
improper gear or improper
practices/trainings.

3. Some Sports Injuries
• Sprains and strains.
• Knee injuries.
• Swollen muscles.
• Achilles tendon
injuries.
• Pain along the shin

4. Some Sports Injuries
(Contd.)
• Fractures.
• Dislocations.

5. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
ACUTE AND CHRONIC INJURY?

6. Acute Injuries
Acute injuries are injuries that
occur during:
 Exercising
 Playing a Sport
 Working
They are actually caused by an
external source

7. Acute Injuries
Symptoms:
• Strain and sprains.
• Knee or elbow
injuries.
• Muscular swelling.
• Achilles tendon
injuries.
• Shin bone pain.
• Fractures.
• Dis-locations.

8. Chronic Injuries
Chronic injuries are also called
Overuse injuries. They occur due to the
over-use of a certain part/area of the
body.
Examples:
 running,
 overhand throwing
 serving in tennis

9. REMEDIES OR TREATMENT FOR
ACUTE INJURIES

10. Remedies/ Treatments
Trying to work through the injury
is a stupid thing to do. It will be
much more harmful.
• Stop Playing!
• Stop Exercising!

11. Remedies/Treatments
Some injuries can be self-treated
but some injury cases should be
seen by a Doctor.

12. Cases to be seen by the
Doctor
 severe pain, swelling, numbness.
 Putting weight over the injured area
causes pain.
 Pain or swelling in an old injury.
 Feeling pain, instability or
abnormality in the joint.

13. Self-treatable cases
Cases other than those which
require doctor’s attention
can be self treated.

14. How to prevent Sports
Injuries!

15. Prevention Tips
• Make sure you are in good shape to
play or to exercise.
• Do proper stretching
• Take care of your muscles while
working out.
• Bending and jumping technique
should always be proper.

16. Prevention Tips (contd.)
• Make sure you have proper and good
gear for the sport you play.
• Always take security measures.
• Avoid playing, exercising or working
when you are injured.

17. Prevention Tips (contd.)
• Always do warm up
exercises before playing or
exercising .
• Everything has a limit, keep
that in mind. Don’t push
yourself too far.

18. “Prevention is better than
cure”