Preventing Basketball Injuries in Sports students

1. Preventing Basketball
Injuries
Dr.Kiran Kunwar(PT)
BPT,MPT(Ortho&Sports)
Ortho-Neuro Physiotherapy &Rehab center
Ghorahi-15, Dang
In association with

2. Basketball Injuries: Prevention is
Key
• High-intensity, physically
demanding sport
– requires a lot of physical exertion
• Players are at risk for a
variety of injuries
– from sprained ankles to
concussions
• Good news
– many of these injuries can be
prevented with the right

3. When do basketball injuries
occur?
• Two physical mechanisms
account for roughly half of all
injuries:
– Collisions with another player
– Jumping and landing

4. Causes of Basketball Injuries
• Lack of conditioning
– strength, agility, and endurance
• Overuse injuries
– players push their bodies too hard without allowing
enough time for rest and recovery.
• Poor technique
– put unnecessary strain on joints and muscles, leading
to injury.

5. Common Basketball Injuries

6. Anklesprains

7. Kneeinjuries

8. Stressfracture

9. Rotatorcuffinjury

10. Concussion

11. Preventing Basketball Injuries
• Good Conditioning
– strength, agility, and endurance training

12. Preventing Basketball Injuries
• Warm up
– Starting engine in cold
– stretching exercises and light cardio (5-15 min)

13. Preventing Basketball Injuries
• Wearing appropriate gears
– well-fitting supportive shoes with non-skid bottoms- good traction (grip)
and high tops with ankle support.
– necessary padding or braces to protect vulnerable areas like your ankles and
knees.

14. Preventing Basketball Injuries
• Using proper technique
– maintaining good posture, using the correct form when
shooting and passing, and avoiding sudden movements that
could put strain on your joints.

15. Recovering from Basketball
Injuries

16. Recovering from Basketball
Injuries
• Protection:
– Using crutches, boot or splint to limit use in more severe cases may be needed, but in
most case may not be needed as one thought.

17. Recovering from Basketball
Injuries
• Rest:
– first 24-48 hours -limit your weight bearing physical activities,

18. Recovering from Basketball
Injuries
• Ice:
– 15-20-minutes to reduce pain & swelling.
– mild to moderate swelling is normal -process of healing
– Avoid putting the ice directly on the swollen area

19. Recovering from Basketball
Injuries
• Compression:

20. Recovering from Basketball
Injuries
• Elevate:
– use pillows to elevate your ankle while you are sitting or
lying down

21. Recovering from Basketball
Injuries
• Active:
– once swelling and pain has subsided start motion exercises
and slowly introduce light weight bearing.
– After 48 hrs

22. Remember!

23. Warmup
• Cardio
– Slowjogging(5min)
• Stretching
– Static(5min)
– Dynamic(5min)

24. 15 minutes for injury prevention is always better
than 15 months of cure
-Dr. Kiran Kunwar (PT)

25. • Gurukul academy in association with Ortho-Neuro Physiotherapy
center has conducted a programme on "Preventing Basketball
Injuries". Dr. Kiran Kunwar (PT) ,who is an ortho and sports
physiotherapist, has already worked with many national and
international players for many years . He has talked about
basketball injuries , its causes, types, preventive measures and first
aid. He also conducted a warmup training session for players. He is
a founder and chief consultant physiotherapist at Ortho-Neuro
Physiotherapy center, which is a first international standard
multispeciality physiotherapy center in Ghorahi Dang.
• "15 minutes for injury prevention is always better than 15 months
of cure"- Dr. Kiran Kunwar (PT)