Common Injuries of Officiating Officials and Athletes

1. COMMON INJURIES
ENCOUNTERED BY
OFFICIATING OFFICIALS
AND ATHLETES
SOZIL M. PENARANDA
IMSHS/MAPEH 9

2. WHAT IS FIRST AID?
IS AN IMMEDIATE AND
TEMPORARY CARE GIVEN
TO A PERSON WHO HAS
BEEN INJURED OR
SUDDENLY TAKEN ILL.

3. OBJECTIVES OF FIRST
AID
 TO ALLEVIATE SUFFERING
 TO PREVENT ADDED/
FURTHER INJURY OR
DANGER
 TO PROLONG LIFE

4. COMMON INJURIES
 SPRAINS
 STRAINS
 KNEE INJURY
 FRACTURES
 DISLOCATIONS

5. SPRAINS
ARE INJURIES TO
LIGAMENTS, THE
TOUGH BANDS
CONNECTING BONES IN
A JOINT. SOMETIMES
CALLED “PULLED
MUSCLES”: OVER-
STRETCHING OR
OVERUSING A MUSCLE
THAT CAUSES TEARS
IN THE MUSCLE FIBERS
OR TENDONS

6. STRAINS
IS A TWIST, PULL OR
TEAR OF A MUSCLE
OR TENDON – A CORD
OF TISSUE
CONNECTING
MUSCLES TO BONE. IT
IS AN ACUTE, NON-
CONTACT INJURY
THAT RESULTS FROM
OVERSTRETCHING OR
OVER-CONTRACTION.

7. STRAIN VS SPRAIN

8. KNEE
INJURIES  CAN RESULT
FROM A BLOW OR
TWIST TO THE
KNEE, FROM
IMPROPER
LANDING AFTER A
JUMP OR FROM
RUNNING TOO
HARD, TOO MUCH
OR WITHOUT
PROPER WARM-
UP.

9. RUNNERS KNEE – A CONDITIONS THAT CAUSE PAIN
AROUND THE KNEECAP OR PATELLA.
 ITBS ( ILIOTIBIAL BAND SYNDROME) – THE
PAIN IS OUTSIDE OF THE KNEE WHEN
RUNNING
TENDONITIS (ACHILLES TENDONITIS) – OCCURS
WHEN THE ACHILLES TENDON, FOUND AT
THE BACK OF THE ANKLE, BECOMES INFLAMED.
 MENISCUS INJURY – CAUSED BY FORCEFUL
TWISTING OR HYPER-FLEXING OF THE KNEE
JOINT
ACL (ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT) – IS THE
OVERSTRETCHING OR TEARING OF THE ANTERIOR
CRUCIATE LIGAMENT IN THE KNEE.

10. FRACTURES
IS A BREAK IN THE BONE THAT
CAN OCCUR FROM EITHER A
QUICK, ONE-TIME INJURY TO
THE BONE(ACUTE FRACTURE)
OR FROM REPEATED STRESS
TO THE BONE OVER TIME
(STRESS FRACTURE)
THE MOST COMMON SYMPTOM
OS A STRESS FRACTURE IS
PAIN AT THE SITE THAT
WORSENS WITH WEIGHT
BEARING
ACTIVITIES.TENDERNESS AND
SWELLING OFTEN ACCOMPANY
THE PAIN.

11. DISLOCATION
WHEN THE TWO BONES
THAT COME TOGETHER
TO FORM A JOINT
BECOME SEPARATED
THE JOINT IS
DESCRIBED BEING
DISLOCATED.
A DISLOCATED JOINT IS
AN EMERGENCY
SITUATION THAT
REQUIRES MEDICAL

12. INJURY DEFINITION TYPES
BONES
MUSCULAR
LIGAMENTS
WORKSHEET
COMMON INJURIES OF OFFICIATING OFFICIALS AND ATHLETES

13. INJURY 1 INJURY 2 INJURY 3
1 1. 1.
2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3.
WORKSHEET No. 2
Give three injuries you have seen or watched and write the first three
things you will do in the situation.

14. SOZIL M. PENARANDA
IMSHS/MAPEH 9