This document discusses common injuries encountered by officiating officials and athletes. It defines key terms like sprains, strains, fractures and dislocations. Sprains are injuries to ligaments connecting bones in a joint caused by overstretching or overusing muscles. Strains involve tearing muscles or tendons connecting muscles to bone from overstretching or contraction. Common knee injuries include tendonitis, meniscus injuries and tears to the ACL from twisting or forceful bending. Fractures are bone breaks that can be acute from injury or stress fractures from repeated stress over time. Dislocations separate the bones forming a joint, requiring medical attention. The document provides worksheets to identify injuries and appropriate first responses.

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