SPORTS INJURY

WHAT HAPPENED

• During a baseball game, a pitcher performs a brush-back pitch
• The batter got frustrated with the pitcher and rushed the mound
• Rushing the mound the pitcher and batter get in a fight
• The batter punches the pitcher in the face
• The batter suffers a boxers fracture of the fifth metatarsal

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IMPRESS

INfLAMMATION

• Inflammatory Response Phase
• Gate Control Theory
• Cryotherapy
• Reduce: Pain, Edema,Temp.
• RICE, NSAIDs, E-stim

Mobility

• Fibroblatic Repair Phase
• Gate Control & Central Biasing
• Thermotherapy
• Increase: blood flow, ROM
• Decrease: joint stiffness

Proprioception

• Fibroblastic Repair Phase
• B-Endorphin Theory
• Therapeutic exercises
• Increase: strength, load, power
• collagen tensile strength begins

Resistance

• Maturation & Remodeling Phase
• Central Biasing & B-Endorphin
• Therapeutic Exercises:
• stress ball, foam block, and hand grip
• Increases strength and ROM by AROM

Resistance

• Realignment of collagen
• Allows increase of flexibility
• Starts returning back to normal

Endurance

• Maturation & Remodeling Phase
• B-Endorphin Theory
• Exercises include:
• jogging, running, biking, elliptical work
• These will help increase cardio.

Sports Specific

• Maturation & Remodeling Phase
• B-Endorphin Theory
• Exercises will include:
• catching, throwing, batting, and fielding practice
• Ability to function in your sport activities.