Types of Spinal Injuries
Learn more from WebMD about Achilles tendon injuries, including their causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Your speed -- combined with the way that you twist or turn your knee -- makes it likely that you’ll stretch or tear your ACL. ACL injuries are more common among women than men. What Are the Symptoms? Many people hear a popping noise in their knee when they get hurt. But it doesn’t happen to everyone. More common symptoms include: Pain.
What Causes Ankle Injuries? An ankle injury occurs when the ankle joint is twisted too far out of its normal position. Most ankle injuries occur either during sports activities or while walking on an uneven surface that forces the foot and ankle into an unnatural position.
There’s no escaping the stream of headlines this football season about the effects of repeated concussions on the long-term mental health and mental function of football players. While the concerns behind those headlines focus on concussions involving brain injury, they’re only part of the concussion story in football.
Symptoms of a separated shoulder are: Intense pain as soon as the injury occurs; Tenderness of the shoulder and collarbone; Swelling; Bruising; Deformed shoulder; To diagnose a separated shoulder or dislocated shoulder, your doctor will give you a thorough exam. You may need X-rays to rule out broken bones and other conditions.
Golfer's elbow is usually caused by overusing the muscles in the forearm that allow you to grip, rotate your arm, and flex your wrist. Repetitive flexing, gripping, or swinging can cause pulls or tiny tears in the tendons.
What's the Treatment for a Groin Pull? Happily, a groin pull will usually heal on its own. You just need to give it some time and rest. To speed the healing, you can: Ice the inside of your thigh to reduce pain and swelling. Experts recommend doing it for 20 to 30 minutes every 3 to 4 hours for 2 to 3 days, or until the pain is gone.
A pulled hamstring or strain is an injury to one or more of the muscles at the back of the thigh. Most hamstring injuries respond well to simple, nonsurgical treatments. Hamstring muscle injuries happen when the muscle is put under too much stress, typically when it is stretched under pressure.
If you have a spinal cord injury, look for these signs of a neurogenic bladder: Loss of bladder control (urinary incontinence) Inability to empty the bladder; Urinary frequency; Urinary tract infections. Signs of neurogenic bowel include: Loss of bowel control (bowel incontinence) Constipation; Bowel frequency; Lack of bowel movements.