What is classed as an accident? An accident is an unforeseen incident or circumstance that occurs which may result in a loss, damage or injury. Sometimes what may be seen as an accident can also be because of a negligent act where a duty of care was owed but not received. A reasonable foreseeability must be proven before it can be established if a duty of care existed and whether someone was liable for the damage. Accidents do not occur nearly as much due to more negligent acts occurring where the
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: 1. Is KT Taping a “cure” for an injury? I do not use the word “cure” with KT Tape. Even as a practicing therapist I may say that I assisted the patient in solving a problem related to mechanics or inflammation. If a runner uses ibuprofen and symptoms improve, this does not equate to a cure. Use of the tape does not replace other treatment or common sense but rather serves as a modality in prevention or recovery most often in conjunction with standard care. KT Tape can be used to aid the athlete
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Should Children Wear Helmets? Are helmets important to wear? My partner and I believe that helmets need to be worn by every child in order to keep them safe. If you wear a helmet while you are riding your bike, skating, or other activities where you can get hurt it will protect you. “Do you think that helmets are important to wear?” If you do not, hopefully we can change your thinking. Many people believe that helmets are not important to wear, but we strongly believe that they are. Helmets are
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physical game with large injury risk, but as the years go on the game continues to become more and more dangerous. Even with the helps of pads and the newest, safest helmets players still have an extremely high probability of sustaining a minor or serious injury. Some of these injuries can create long lasting health problems that can affect an athlete throughout the rest of their lives. Football is to dangerous of a sport for high school students, because it can cause serious injuries like concussions and
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During my junior year of high school, I broke my leg playing soccer. This injury caused a variety of health issues, consisting of nerve damage, torn muscles, and mobility problems. With the intention of playing soccer my senior year, I worked assiduously to regain my strength and flexibility. Despite my efforts to achieve full flexibility, the ability to point my toe persisted as a challenge to overcome. My physical therapists recommended a stretching technique requiring me to kneel on the floor
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Over stretch or tearing of the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee (can be a tear that is partial or complete) Method of injury is when your foot is firmly planted on the ground and a force hits your knee cuasing the tear in your ligament A loud Pop sound Severe pain Not able to continue the activity Swelling Loss of ROM Instability giving way For the swelling apply first aid R.I.C.E Rest Ice Compression Elevation Most doctors offer surgery if you want to continue doing the sport. After surgery
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High contact sports such as hockey football and lacrosse have been around for many years. The injuries that occur to the players during these sports have been around for just as long. The human body is not designed to take on blows over and over again in our lives, if it were our organs and structures would be made up of much stronger materials. The standards of today are based around an activity that has many negative outcomes. People have been building their whole lives around sports for a long
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taking advantage and overemphasizing his injury to keep collecting a check and not have to work. The employee who had injured himself did have validation from a healthcare assistant, who supported his injury claim. From the documents, we can see the medical providers and the employee stated his injury prevented him from walking, and other various job duties. After being seen by medical advisor, the claimant was under investigation or watch to see if his injuries added up to his claims. From video surveillance
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pack are sodium acetate crystals which trigger the device to become warm. This process is called exothermic, meaning release of heat/energy. Hot packs can potentially soothe your injuries or sore spots. Hot packs and cold packs are different devices, but they can be used to heal/soothe the same sore spot or injury on your body. When you first activate a hot pack it takes time for it to actually start to get warm. When you place the hot pack into warm/hot water the heat flow is usually high
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ACL Reconstruction Anterior Cruciate Ligament or ACL is injured in many adolescent athletes. The ACL is a very common injury that happens to the ligament in the knee. The ACL is one of the four strongest ligament in the knee. “The bones of the skeleton are joined together by ligaments, which are strong, fibrous bands or sheets of connective tissue” (Kendall, McCreary, Provance, Rodgers, & Romani, 2005, p.9). ACL helps to support the knee when being active in sports or in situations where there
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