You are here: Homepage > Sport Channel > The Body > Project Room > Project 2 Project 2 — Learn about sport medicine (Grades 4-6, 7-9) Active people from all walks of life sometimes suffer painful and serious sports injuries. Breaking your leg could happen simply by tripping over a shoelace while trying to catch a fly ball. Medical sports researchers are the scientists who help to develop cures and therapies for injured athletes. They play a very important role in the world of athletics; without them, accomplished athletes like tennis champ Monica Seles or Silken Laumann would have been unable to return to their sports after their injuries. To get a feel for what it's like to be a medical sports researcher, do a little bit of research, and put together a how-to guide on how sports-lovers can recover from and avoid one of the following injuries. Make your guide as colourful and informative as possible. The website Sports Injury Bulletin would be helpful for any of these research activities. Broken bones: Caused by a fall or a collision, a broken arm or leg would need to be set in a cast and could take a long time to heal. What sports do you think have a higher incidence of broken bones in players? How would you diagnose such an injury? How would you help a patient regain the strength in a broken limb? What advice would you give them on how to avoid another broken bone? These websites could help you out: • Fractures • Fractures and Broken Bones • Fractures and Splinting • Foods That Help to Heal Broken Bones Concussion: Caused by a bump to the head, a concussion is an injury to the brain. Such an injury can be very serious; while most patients recover from such injuries with time, others aren't so lucky and suffer life-long difficulties. Can you find out the symptoms of a concussion? What types of athletes do you think are at risk of concussions? How long do they take to recover? What can athletes do to avoid concussions? How would you advise a patient to recover from such an injury and prevent another one in the future? These websites could help you out: • Facts About Concussion and Brain Injury • About Helmet Safety from the Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute • Winter Sports Safety • About Ski Helmets Tendon and ligament injuries: Included in this category is everything from sprained ankles and knee problems to repetitive strain injuries and dislocated shoulders. Tendons are the tissues that connect muscle to bone, and ligaments are the tissues that connect bones together. People injure these tissues when they twist a joint (e.g. ankle, wrist, or knee) or do repetitive tasks. This doesn't happen just to professional athletes. Find out what causes a specific tendon or ligament injury, how to avoid it, and the best way to recover as quickly and fully as possible. These websites could help you out: • Achilles Tendon Injury • Knee Tendonitis • Things That Hurt When You Move • How to Treat a Sprained Ankle • Strains and Sprains Opens project in a new window for printing. Alpine Skier, Britt Janyk View all athlete biographies... Choose from any of the Projects listed below to learn more about this program. Project 1 Draw your innards! (Grades 4-6) Project 2 Learn about sport medicine (Grades 4-6, 7-9) Project 3 Body type and sport (Grades 4-6) Project 4 Design an experiment (Grades 4-6, 7-9) Cliquez ici pour cet épisode en français Athlete  |  Sport  |  Culture  |  About Education2010.ca  |  Contact  |  Help Page  |  Feedback Form Statement of Liability Copyright © 2002 - Open Learning Agency. All rights reserved.