TRACK FIELD

Track and Field injuries

Track and Field injuries are very common especially in elite athletes. Since athletes are pushing the physical limits that they can experience the occasional breakdown or injury. There are several causes for overuse injuries. Three main causes are:

Biomechanical imbalance
Running too much without proper breaks between
Running on hard surfaces

2 Groups

Track and field injuries can be broken into two groups:

Track Injuries (predominantly running injuries)
Field Injuries (predominantly throwing injuries and jumping or landing injuries)

Three other common injures

Overuse injuries are very common in track & field because of the repetitive motion that is needed for athletes to run. Shin splints are the number one overuse injury in track. Three other common injures are:

Chondromalacia “Runner’s knee”: it is a very painful knee ailment that occurs when the kneecap rubs against one side of the knee joint, irritating the surface underneath the patella and causing pain.
Patellar tendonitis, “Jumper’s knee” is when the patellar tendon (connects the kneecap to the shin bone) becomes inflamed. It results from overuse and also when the kneecap does not properly move up and down in its natural grove, this will cause friction which will lead to inflammation.
Stress Fractures can occur when there is a sore spot on the bone that can lead to a hairline fissure in the bone which will then turn a fracture. Fractures if left untreated can turn in to a complete break in the bone. It is very important to not continue track & field until it is treated.
AC Joint Injury
Achilles Tendon Rupture
Achilles Tendonitis / Tendinitis
ACL Injury
Adductor Tendinopathy
Anterior Ankle Impingement
Back Muscle Pain
Bicep Tendonitis
Bulging Disc
Bursitis Knee
Bursitis Shoulder
Calf Muscle Tear
Chondromalacia Patella
Corked Thigh
Degenerative Disc Disease
Dislocated Shoulder
DOMS – Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
Facet Joint Pain
Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI)
Gluteal Tendinopathy
Golfers Elbow
Groin Strain
Hamstring Strain
Heel Spur
High Ankle Sprain
Hip Arthritis (Osteoarthritis)
Hip Labral Tear
ITB Syndrome
Knee Arthritis
Knee Ligament Injuries
Meniscus Tear
Morton’s Neuroma
Muscle Strain (Muscle Pain)
Neck Arm Pain
Neck Headache
Olecranon Bursitis
Osgood Schlatter’s
Osteoarthritis
Overuse Injuries
Patella Tendonitis (Tendinopathy)
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
Peroneal Tendonitis
Pinched Nerve
Piriformis Syndrome
Plantar Fasciitis
Plica Syndrome
Poor Hip Core
Retrocalcaneal Bursitis
Rotator Cuff Calcific Tendinitis
Rotator Cuff Syndrome
Rotator Cuff Tear
Sacroiliac Joint Pain
Sciatica
Severs Disease
Shin Splints
Shoulder Impingement
Shoulder Tendonitis
Side Strain (Abdominal)
Spondylolisthesis
Sprained Ankle
Stress Fracture Feet
Tennis Elbow
Thumb Sprain
Trochanteric Bursitis

OTHER INJURIES BY SPORT

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