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Sports injuries

A lot of injuries to the ankle joint and foot result from wearing the wrong shoe for the wrong type of sport. Foto: Fotolia

A vast number of the more common injuries experienced by amateur sportsmen and women could easily be prevented or at least be reduced by using a little common sense, i.e., by taking the right steps when exercising.

Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano. Have you recognised one of the most misquoted latin sayings? The words roughly translate as: it is to be prayed that a sound mind be in a sound body. For the purposes of our article we could understand from the phrase that a little common sense is something that is expected in healthy exercise and activity.

This, unfortunately, is not always the case. Sensible exercising includes quite a few things that many people don’t even consider when they participate in sport. A lot of injuries to the ankle joint and foot result from wearing the wrong shoe for the wrong type of sport. Simple things such as warming up and, especially, cooling down are ignored, that is, correct stretching before and after sport, regardless of what type of sport it is.

Catherine Croghan

Sie finden den vollständigen Artikel hier oder auch in Die PTA IN DER APOTHEKE 10/08 ab Seite 22.

Catherine Croghan

Stichworte: English for PTA, ankle joint, cartilage, hamstring, sports, sports injuries, sprained ankle

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