#bracing for injury

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Preventing Summer Sports Injuries: Stay Safe and Enjoy the Game!

Summer is the perfect time to engage in outdoor sports and activities. However, taking simple precautions and adopting innovative practices can significantly reduce the risk of summer sports injuries. Let's explore the effective strategies for injury prevention and provide helpful information on what to do if an injury occurs.

Tips to Prevent Summer Sports Injury

Warm Up and Stretch

Proper warm-up exercises and stretching routines are vital before engaging in physical activity. They help prepare your muscles, tendons, and ligaments for the demands of the sport. Spend 10-15 minutes warming up with light jogging, jumping jacks, or dynamic stretches.

Use Appropriate Protective Gear

Wearing the right protective gear is crucial for preventing sports injuries. Depending on your chosen activity, this might include helmets, pads, mouthguards, goggles, or supportive footwear. Ensure your equipment is in good condition, fits well, and is worn correctly.

Gradual Progression

Avoid pushing yourself too hard or taking on too much too soon. Instead, gradually increase your activities' intensity, duration, and frequency. This approach allows your body to adapt and reduces the risk of overuse injuries and muscle strains.

Practice Proper Technique

Learning and practicing proper techniques is essential for injury prevention. Whether throwing a ball, swinging a racket, or tackling in a contact sport, using the correct form reduces strain on your body and minimizes the risk of acute injuries.

What to Do if an Injury Occurs?

Despite our best efforts, injuries can still occur. In a sports injury, taking immediate action to minimize damage and promote healing is essential. Here are some general steps to follow:

#1 Stop the Activity

If you sustain a sports injury, taking immediate action to minimize damage and promote recovery is essential.

#2 R.I.C.E Method

RICE stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. Allow the injured area to rest and avoid putting weight or stress on it. Next, apply ice wrapped in a cloth or a cold pack to the injured area for 15-20 minutes every 2-3 hours to reduce swelling and alleviate pain. Use an elastic bandage to compress the injured area, ensuring it is firm but tight. This helps control swelling. Additionally, elevate the injured limb above the level of your heart whenever possible to reduce swelling.

#3 Seek Medical Attention

If the pain persists, worsens, or you're unsure about the severity of the injury, it is crucial to seek medical attention from a healthcare professional. They can provide a proper diagnosis, recommend appropriate bracing for injury recovery or treatment bracing, and guide you through recovery. Remember, it's always better to be cautious and seek professional advice when dealing with sports injuries.

[bacchuschucklefuck]

and! barbarian!fig! its her

[cadere-art]

I've been struggling to draw recently so I'm attempting to warm up by doing dumb fursona scribbles. This one is titled "What the hell is wrong with my tendons"

[aloonaram]

I desperately need fics of post s2 jayvik or even an au with s2 jayce and s1 viktor where we explore the change in dynamic after jayce suffers his own leg injury in the anomaly. Im sure people have already seen all the parallels and analyses of jayce and viktor’s injuries, but it’s just a concept really special to me,,,,there’s nothing more beautiful than connecting with someone experiencing a similar struggle—it’s just so much stronger because of your ability to truly empathize with the other. And obviously that’s ignoring allll of jayvik’s history. I just think there’s so much potential there to expand on the possibilities of their relationship.

[xskyll]

Curious how many people guessed this. I know the answer is at least one! Prev / Next

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[gayaest]

A lot of his personal PTSD reactions involve irritation and anger! He doesn’t know a lot about disability culture and community until he meets other disabled people during paravolley practice!

[dreamingdraig]

Back from the dead

Bonuses:

[mactiir]

The very funny thing about having finally recovered from depression after being depressed for literally decades is. Even though I'm no longer depressed. My kneejerk initial reaction when I get overwhelmed is like "fuck it time to die" and then, because I have spent a lot of time and intention and money on therapy, my IMMEDIATE next thought is "no you won't babe, eat some broccoli. Go for a run. Go see ur friends" and the moment I've done any combination of those things I'm like singing showtunes about how good life is. Like ok brain i understand you spent the last fifteen years in a critical state but maybe we can do the broccoli first next time. Vegetables before defaulting to Habitual Symptoms please.

[imactuallyreallycool]

Day 2 of @bylerween2023 Slashers, Gore & Body Horror

[t4tozier]

what a lovely day to post about disabled richie tozier (cw: description of tics and stims!)

after the fall out of the deadlights, he severely fucks up his knees and ankles

the adrenaline keeps him going until they get out of neibolt at which point he just collapses

he leaves the hospital with knee braces and crutches and it’s a little scary at first

he’s never had any issues with walking other than then general getting-old charlie horses when he stretches the wrong way, so suddenly needing multiple aids is jarring

but eddie’s in a wheelchair now because of his spinal cord injury, so at least they can commiserate

after a few months, richie’s able to walk slowly just using the braces, but every step hurts

the under-arm crutches also sucked, though, so he finds himself using forearm crutches for anything more than walking around the house

and sometimes even then

he’s not off balance, he can stand on his own, but sometimes he wishes he had the chair because standing for too long in one place hurts, too

he’s mostly neutral about his aids but he does love helping eddie decorate his wheelchair bc he knows it’s been a huge adjustment

he slapped an old tour sticker on the back at one point and even though eddie pretends to hate it they both know it’s one of his favorites

richie’s known he’s autistic for a long time

he has some other tic disorder but he’s never looked too much into it or been diagnosed because it hasn’t been severe enough for doctors to care or recognize it as more than his normal stimming

and he doesn’t particularly care either—it’s just another part of him and getting an official diagnosis won’t actually do anything for him

he used to rock back and forth on his toes and bounce his leg a lot but that got a lot more painful after derry 2.0 so he’s had to adapt

he finds himself shaking his hands a lot more, and he still rocks when he’s sitting down

he chews on straws so much that eddie finally gets him one of those silicone ones and richie’s elated

he bites through it in a week

his tics mainly come out more when he’s stressed or intoxicated; they tend to lean more physical when stressed and verbal when he’s drunk or high and he doesn’t know why

his head/neck jerks so hard he strains muscles and he’s hit his chest with enough force to bruise before but he doesn’t try to avoid them because he knows it’ll only make it worse

when he’s drunk he does a lot of humming and whistling—he can perfectly mimic the tweet whistle/ringtone

he actually doesn’t have coprolalia, although he will absolutely blame his lack of filter on his tics if needed

the man did not know what ableism was until derry but now he calls the losers out all the time as a joke

he had a meltdown when mike called him

he spends so much of his time masking around other people that it was hard for him to drop it and he has meltdowns more frequently than he really should as a result

he’s finally started to relax around the losers like he used to, but some days he puts the wrong clothes on and he made the last of the cinnamon raisin toast last night when he got the munchies and there are too many dishes in the sink and when he tries to wash them the water gets inside of the gloves and everything’s just itch itch wet wrong bad and eddie finds him curled in a ball on the floor of the kitchen

when this happens, eddie makes sure richie has his phone so he can text if he wants and he gets the cinnamon raisin bread delivered and has richie change into comfier clothes when he’s ready to move and then they go watch a movie with richie’s head in eddie’s lap and everything is always loud loud loud in richie’s head but for a few minutes, at least, it’s quiet

[sikyurame]

God anyone with canes, crutches, wheelchairs, or any other disability device deserves a fucking APPLAUSE.

It is not easy.

[archivingbarca]

FCBarcelona: Nice job, kiddo

(twitter, 27/08/24)

[water7-ebooks]

"do it scared" "do it alone" "do it poorly" yes and also do it clumsy. if you're trying out a foreign language try speaking it even if you're having trouble with pronunciation or inflection. cook something just by eyeballing it. draw or write if you have hand tremors. give a speech if you have a stutter. make a mess, get a little embarrassed, it's fine. you only have so much time in this world, laugh at yourself and keep going.

[benjitoum]

Perfection! Plaster and wooden crutches in the present-day.

[simswithdisability]

Found some lovely Ankle Braces by Sunflowerpetalscc!

(Click the text to get 'em!)

[chronicillnesscaneffoffplease]

Chanting softly to myself: visible braces are not bad. It is good to use them when you need them. Visible braces are not bad. It is good to use them when you need them. Visible braces are not bad. It is good to use them when you need them.