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    The origins and history of wrestling date back as far as 15‚000 years with depictions of wrestling found in cave drawings in France. Wrestling is one of the oldest historical sports rivaled only by track and field‚ and has been seen in ancient literature and games of Greece and early Egypt. The most notable influence of wrestling comes from the Olympics‚ where it was introduced in 708BC . There are many forms of wrestling including Greco-Roman‚ Freestyle‚ Folk style‚ and Catch wrestling; all of which

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    We collide and my ankle takes and awkward landing. The next thing I know my right ankle is in so much pain and I can barely play anymore. I walk it off to the locker room and scream in pain when I realize that I probably won’t be playing for a while. I knew it wasn’t broken because I could still limp on it. I go to the trainer she gives me an ice pack and tells me to go see a doctor if I can. I missed the tournament the following weekend and the weekend after that. My ankle was so swollen I could

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    Figure skaters are at increased risk to ankle injuries‚ particularly injuries to the peroneal tendon. This is mainly due to the increase in boot stiffness since the elimination of figures and shift of training focus to freestyle‚ mainly‚ jumping. Today‚ boots must be stiffer than ever to accommodate impact from more triple and quadruple jumps (Porter et al. 2007). This in turn causes ankles to become weaker and injury rates to increase‚ especially due to poor training habits. According to estimations

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    injuries in basketbll

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    the most common injury sustained is to the ankle. Ankle sprains occur with some frequency‚ either as a result of the player landing in a position where the foot is not stable‚ causing the ankle to roll outward on impact‚ or where the player lands upon another player’s foot‚ which also creates an uneven surface and causes the foot and the ankle to roll outward. It is a rare competitive basketball player who has not sustained a number of at least minor ankle sprains in their career. Many players‚ especially

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    name due to data protection act 1998 and confidentiality of service users‚ was complaining of a sore ankle he said it was throbbing and had been sore all day. I asked him if he wouldn’t mind showing me were it was sore‚ he said that was fine so I suggested we went into the quiet room the reason I done this was to ensure Graeme’s privacy and to ensure that he was happy for me to look at his ankle this falls in line with the codes of conduct set out by the Nursing and Midwifery Council the professional

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    Gymnastics College Essay

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    feel the cruel glares being sent my way as I descended the stairs to the floor of the arena. When I got to the bottom I paused for a moment to pray before I went to go meet up with my team; “Dear God‚ please help me to perform my very best despite my ankle. Please give me the power to push through the pain‚ the concentration to block out the deafening noise and focus on my own actions‚ and please keep me and all the competitors safe today as we do what we love. Thank you for this opportunity and help

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    Sports Injury

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    side to side in a fast motion and lunging frontward. They are many ways you can prevent injury in sports‚ such as taping your ankle to prevent a ankle spine or wearing a knee brace to stop or knee from going out of it range of motion that its meant to go in. These thing can or could stop you from being out the season or ending your sports career just by sampling wearing ankle tape. You can also life weights and train your musicals to get stronger and more prepared for games like active‚ and stress

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    Common Injuries

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    are usually found on the ankle because a lot of pressure is being put on the ligaments. A strain also stretches or tears muscles or tendons. These often happen in the lower back and hamstrings. Causes of a Sprain A common example of a sprain is a twisted ankle. This usually happens when you are doing things such as running‚ hiking‚ and football. Stepping on an uneven surface‚ it is possible to roll your ankle. Doing this‚ it stretches ligaments on the outside of your ankle. Causes of a Strain A

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    shot include the hip‚ knee‚ ankle‚ shoulder‚ elbow‚ and wrist. All of these joints flex and extend. The jump shot can be split into three parts: the set-up‚ the jump and release‚ and the post-release. The set-up involves a lot of flexion and extension of the hip‚ knee‚ ankle‚ and shoulder. Hip flexion occurs first and flexion of both knees until the thighs are parallel to the ground follows closely. Knee flexion occurs simultaneously with dorsi-flexion of both ankles to lessen the force of landing

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    Session Summary

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    Unfortunately this week we were unable to have a session with Cindy. Before we started our stretch class Cindy had fallen out in the parking lot and rolled her ankle. She fell forward and cut her hand as well as bruised her cheek. When we found out that it was Cindy who had fallen we immediately went over to her to see how she was doing. She was icing her ankle and had a covering over her hand. During this time there was discussion of what should be done in Cindy’s best interest. Cindy left the YMCA to go to

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