What are repetitive strain injuries? Repetitive strain injuries can occur from repeated movements that stress a particular muscle or tendon. These types of injuries can occur in many parts of the body and symptoms can include inflammation, pain, numbness, or a restricted range of movement around the affected area.
Symptoms can often persist for longer than other sudden injuries, especially if they are not treated. Below we review some common repetitive strain injuries associated with soccer, tennis, and golf, and tips for preventing them.
While heat illness from hot summer practices and concussions from player-on-player contact remain the most common soccer injuries to watch for, repetitive strain injuries are also a concern.
To prevent injury, it’s important to always warm up, stretch, and cool down, as well as train for the specific physical demands of tennis – although you should avoid over-repetition of any one type of shot. Some injuries to watch for include:
Golf is another favourite activity than can cause repetitive strain injuries, such as:
The most important preventive measure is a thorough warm up prior to, and a cool down after, physical activity; this allows the muscles time to adjust. Regular exercise will keep the muscles working effectively and the joints loose, and will reduce the chance of a repetitive strain injury.
If you do experience pain as a result of your favourite activity, treatment can take many forms. Sometimes simply stopping the activity, elevating the injured area, and icing it are enough, while other injuries may respond to dedicated physiotherapy or possibly pain management procedures. If your symptoms do not resolve, however, it’s important to speak to your health care practitioner about your symptoms. Diagnostic imaging, which could include X-ray, ultrasound, or MRI exams, may be ordered to help diagnose an issue.
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Central Orthopedic Group (2018) “5 Common Tennis Injuries & How to Treat Them.” www.centralorthopedicgroup.com. Accessed July 16, 2021.
Newman, T. (2018) “Repetitive strain injury (RSI) explained.” www.medicalnewstoday.com. Accessed July 16, 2021.
Palacois-Jansen, K. (2009) “10 common golf injuries.” www.golfchannel.com. Accessed July 16, 2021.
American Society for Surgery of the Hand (2021) “Golf Injuries to the Hand, Wrist or Elbow.” www.assh.org. Accessed July 16, 2021.
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