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Injuries: Pain
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Immobilization is a common treatment for sports injuries that may be done immediately by a trainer or paramedic. Immobilization involves reducing movement in the area to prevent further damage. By enabling the blood supply to flow more directly to the injury (or the site of surgery to repair damage from an injury), immobilization reduces pain, swelling, and muscle spasm and helps the healing process begin. Following are some devices used for immobilization:
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Many of the foot injuries suffered by skaters are often a consequence of breaking in a new pair of skates. Bumps on the feet (bunions, cysts, bursitis or callus formation) and accompanying pain are a common reaction to pressure and continuing distress to underlying tissues, tendons or nerves. If you are lucky, the pain will go away as you break in the boot (although sometimes the bumps stay). However, it is better to use protective padding or have the boot punched out at the earliest sign of discomfort. This will benefit both your feet and your skating.
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These injuries are characterized by pain felt around the front or sides of the knee joint. Typically, the knee slowly begins to hurt, but the pain is not related to a specific injury such as twisting or falling. Locate the specific area of the pain and find some ways to strengthen the knee to help eliminate the problem.
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Knee injuries can range from mild to severe. Some of the less severe, yet still painful and functionally limiting, knee problems are runner's knee (pain or tenderness close to or under the knee cap at the front or side of the knee), iliotibial band syndrome (pain on the outer side of the knee), and tendonitis... called tendinosis (marked by degeneration within a tendon, usually where it joins the bone).
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