Types Of Injuries You Can Get From Wrestling - Best Orthopedic Defines

Whether you are a professional wrestler or training for becoming one, injuries are part of the sport. Therefore, you should be ready to face them. The Best Orthopedic Hospital Ahmedabad defines the expected injuries to get from the wrestling match and how to cope with it.

So read ahead!

• Prepatellar Bursitis

When gradual wear, trauma, or overuse swell the bursa sac in the front of the kneecap (or patella) and doctors call this condition prepatellar bursitis. The traumatic impact and weight-bearing can affect your knees during your wrestling match or even training. Intense pain and swelling are the symptoms of this condition.

Wrestlers are recommended to wear knee pads that can absorb the impact and protect the knees from getting injured. If the inflammation or swelling has already started to affect your kneecap, rest, compression, icing, and anti-inflammatory medicines are the best.    

• Knee Sprain And Tear

Wrestlers face various bears and tear during the match and most of it is done on the knees. This is because they have to bend their bodies and put pressure on the knees. This puts the knees at serious risk and sometimes causes injuries as well.

There are two types of knee injuries:

MCL – Medial Collateral Ligament

ACL – Anterior Cruciate Ligament

To avoid the above injuries, wrestlers should participate in strength-training that boosts ligament and connective tissue durability. Stretching before and after activities will help ligaments to loosen and become capable of bearing the intense impacts.

• Shoulder Displacement

Arm twists, mat impact, and restrictive holds can twist your arm(s) and lead to shoulder dislocation. Shoulders may dislocate or sublux. Dislocation means when the humeral head is removed from the socket and sublux means the humeral head is partially removed from your shoulder socket. Besides, connective ligaments and tendons are possibly be torn or damaged in this situation. To avoid this, wrestlers can practice stretching and pay attention to their flexibility. If you already have had a shoulder dislocation, weightlifting and stretching can heal you quicker.

• Ankle Sprain

Wrestler’s bodies move the way they don’t move naturally. Their feet are upright along with ankles stabilizing them. Hence, it’s common if your ankle twists or gets injured. Ankle sprain means the soft tissues or the ligament are damaged. Inversion injury is the most painful and typical sprain where the ankle is twisted inwards.

Normally, three basic types of an ankle sprain can occur during your wrestling match:

First Degree: Damaged ligament fibers

Second Degree: Wide harm to ligament

Third Degree: Ligament rapture with swelling and some joint disruption

The first sign of having a sprain is the swelling and more serious injuries may show bruises. It is suggested to control the swelling with ice, take rest, and wait till it is elevated. When the swelling is gone, you will be able to walk more comfortably. But don’t put much pressure on your foot.

In case you have faced any of the above injuries recently, it’s better to contact the knee or Hip Replacement Surgeon In Ahmadabad.

So use this information and play safe!