What to do if you get injured in sports?

When we are doing sports, we often get injured, which is very painful for us because injuries are always painful. When we are injured in sports, we should actively go to the hospital for treatment and not delay the disease. However, we should also pay attention to protecting ourselves when exercising. Next, let me introduce you to sports injuries.

1. Causes of sports injuries

(I) Subjective factors 1. Mental paralysis and carelessness The nervous system of adolescents is different from that of adults. The excitation and inhibition of the brain's neural processes are unbalanced, with the excitation process being dominant and easily spreading. Be lively and energetic. In addition, lack of life experience, carelessness in thinking, rashness in physical activities, or impatience and eagerness for quick results, ignoring the principles of gradual progress and doing things within one's ability, are often important causes of sports injuries.

(II) 2. Insufficient and unreasonable warm-up. Not doing warm-up or insufficiency of warm-up is another major cause of sports injuries. This phenomenon is common in ball games. During the holidays, a few good friends get together to play ball or football, which is always a fun thing. But in many cases, many students throw themselves into intense competitions without doing any warm-up exercises. At this time, the excitability of nerves and muscles is low and they are slow to respond to greater stimuli. This results in less strength in the muscles and ligaments, insufficient stretchability, limited range of joint movement, and poor body coordination. Muscle strains and joint sprains are most likely to occur in this situation. Moreover, there is a certain gap between the imagined movements and the actual physical condition. The demand exceeds the supply, and injuries are inevitable.

3. Excessive exercise. After a long-term, high-intensity competition, if you do not take proper rest but continue with strenuous exercise, the functions of all aspects of the body have been greatly reduced. Due to long-term exercise, the body sweats a lot, loses a lot of water, and the accumulated salt concentration emitted in the sweat is also quite high. Water loss reduces exercise capacity. If water and electrolytes such as Na+ and K+ are not replenished in time, the electrolyte balance in the body will be disturbed, causing increased muscle excitability and muscle cramps. It can also cause hypoglycemia.

4. Poor physical condition. Injuries may occur when participating in strenuous exercise or performing difficult movements when the body's muscle strength and body coordination are significantly reduced during poor sleep and rest, or in the initial stage of recovery from an injury, or when fatigued. Therefore, you must understand your physical condition before exercising.

After reading the above knowledge about sports injuries, everyone has learned a lot. In fact, we still need to pay attention to safety issues in life. Whether we are exercising or at any time, we must pay attention to protecting ourselves. At the same time, we must do warm-up exercises before exercising.