A major sport in PE, volleyball, make up a small amounts of injuries since the players don’t have to run and bump into people like invasion games. However, there are still thousands of people being injured while playing volleyball.
When you are playing a game, you will need to serve, spike and block. That will cause repeatedly using your shoulders, so as a matter of fact in volleyball injuries, shoulders injuries are very common. The most common ones are shoulder dislocation and shoulder separation, but it could cause frozen shoulder either. Frozen shoulder will cause you loads of pain over time as the symptoms persists, and it could take you several years to recover.
In this report, we will talk about shoulder dislocation.
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Shoulder dislocation is a very common injury, even in normal life. Because of shoulder is the most mobile joint in the body, in can move in several directions and it can turn in any directions. But it does make it really easy to brake. In volleyball, the player needs to spike, serve and block very often. When the player overuse his or her shoulder, shoulder dislocation may happen.
To look for shoulder dislocation symptoms, please look for the following: inability to move a joint, swelling, intense pain. Or, if you can see a shoulder which is deformed or out of place, that is a clear symptom that you may have a shoulder injury.
To treat the injure joint:
WHEN WAITING TO SEE A DOCTOR:
Do not move the injured joint. It will cause severe pain and it will cause the injured joint to be even more damaged.
Thus, you can put ice on that joint to prevent further injury and prevent blood to be loss.
For normal shoulder dislocation, the doctor will place the upper arm back into where it should be or its normal joint, it is called close reduction. It will cause severe pain but it will die out immediately when it is back to its normal joint.
Some shoulder dislocations will cause more damage. Some even need to do a surgery. That is not the thing you want to try.
When you are recovering the doctor will immobilize the shoulder with a sling or something. The swelling will continue to go on so you need to ice the part every day. You’ll need plenty of rest. To fully recover, you’ll need to rest for several weeks or months. The doctor may give you some rehabilitation exercises after the swelling goes down.
In volleyball, the best way to prevent to shoulder dislocation is to warm up. Warm up your body before you play volleyball can prevent loads of injuries that may happen. Thus, you can wear protective gear (but I suppose the players won’t wear them on a shoulder). Clear off the courts——you don’t want to slip on something and harm you shoulder.
A very important point is, please notice that more is not always better. In volleyball, you’ll need to prevent overuse injuries.
For long-term prevention, you’ll need to exercise regularly. Exercising can help maintain strength and flexibility in your muscles. Do not increase more than one part of FIT at a time, tat will not be helpful the you want to increase you ability when you are doing sports.
References
- OrthoInfo – Dislocated Shoulder
- Mayo Clinic – Dislocated shoulder
- MedlinePlus – Shoulder dislocation
- American College of Sports Medicine – Injury Risk and Pattern to Elite Volleyball Players in Different Skill Level
- The Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine – The paperwork burden in a large high school athletic program: 2005–2006 school year
