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What is an injury? An injury is a damage or change in the tissue of an organism, usually caused by accidents, falls, hits, weapons, etc. 00:00:00

Many injuries are produced in people who practice sports. For example, people who practice basketball are more likely to suffer from knee injuries and ankle injuries. 00:00:10

Types of injuries. Muscular injuries. 00:00:20

Contactions. They are caused by a blow and can lead to inflammation, hematomas and pain. 00:00:23

Cramps 00:00:28

The muscle contracts suddenly and it shortens during some seconds. 00:00:30

This pain lasts some minutes. 00:00:34

Contractors 00:00:36

In this case, the muscle contraction lasts more time. 00:00:37

It limits the movement of the muscle and it causes a lot of pain. 00:00:41

Muscular tear 00:00:46

One or more fibers of the muscle tissue are broken and the gravity depends on the extension of the injury. 00:00:46

It produces a lot of pain. 00:00:54

Complete Muscular Fracture 00:00:55

The muscle breaks completely. You can move the muscle and it produces a horrible pain. 00:00:58

Tendon Injuries 00:01:06

Tendonitis 00:01:07

In this case, the tendon swells up. 00:01:08

Partial Break 00:01:11

It is usually produced in the longest tendon and it is characterized because only a few fibers break. 00:01:12

When it's completely broken, the tendon breaks completely. 00:01:19

This usually occurs in people who practice sports. 00:01:22

Bone injury. 00:01:27

This can be just fractured with a partial or complete break of the bone. 00:01:28

Cartilage injury. 00:01:34

This one makes the joint work properly, avoiding the friction between the bones. 00:01:35

¿Cuáles son las lesiones más comunes en los deportistas? 00:01:44

Mainly ankle sprains, in any type of sport, and ligaments of the knee, mainly. 00:01:47

What kind of people do you usually work with? Adolescents, older people? 00:01:58

We have both sides, young athletes and older people, from the age of 70 and up. 00:02:03

And what would you advise to prevent injuries? 00:02:14

Mainly basic, a good diet, warm up and stretch, well warm up and stretch before, stretch after 00:02:18

and always very important is the cryotherapy, the ice after each training, very basic, but above all the diet too. 00:02:30

Finally, would you like to tell something to teenagers about the importance of sports practice? 00:02:37

Well, we always recommend that everyone does what they want, what they like, but that they practice some sport because, for example, the level of obesity has increased a lot, especially in the United States, it already has a 35% of obesity, and it is very important because we would cause more deaths a year than obesity. 00:02:42