Let’s view an experiment by Professor Greg Whyte & Dr Jack Kreindler :
Let’s answer a few questions:
What are soft tissues injuries? (0.10)
What is MMA also called? (0.47)
What has the referee called when the match ended? (3.10)
Where is Dr Jack aching? (3.18)
What is Professor Greg Whyte main objective? (3.30)
Why do we feel pain? (3.38)
What do you have to avoid when putting ice on an injury? (4.27)
What does compression stop? (4.45)
Why must you also elevate the injured limb? (5.00)
What does the white shade show on Jack’s left leg? (5.34)
Did RICE produce effective and efficient results?
Training for your oral presentations:
Please form 4 groups and gather some information on one of the following types of injuries you may get when practising physical activity/sports. You will answer 3 questions: A/ What is the injury about? How do you get it? B/ How do you treat the injury? C/ Give us an example of a famous athlete who developed and sustained that injury. Report on how he/she got injured, and how long it took him/her to recover. Did it impact his/her sports career and performance? You have 30 minutes to prepare.
Present your findings to the class. Your fellow students will be marking you, as suggested in your assessment guideline.
