Volleyball injuries are divided into 4 common locations. Which correspond to the movement pattern and use during play or competition. Injuries to the ankles, knees, shoulders, and fingers.
Common injuries in volleyball players:
What kind of injuries require a long rest? How to prevent them?
Volleyball is another popular sport that Thai people are starting to pay attention to and join in cheering for their favorite team in every competition. Especially this June, there is a world-class volleyball competition “SPONSOR WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL NATIONS LEAGUE THAILAND 2023”. The Thai national volleyball team has performed quite well and has a chance to compete for the important round. But let’s not forget that the more often you compete, the more often you are at risk of injury.
Playing volleyball, which part of the body bears the burden?
Volleyball is not a contact sport between two players. Because the court is divided by a net. However, players must always move, especially jumping and shoulder movements, whether serving, hitting, setting, or blocking.
While the hands and arms are mainly used for hitting the ball, the fingers, wrists. And forearms are also the parts that are used all the time.
But when talking about injuries, many people probably understand that injuries only occur to the organs that are mainly used in competitions. In reality, there are many organs and parts of the body that are often overlooked, but are the organs that are frequently injured.
Volleyball injuries
It is divided into 4 common positions, corresponding to the movement characteristics and used during play or competition, as follows:
Ankle injury
And Ankle injuries often occur as ankle sprains. Ankle sprains are sudden and most common in volleyball because athletes have to jump frequently. When the foot lands on the ground, unexpected events may occur, such as stepping on another player’s foot, causing loss of balance, ankle sprains, and sprains. This injury is more common in the receiver because the other player jumps to hit the ball in front of the net and their foot lands first, while the receiver who jumps to block in front of the net later will land last and may step on the other player’s foot that encroaches.
- Treatment: This injury has the potential to require a long recovery period for the athlete. Initial treatment should include rest, ice (for acute cases), anti-inflammatory medications, and physical therapy.
- Prevention: You can use an ankle support device (Semi rigid ankle support) as well as coordination training of the nervous system and muscles. Coaches or trainers should observe the athletes to see if they jump forward or not because jumping like this will cause them to go into the opponent’s territory. Therefore, athletes must be trained to jump straight up and land in the position before jumping. This will help reduce the chances of the athletes’ feet stepping on other players’ feet.
Knee injury
Knee injuries are another area that is easily injured. They can be divided into 2 symptoms:
- Patellar Tendinitis is a chronic repetitive injury that is common in volleyball players, as it is a sport that involves jumping and causing minor injuries to build up over time until inflammation occurs.
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a tendon that is used when we have to move at high speed. It prevents the tibia from moving forward. In athletes who have to move quickly and change direction of movement back and forth, there is a high chance of injury in this area. This symptom is not common, but it is a serious injury. If it happens, the athlete must rest for a long time. In volleyball, it often occurs when the athlete jumps and lands unsteadily, inappropriately, twists the knee, or has an incorrect posture, which can cause injury. It is more common in women than men due to the structure of the body and muscle strength.
- Treatment: Rest to allow the body to recover from the injury. Apply ice (in acute cases). If there is severe pain, take anti-inflammatory drugs and do physical therapy to increase flexibility and strength of the muscles in this area. Or, surgery in cases of severe injury.
- Prevention: Athletes should practice jumping and landing correctly, as well as practicing movement and strengthening the muscles in the area.
Shoulder injury
Since volleyball is a sport that uses the shoulders a lot, it can lead to chronic injuries or compression of the internal structures of the shoulder joint (Shoulder impingement syndrome), which occurs when we lift our shoulders high and the shoulder blades press against the scapula. If used repeatedly, repeated injuries can cause inflammation and pain.
- Treatment: Rest, anti-inflammatory drugs, and physical therapy.
- Prevention: Focus on exercising the muscles around the rotator cuff and the muscles around the shoulder blade to coordinate the movement of the shoulder and shoulder blade muscles.
Finger injuries
It is a non-serious injury but is common because it is usually caused by the ball hitting the finger during blocking or setting. It can cause sprained fingers, bruises, torn finger tendons or broken finger bones.
- Treatment: Apply cold compresses, take anti-inflammatory drugs. If the injury is severe, an X-ray is needed to see if the bone is broken.
- Prevention: You can splint your finger by taping it to the adjacent finger to prevent it from moving. This can be used in case of injury or as a preventive measure.
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