Causes of injuries when playing badminton

Causes of injuries when playing badminton

Badminton is a highly entertaining competitive sport enjoyed by many people of all ages. However, when playing badminton, participants must combine many movements of running, jumping, fast and flexible movements, coordination of limbs, hips, wrists, and arms, so the occurrence of injuries in badminton is inevitable. Let's find out the causes of injuries when playing badminton right in the following article.

1. Causes of injuries when playing badminton
The main cause of injuries in badminton is often because athletes do not prepare carefully in terms of warm-up, physical and technical. This leads to unexpected situations occurring during the match, so the muscles and joints do not have time to get used to and adapt to the high tempo, thereby increasing the risk of injury. These injuries can range from mild to very serious, even affecting the patient's normal movement later in life.

In addition, factors such as equipment, yard, lighting, wet yard, slippery floors, shoes with insufficient grip, soles that are too high or too thin, inappropriate clothing also negatively affect and lead to to player injury. Muscle and joint injuries are the two most common forms of badminton playing with the following causes:

Muscle relaxation: is due to the process of muscle relaxation after intense and continuous exercise, which limits the function of muscle contraction.
Muscle tension: usually because the muscle has not been warmed up, but has been active suddenly, causing the muscle to not adapt, stretching, causing pain.
Muscle tear: is caused by a severe injury that causes pain, swelling, bleeding, and blood clots that require surgery to directly remove blood.
Muscle rupture: is the most serious injury, can completely break causing bruising, swelling and loose joints, unable to move.
Dislocation due to continuous vigorous movement causes the ends of bones and joints to dislocate, the joint surface is displaced.
Sprain: is caused by excessive stretching of the ligaments around the joint, leading to partial or complete tearing of the ligaments under the impact of trauma.
2. Common injuries when playing badminton

Injuries while playing badminton are often caused by overuse of repetitive overhead movements that cause injuries to the shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees and ankles specifically as follows:

Tennis elbow: also known as bilateral spondylitis due to poor backhand technique in players with soft or curved wrists in badminton.
Golfer's elbow: An injury similar to tennis elbow but instead causes pain inside the elbow due to poor technique or hitting the shuttle too hard.
Wrist tendonitis: refers to pain that begins gradually in the forearm, wrist, and hand, develops over time and becomes increasingly severe
Rotator cuff tendonitis: is a degenerative condition affecting one or more tendons of the rotator cuff in the shoulder. This is the most common cause of shoulder pain that gradually develops over time due to strain on the rotator cuff without proper treatment.
Ankle sprain: usually caused by the ankle rolling inward under the weight of the rest of the body, leading to damage to the ligaments outside the ankle.
Patellar tendinitis: is an overuse injury to the front of the knee, localized to a point below the kneecap. The repetitive strain of running too much can cause inflammation or degeneration of the patellar tendon.
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3. First aid for injuries in badminton like?
In most minor injuries, the principles of PRICE treatment can be followed, including Protection, Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation specifically as follows:

Protection: ie protecting the wound from further damage, possibly using an assistive device such as a compression bandage.
Rest: Limit exercise and try to reduce your daily activity needs for a quick recovery.
Ice: Ice or topical cold therapy can help relieve symptoms of inflammatory pain.
Compression: use compression bandages to reduce swelling and immobilize
Elevation: hold the injured area above heart level when possible to improve circulation to the area and help reduce swelling.
4. Prevention of injuries when playing badminton
To limit injuries when playing badminton, participants should note a few things:

Use a quality badminton racket suitable for your playing style and level to protect the muscles, joints in the shoulders and hands from great pressure.
Use quality specialized badminton sports shoes, do not use high soles, poor quality shoes
Warm up all muscle groups carefully, with correct technique before and relax, stretch after hitting the shuttlecock.
It is recommended to play on badminton mats, floors, flat badminton courts with no small slippery objects, standard space, enough light and safety.
Follow the correct technique in moving to avoid falling into the wrong position causing injury.
Using tools and accessories such as ankle bands, ankle support socks, wrist bands, elbows, shoulder bands, belts
Exercise and rest properly to increase endurance, increase recovery in case of minor injuries.