Soft Tissue Injuries - Symptoms, Treatment, prevention

Soft Tissue Injuries

1. Contusion

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Contusion is a type of soft tissue injuries. Contusion is the crushing of soft tissues by a violent external force without breaking the continuity of skin. Sometimes in such cases muscles fail to respond. In severe cases muscles become completely inactive.


Symptoms of contusion

1. Discoloration under the skin, this starts from redness to turning blue or black gradually.
2. Swelling and pain on contused part.
3. Stiffness over the area.

Treatment of contusion

1. contusion should be treated immediately with ice application for some duration.
2. Apply cold compress for few hours.
3. After two days massage should be done over the affected part to reduce swelling.





Prevention from contusion

1. Use protective gear like skin guard, batting gloves, elbow guard etc. as per requirement.
2. Abiding rules and regulations of sports activity.

2. Abrasion

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It is the injury of skin in which skin is scrapped or rubbed by friction. It is normally a minor injury but can be serious if some foreign matter is stuck in it. It may be caused by a fall on hard or rough surface.


Symptoms of abrasion

1. Scrapping of skin with some burning pain.
2. Some bleeding at the abrasion spot.

Treatment of abrasion

1. Avoid further friction.
2. Clean the part with some antiseptic cream.
3. Cover the affected part with medicinal cotton or with band-aid.
4. Anti-tetanus injection should be taken.
5. Repeat the dressing and clean the part everyday till it heals up completely.


Prevention from abrasion

1. Wear protective gear.
2. Avoid poorly maintained fields.

3. Lecration (Wounds)

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It is the cut over the skin caused due to sharp object.


Symptoms of lecration

1. Bleeding occurs from affected part.
2. Severe pain occurs at the affected part.

Treatment of lecration

1. Clean the part with some antiseptic cream.
2. Stop bleeding at the earliest by compression or by pressing.
3. Cover the affected part with medicinal cotton or with band-aid.
4. Repeat the dressing and clean the part everyday till it heals up completely.
5. Apply ice or cold compression for some time.
6. If injury is deep go for stitches at the earliest.

Prevention from lecration

1. Wear protective gear.
2. Avoid poorly maintained fields.
3. Use sharp edged object carefully.