Sports injury prevention measures do not include which of the following

The answer to this question is "As soon as the injury occurs, massage and apply heat to the injured area to activate blood circulation."

I have been a fitness instructor for almost seven years, and I have met too many enthusiasts who confuse emergency treatment and preventive measures after injuries. Last month, there was a little girl in the community running group who had just finished a half marathon. After running, she felt her ankle was a little sore. After rubbing it for a long time, she told me that this was to prevent injuries in advance. I couldn't laugh or cry. If you think about it, the core of prevention is to eliminate the risk before the injury occurs. The prodromal symptoms such as soreness, swelling and tingling have already appeared. The most important thing to do is to prevent the symptoms from getting worse, which is not considered prevention. Isn’t it like getting caught in the rain and only thinking of finding a raincoat? It’s already half a beat too late.

Speaking of this, some people may ask, does it count if I do a good job of rehabilitation after spraining my foot to prevent it from happening again next time? In fact, there is indeed a saying in the sports rehabilitation circle that standard post-injury rehabilitation is classified into the category of "secondary injury prevention." However, the prevention of sports injuries in our conventional context refers to the prior intervention of the first injury by default, and such post-event treatment measures are definitely not among them.

There are many things that people tend to get confused about. For example, some people think that gulping down two bottles of energy drinks before exercising or eating a lot of amino sugar in advance can be considered as prevention. Drinking too much of the former will make the stomach slosh during exercise and increase the risk of abdominal pain and falling. The latter has not yet been concluded in the industry. Some studies believe that it is effective for cartilage degeneration. It has a certain effect on middle-aged and elderly athletes, and a large sample survey shows that normal diet is enough for ordinary people, and additional supplements have no obvious help in preventing acute sports injuries. These ambiguities are generally not considered as test points. Only those options that are clearly post-injury operations are definitely the clearest answer.