III. Answer the questions. Discuss your answers with the group-mates.

1. Why has the risk of injuries increased recently?

2. What are the most risky kinds of sport?

3. What can cause an injury?

4. What are the main risk factors?

5. Can the injured athletes regain their sporting abilities immediately?

6. What is the difference between the immediate objective of rehabilitation and its long-term goal?

7. How can one improve the work of his cardiovascular system?

8. Why is complete rehabilitation synonymous to return to play?

9. Nothing can put young people at risk of a repeat injury, can it?

10. What do the criteria for the return include?

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IV. Comprehension check

Are these statements true or false? If “false”, then why?

1. Young athletes are able to regain their sporting abilities immediately after injuries.

2. Anatomic misalignment of the lower limbs belongs to one of the risk factors.

3. Complete rehabilitation means returning to play having restored all the functions of the body.

4. The most risky kind of sport for men is track-and-field.

5. Repetitive trauma might be caused by faulty playing surface.

V. What do you think? Express your opinion on the following statements.

Commenting on statements make use of the following phrases:

Agreement:		Disagreement:
As I see it	На мій погляд	I don’t (happen) to think so	Я іншої думки
In my opinion	На мою думку	I can’t agree with this	Я не можу з цим погодитись
As far as I can see	Наскільки я розумію	I shouldn’t say so	Я б так не сказав
I fully / certainly agree with this	Я повністю погоджуюсь з цим	Of course not / Not in the least	Нічого подібного
I should say so	Мабуть, що так	You never know	Важко сказати
It’s common knowledge that	Усім відомо, що	I must express some disagreements with	Я не зовсім згоден з

1. The increased interest in sports increases the risk of injuries.

2. There is no need to pass special functional tests before returning to sporting activities, if a sportsman feels himself quite fit.

3. The long-term goal of rehabilitation is to restore all functions of the sportsman’s organism that enable him to do sports without any risk.

4. An injury can be caused by a lot of risk factors, the wrong balance of strength, flexibility of bulk being the most critical of all other factors.

5. Special restoring exercises meant to reach the long-term goal of the rehabilitation should be accomplished at the playground regularly and independently, no special supervision is necessary.

6. Complete rehabilitation means the return to physical activities, remnants of former injury.

7. Old injuries or other associated diseases seldom if ever are able to cause a repetitive trauma.

VI. Here is the list of injuries that might occur while practicing sports. Provide their Ukrainian equivalents. Remember their meanings. Fill in the charts. Use your imagination to think of causes and possible rehabilitation measures for the enumerated injuries:

Injury			Cause		Rehabilitation measures
1.	a broken arm	перелом руки	1.	a fall during a football match	1.	immobilization of the arm, putting a plaster, special exercises for flexibility
2.	a bruise		2.		2.
3.	a dislocated shoulder		3.		3.
4.	a sprained ankle		4.		4.
5.	cramps		5.		5.
6.	swelling		6.		6.
7.	brain concussion		7.		7.

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