dead leg
Punched thigh muscle
A dead leg is the temporary numbness and pain caused by a hard blow to the thigh muscle, usually from someone's knee.
Common in contact sports and playground roughhousing, it makes the leg feel heavy and unresponsive for a few minutes: He gave me a dead leg and I could barely walk.
Also called a charley horse or corked thigh.
Tissue damage beneath skin
- bruiseDiscolored tissue injury
- hematomaBlood collected outside vessels
- charley horseSudden involuntary muscle contraction
- muscle damageTorn tissue fibers
soft tissue injury · swelling · discoloration · black-and-blue · tenderness · soreness · trauma · tissue damage
Loss of sensation
- tinglingSlight stinging sensation
- pins-and-needlesPrickling numbness sensation
- loss of sensationAbsence of feeling
- asleepIn a state of rest
throbbing · ache · cramping · stiffness · tightness · heaviness · dull pain · sharp pain
Gear or takedown
- challengeTest of ability
- foulOffensive or illegal
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- collisionForceful contact between objects
defender · midfielder · striker · rugby · soccer · football · Aussie rules · training ground
Move air forcefully
Uneven gait from injury
- hobblingWalking with impairment
- massageSoft tissue manipulation
- iceWater's solid form
- compressionForcing into smaller space
elevation · rest · stretching · physiotherapy · foam roller · heat pack · recovery time · rubbing out
contusion
Tissue damage beneath skin
- bruiseDiscolored tissue injury
- hematomaBlood collected outside vessels
- charley horseSudden involuntary muscle contraction
soft tissue injury · muscle damage · swelling · discoloration · black-and-blue · tenderness · soreness · trauma · tissue damage · blotches
numbness
Loss of sensation
- tinglingSlight stinging sensation
- pins-and-needlesPrickling numbness sensation
- loss of sensationAbsence of feeling
asleep · throbbing · ache · cramping · stiffness · tightness · heaviness · dull pain · sharp pain · shooting pain
tackle
Gear or takedown
collision · defender · midfielder · striker · rugby · soccer · football · Aussie rules · training ground · locker room
blow
Move air forcefully
collision · force · contact · knee · thud · jolt · hit · whack · bash · direct hit
limping
Uneven gait from injury
compression · elevation · rest · stretching · physiotherapy · foam roller · heat pack · recovery time · rubbing out · gradual return
- Sports Injuriesmuscle strain, tendonitis, ligament sprain, hamstring strain, stress fracture
- numbnessnumbness, insensibility, tingling, pins and needles, paresthesia
dead legbroken leg
Snapped bone in leg
compound fracture · permanent injury · torn ligament · fracture · shattered bone
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