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The overstress imposed by competitiveness and the imbalance between the mechanical overstress and the functional resistance of the tissues are the causes of the high incidence of joint traumas in sports. The prevention methods that have been included in the training programme and their simultaneous use during the other training stages have resulted in increased flexibility, force, muscular resistance and articular mobility; this, in turn, has prevented traumas and has reduced the number of accidents. Purpose. To reduce trauma incidence in the studied sportsmen (2006-2009) through the identification of the risk factors and the introduction of prevention exercises and stretching methods in the training process, both during warm-up and post-effort rehabilitation, in order to prevent accidents and increase performance in competitive sportsmen. Material and method. The study included a batch of 155 sportsmen (52 (33.5%) female and 103 (66.5%) male) who practised athletics (sprint and hurdles), basketball, handball, football and volleyball in Leagues A1 and A2, in Timisoara and Lugoj. The sportsmen were between 13 and 42 years old and had been practising sports for 4-20 years. The study covered three competition years and it monitored trauma incidence, frequency and location, the causes that favour traumas and our intervention with prevention and rehabilitation methods. All injured segments (N = 11) were compared against the total number of traumas per sportsmen, age groups and longevity in sport practising, in order to reveal the age and longevity groups with the highest trauma incidence and the most frequently affected segments in the studied two periods (before and after starting the prevention exercises programme). Objectives. To identify and reduce the internal and external factors causing traumas in sportsmen.; to develop and implement prevention exercises in the sportsmen’s training programme.; to detect musculo-skeletal traumas early, using ultrasound scan, MRI, CT.; the functional rehabilitation of the injured segment so that the sportsman can resume his/her competitive activity at best possible parameters and without the risk of relapse.

Key words: traumas, spine, competitive sportsmen.