Injuries Caused by Sports

STRAINED SPORTS ATHLETES AND THEIR INJURIES MOST COMMON SPORTS INJURIES )) Dislocated Joints Muscle Strains Head Injuries Tendon Ligament Tears Fractured Tears Bones OF ALL SPORTS INJURIES OCCUR IN THE BODY'S 50% LOWER EXTREMITIES OF THOSE INJURIES ARE 15% ANKLE LIGAMENT SPRAINS THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF HEAD HEAD INJURY STATS: INJURIES FROM SPORTS IN 2009 Basketball 34,692 Football Baseball Soccer 46,948 38,394 24,184 www WHICH SPORTS PACK INJURY RATES PER SPORT in an AVERAGE GAME THE MOST PUNCH? (Out of 1,000 athletes) X = MEN O = WOMEN FOOTBALL XXXXXXXXXXXXXX> 35 WRESTLING XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX 26 SOCCER XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. 18 16 SOCCER 0000000000000000 ICE HOCKEY XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 16 12 ICЕ НОСКEY 000000000000 GYMNASTICS 00000000o000000 15 XXXXXXXXXXXX 000000O LACROSSE LACROSSE XXXXXXXXX 000000O BASKETBALL BASKETBALL FIELD HOCKEY 0000000 7 XXXXX 0000 BASEBALL SOFTBALL VOLLEYBALL 000 4 FOOTBALL ***** OF CATASTROPHIC HIGH SCHOOI INJURIES FROM 96% 1982 - 2011 WERE FOOTBALL RELATED MOST COMMON FOOTBALL INJURIES in 2011 HEAD INJURIES « #1 274,455 players SHOULDER # 2 » INJURIES 27 144,896 players #4 LOWER ARM INJURIES 88,266 players LOWER TRUNK INJURIES #3 98,565 players LOWER LEG INJURIES #5 88,234 players IN THE PROS MOST INJURED TEAMS IN THE NFL INJURIES REPORTED (PER WEEK) #1 #2 NEW YORK JETS #3 24 HOUSTON TEXANS # 4 NEW ENGLAND 22 #5 PATRIOTS BUFFALO BILLS 20 DALLAS COWBOYS 18 17 EX-NFL PLAYERS OVER THE AGE OF 50 ARE DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA AT 5X THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. xxxxxxxxxxxx IN THE COURTROOM xxxxxxxxxxx> COMPLAINT * In 2012, 4,500 PLAYERS filed lawsuits against the NFL FOR HEAD INJURIES OR BRAIN TRAUMA The NFL settled for $765 MILLION which went into a fund to RESULT 2 cover players' medical expenses associated with any sort of head trauma. It will be in place for the next 50 YEARS. SOCCER BETWEEN 1979 AND 2008 GOAL POSTS FALLING OVER THERE WERE 34 34 AND FROM SERIOUS INJURIES DEATHS SCHOOL-AGE SOCCER PLAYERS WERE TREATED IN THE E.R. FOR 1,800 POST-RELATED INJURIES IN THE PROS (44444 THE WOMEN'S UNITED 1.93 PER 1,000 SOCCER ASSOCIATION PLAYER HAS AN INJURY RATE OF HOURS 6.2 MAJOR LEAGUE PER 1,000 SOCCER HAS PLAYER AN INJURY RATE OF HOURS XXXXXXXXXXXX. IN THE COURTROOM Xxxxx A 20-year-old man filed a lawsuit against the Soccer Association of Columbia MD after a goal post COMPLAINT FELL AND CRUSHED ONE OF HIS EYES RESULT 2 He received no compensation because MD law states that if a person has as little as 1% INVOLVEMENT in his or her own accident then NO MONETARY SETTLEMENT IS GIVEN BASEBALL / SOFTBALL 1 MILLION PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR 5 SOFTBALL INJURIES IN THE PROS MOST INJURED TEAMS IN MLB ESTIMATED INJURIES REPORTED IN 2012 #1 #2 SAN DIEGO PADRES #3 NEW YORK 1,850 YANKEES # 4 BOSTON RED SOX 1,750 PHILA. PHILLIES # 5 1,600 L.A. DODGERS 1,475 1,400 OF MLB ARE 62% DISABILITY DAYS ARE USED BY PITCHERS 32% USED BY FIELDERS MLB INJURIES INCREASED BY MLB INJURIES INCREASED BY 37% IN JUST 3 YEARS 3% EVERY YEAR FROM 1989-1999 FROM 2005-2008 IN THE COURTROOM xxxXXXXxxx XXXXXXXXXXX. The family of a New Jersey teenager filed a lawsuit after their son was hit in the chest during a game. COMPLAINT The ball's impact STOPPED HIS HEART and caused SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE FROM LACK OF OXYGEN The family recieved $14.5 MILLION in settlements from three different companies; THE BAT MANUFACTURER, SPORTING RESULT GOODS CHAIN STORE AND LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL BASKETBALL MOST COMMON BASKETBALL INJURIES FACE/CHEEK #4 » INJURIES in 2011 190,167 players #2 FINGER INJURIES 198,413 players #3 KΝΕ INJURIES 175,505 players ANKLE SPRAINS #1 258,348 players THE RISK OF ANKLE INJURIES IS INCREASED BY 5X 2.6X 4.3X IF A PLAYER HAS A PAST IF A PLAYER DOESN'T IF A PLAYER WEARS STRETCH PROPERLY SHOES WITH AIR CELLS ANKLE INJURY BEFORE A GAME IN THE HEELS (xxxxxxxxxxxx. IN THE COURTROOM *xxxxxxxx> A 24-year-old man filed a lawsuit against NIKE claiming that their faulty sneakers malfunctioned and caused his knee to give out during a game which COMPLAINT * INJURED HIS KNEE AND TORE HIS ACL The lawsuit is still in progress and a court date has not yet been RESULT set. The man's proposed monetary settlement is more than $25,000 THE MINIMUM AMOUNT ALLOWED IN COURT BOXING THE FORCE OF A THE HAND IS THE PRO BOXER'S FIST IS MOST INJURED EQUIVALENT TO BODY PART AMONG BOXERS, MAKING UP BEING HIT WITH A WHICH EXPLAINS WHY 13 lb 33% OF ALL INJURIES BOWLING BALL THERE HAS BEEN AN AVERAGE OF 10 BOXING DEATHS PER YEAR SINCE 199O OF ALL BOXERS SUSTAIN BRAIN INJURIES OF BOXING DEATHS ARE CAUSE BY 80% HEAD & NECK INJURIES 90% EXXXXXXXXXXX. IN THE COURTROOM XXXXXXXXXXX> A 30-year-old woman sued her former coach and trainers after suffering BRAIN DAMAGE that ENDED HER CAREER. They had encouraged her to box in an Olympic qualifying match just 10 DAYS after COMPLAINT GETTING A CONCUSSION IN ANOTHER MATCH RESULT A The lawsuit is still in progress. The woman is expected to REQUEST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SETTLEMENT. USA TODAY THE JOURNAL OF ATHLETIC TRAINING B G AMERICAN ASSOC. OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS KATHERMAN BRIGGS & GREENBERG UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA INJURY SOURCES