Sports Injuries - Common Injuries & How to Avoid Them

SPORTS INJURIES Common Injuries & How to Avoid Them The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, reports that high school athletes suffer 2 million injuries, 500,000 doctor visits and 30,000 hospitalizations each year. More than 3.5 million kids under age 14 receive medical treatment for sports injuries each year. 62 percent of organized sports-related injuries occur during practice. According to the CDC, more than 1/2 of all sports injuries in children are preventable. MOST COMMON SPORTS INJURIES SPRAINS AND KNEE INJURIES SWOLLEN STRAINS MUSCLE ACHILLES PAIN FRACTURES DISLOCATIONS TENDON ALONG THE INJURIES SHIN BONE WAYS TO AVOID SPORTS INJURIES BE SURE TO FOLLOW AN APPROPRIATE STAY HYDRATED AND WARM-UP AND COOL-DOWN REGIMEN, EAT A WELL-BALANCED DIET INCLUDING FLEXIBILITY EXERCISES USE THE SOFTEST EXERCISE SURFACE WEAR SHOES THAT FIT PROPERLY, YOU CAN FIND; DO NOT RUN ON ARE STABLE, AND ABSORB SHOCK ASPHALT OR CONCRETE DO NOT TRY TO DO A WEEK'S WORTH LEARN TO DO YOUR SPORT RIGHT. OF ACTIVITY IN A DAY OR TWO, SPREAD USE PROPER FORM TO REDUCE YOUR IT OUT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK RISK OF INJURIES KNOW YOUR BODY'S LIMITS, DO NOT OVERDO IT BUILD UP YOUR EXERCISE LEVEL GRADUALLY, OVER TIME STRIVE FOR A TOTAL BODYWORKOUT OF CARDIOVASCULAR, STRENGTH- TRAINING, AND FLEXIBILITY EXERCISES REPORT AN INJURY IMMEDIATELY SO IT CAN BE PROPERLY TREATED SOURCES HTTP://WwW.NIAMS.NIH.GOV/HEALTH_INFO/SPORTS_INJURIES/SPORTS_INJURIES_FRASP * hosmer | CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH HTTP://WWW.STOPSPORTSINJURIES.ORG/MEDIA/STATISTICS.ASPX