Sports Injuries

Proper practice and training leads to a healthier athlete with less chance of injury.  Athletes these days are much more prone to injuries then a non-athlete.  There are all different injuries that can happen to a an athlete in which sometimes can end their careers.  When we think about a common injury that happens frequently, we can think of a pitcher in baseball tearing his UCL in his arm requiring Tommy John Surgery.  The thing is these are not the only injuries that happen to people.  A non-athlete can get injured as well but with a lesser chance.  When an injury happens, we all look at the success rate of coming back as the same athlete.  There are all different types of different injuries to different sported athletes.  What if we could look at one surgery that some say should get done before the injury even happens because it makes the athlete stronger.

We compare football to baseball injuries and see that yes they both do happen but they are strangely different type of injuries.  Looking at the sports at first we realize basic things right away.  In football, no one uses there arm to throw something besides the quarterback and when it comes to baseball, every single player on the team uses there arm every play.  Looking at this, we know that there are different injuries in which baseball usually has arm injuries as football usually doesn’t have many arm injuries at all.

Examples of injuries in both sports that are very common are a torn UCL in baseball and a torn ACL in football.  Looking at both injuries, we find that they are the some of the longest recovery times post operation in all sports.  The time that happens after surgery from an injury is called post operation.  During this time an athlete rehabs and rests to let the body try to get back to full strength.  There are all different time lengths for all different types of injuries.  For example, Tommy John surgery usually leaves an athlete out of commission for at least 9 months as to if someone in football gets surgery on something as much as a torn meniscus can have them out for as short of a time at 6 weeks.  As a person gets injured, everyones bodies are different and can heal faster or some can take longer then others so nothing is ever set in stone.

We could say that there as many leading causes behind sport injuries such as overuse, stops and twists, falls, improper equipment, new or increased activity, fatigue, unilateral movements, and technique and posture.  All these reasons are different causes behind an injury to an athlete.  Being an athlete, you need to be in the best shape of your life and push your body harder then it should be pushed at some points which why athletes are ore prone to injury.  There are ways to prevent injuries but some things we can control.  WE see sometimes that there are injuries that happen to someone just randomly because they took a wrong step.

Injuries do happen to athletes.  They are all different in different sports and there are different reasons why they do happen each time.  Its never good when they do happen and it is sad to see but it is a part of being an athlete.  There are ways to prevent these from happening but not in all cases.  Injuries are all different, it is important to know how to make your body in the best shape for all different sports so that these injuries do not happen.

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