Sports injury

competitive sports and risk the dangers of injury. Golinkin points out many of the benefits of competitive sports that children get from playing them. Golinkin states facts on behalf of both sides of the argument that he brings up. Golinkin however puts some focus on some very dangerous sports that people have gotten very seriously injured and even died because of these injuries. Such an example from Golinkin’s article “On Thursday, a 25-year-old Texan called Caleb Moore died from injuries…

Router discussing injuries in endurance athletes. Professor Ben Router is also strength and conditioning coach and a Associate Professor at Cal University in Pennsylvania. According to Dr. Router, endurance training has increased over the years, stating that more Americans are becoming more physically active. Also, organizations are creating fund raising activities to involve athlete participating in running marathons and other physical activities. Dr. Router defines endurance sports into two…

The golden question for sports parents to answer is, “How involved is too involved?” Although the answer to that question can be quite opinionated, I feel as though it is based on the individual child. As a parent, you have to ask yourself the question, “Is my child having fun playing sports?” If the answer is, “No”, then ask, “Is it because of me?” If parents answered honestly, there would be many that would say no to the first question and yes to the second. Although this is common, there…

.Ever dreamed of these colleges? Well sports can make these dreams possible. Competitive sports for kids encourages children to pursue their dreams and gives them the ability to get a scholarship, or be able to go to one of these amazing schools due to sports performance. Although it is argued that competitive sports for children are dangerous and costly, the positive outcomes substantially outweigh the negatives. I take the position that competitive sports are beneficial for kids because they…

themselves. Sports have a huge impact on a parent’s decision on what they want their child to take part in. Parents could choose just one sport for their child to participate in, or multiple sports. When a parent decides to pick one sport for their child to engage and compete in it's known as youth sport specialization because they choose one sport that intensely trains their child while excluding other sports. This could become by a parent wanting their child to do as best as they can in that…

Everlasting Risks of Sports Sports can be considered an integral part of an adolescent’s life. It can be a great source of entertainment and an even better source of exercise. However, it can also be a great source of life changing events such as injuries. As a semi-professional soccer player, I have experienced many injuries in the past. Injuries such as broken bones, concussions, and countless bruises. Also, as an athlete who plays a numerous amount of sports, the cost of it all can easily…

family. Essentially your sport has become your job which requires the same attention to stay healthy. Your leaders are doing their best to keep you from experiencing an injury when they start and end each shift with a stretching routine. Regardless of their best efforts you most likely experienced an injury. At the time of your injury you likely heard instructions on starting a comprehensive stretching program as one part of your recovery from the injury. When your injury heals your…

hundreds of thousands of sports injuries a year, so why not tell years of injuries from different sports? Sports like football can be very dangerous like jamming your fingers or breaking bones, but how many injuries were their in 2012? The top 10 most dangerous sports in 2012 were track and field, gymnastics, cheerleading, wrestling, volleyball, softball, baseball, soccer, basketball, and last but not least football. Track and field had 25,910 injuries, gymnastics had 28,300 injuries,…

Corneal abrasions One of the most common eye injury occurring while playing sport is the scratch of the cornea or corneal abrasion in medical term.This injury consist of the scratching of the cornea by the finger or the fingernail of a player.An abrasion can be small or large depending of the gravity of the scratching.This type of injury ensues when the corneal epithelium is abraded and it is more common in basketball (Brummit & Ericksson p.150) where the players in general without face…

away from the “sports scene” which isn’t fair to the kids who work day and night to achieve their dreams of playing a varsity sport at their high school. Kids can benefit from playing sports by having better relationships and exhibiting personal growth. While it is true that young athletes can get hurt from playing sports, the positive impacts sports can have on a kid is too great to take away. First of all, it is shown that athletes have better relationships from playing sports. They make…