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Know The Consequences Of Sports Injury Prevention

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“There is currently every 25 seconds an athlete gets hurts and goes to the emergency room and there no minor injuries and that's 3,397 people a day”! (“Sports Injury Statistics”) the problem of sport injuries is no joke, just one major injury can change your life forever like never able to play sports again. This is a huge problem all over the world and the only way to prevent it is to work together and to , educate them, have parent involvement, and upgrade the gear.The first way to prevent kid’s sports injuries is to educate them about it. There are many kids that get hurt in one year some serious some not so serious but the point is if they were just educated about maybe the injury never would of happen. “Be aware and knowledgeable …show more content…

Get to know the common injuries of the sports as well as the rules of the game your children are in.Let your kids know it is okay to speak up if they are tired or hurt.” (“Sports Injury Prevention”) Sport injuries happen, to people young and old. This problem is currently getting worse from more and more as new people join.“Know the rules of the games your children participate in and why the rules were put in place. Understanding why the rules have been put into place can give you and your athlete a better understanding of the consequences of not following the rules”.(“Sports Injury Prevention”) Maybe not as much player would be injured if they would have know the rule of the game. With proper education, sport injuries could be gone or less frequent.The second way to help prevent sport injuries is with parent involvement. The tactic could be as simple as telling them what they can and cannot do. “Every day approximately 8,000 children are treated for sport injuries”.(“We Work To Prevent Sports Injuries”). More than 38 million children participate in sports each year in the United States. One in three children who plays a team sport is injured seriously enough to miss practice or games.Girls are up to eight times more likely to have an ACL injury than …show more content…

“Most organized sports-related injuries (62 percent) occur during practice rather than in games”. (““We Work To Prevent Sports Injuries”).The most common types of sports-related injuries among children are sprains, muscle strains, bone or growth plate injuries, repetitive motion injuries and heat-related illness. Some could have been prevented if parent told how you're suppose to

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