Preventing Sports Injuries in Youth

There are many risks to playing sports but the biggest one is injuries. In invasion games like lacrosse and soccer you risk being pushed, tackled, kicked, and other physical “attacks”. In other games like tennis you can get hurt from a fracture or sprain. In almost every sport you could be injured.

Throughout the states, questions and doubts about players safety have arisen. Despite the worries, statistics show the amount of injuries are not abundant enough to call out football as “Too Dangerous”. According to the study, published in the August 2007 issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine, four out of every 1,000 high school football exposures resulted in an injury. The most common injuries were knee and or ankle related, stating also how the position in which most of these injuries occur were to running backs and to linebackers. “While football does have a high rate of injuries, injuries don’t have to be just part of the game,” said Christy Collins, MA, research associate in CIRP at Children’s Hospital and co-author of the study. “There are ways to reduce the number and severity of football injuries

One of the most common truths that people have a problem with when the subject is contact sports is the injuries that are involved in playing such sports. Sports such as Football, Rugby, Lacrosse, and Hockey are all considered contact sports due to the volume of hitting and personal contact that occurs when one plays these kinds of sports. All though friendships and building one's character can take place when playing a contact sport, the risk outweigh the reward when it comes to the research done on injuries that occur every year when playing sports such as the ones

In today’s society, youth sports programs are heavily involved in the everyday lives of different families and communities within different cities. These programs help provide our youth with positive leadership skills along with physical and mental development. While these youth sports programs should be fun and challenging, certain liability risks can become present and may result in lawsuits against the organization that hosts these types of programs. Youth sports programs are becoming more and more competitive and the risk of injuries is growing, which are raising concerns of liability issues and more lawsuits being filed. This paper will examine a case involving a youth sports injury due to negligence and also help layout preventative guidelines to help my business avoid these same issues.

Injuries is a con that comes with sports. In, Report: Pressure on teen athletes soars, studies have shown that concussions have tripled over the last decade (Report). A way to avoid injuries, like concussions, is to get more protective and effective gear. Some still argue that joining sports isn’t worth a

When playing any athletic sport, there are multiple risks that a player, such as I, may encounter while participating in each sport. Growing up in a sports family, meant I played multiple sports as a young athlete, such as, baseball, football, basketball and swimming. During my younger sports years, I cannot recall any major injuries or concussions in any of the sports I played. While practicing and participating in any sport or activity it is necessary to take precautions, by using the proper equipment and good technique before, during, and after the activity. As an athlete with many hours of practice and conditioning, I felt I ready for almost anything life could throw at me. As an athlete, I have pushed my body to the limit and my body started to push back with injuries leading to partial fractures, MCL tears, and UCL strain.

When it comes to sports there is one injury that everyone reasonably fears as one of worst injury’s I’m talking about concussions, there is a lot relatively a lot new information out there on concussions some true and some not so true. Being an athlete my entire life, and playing sports such as football, basketball I have received concussions before, I know what they feel like and I also know the pressure that is placed on you to continue playing through the injury. whether it be a concussion or not That’s one of the big problems with the concussion epidemic players don’t want to be thought of as “week” or “baby’s” because they got hit and left the game, there whole team is counting on you, and you don’t want to let them down.

Athletics play an immense role in the lives of youth, whether they play with friends for fun or in team competition as student athletes. Regular physical activity helps build and maintain bone and muscle health, helps reduce the risk of developing obesity, and promotes psychological well-being (U.S. Dept.). Public health programs promote the benefits of physical activity, but those benefits are reduced by the possibility of injury (CDC, 2). The participation in athletic sports outweigh the potential of sustaining a concussion.

According to the National Federation of State High School Associations studying in California, “1.5 million preadolescent and adolescent boys participate in high school football” (qtd. “Injuries”). That is a lot of students at risk for injury while playing high school sports. In the two seasons of high school football seasons observed in California, “players sustained 25.5 injuries per 100 players” (“Injuries”). With all those injuries, students are likely out of the game and are possibly hampered in other parts of their life, adjusting to their injury. With these injuries on young bodies, they can cause many problems in the future. The issue of injuries to students participating in high school sports cannot be ignored.

Many children enjoy sports more than life itself. To love a sports with that amount of significance is not a horrible thing, but to love oneself should be the first priority in life. Especially adolescents who play the sport with lots of passion and emotion by imitating their favorite athletes to fight an injury so they would be able to continue their action. The youth as a whole need to realize that injuries are capable of affecting people’s lives around them. For example, hiding any joint problems gives an increase chance of arthritis at a younger age. Sport injuries at a young age can lead to a serious case of no or rare physical activity for the rest of their life (Schnedier 1). Concussions are one of the most serious injuries that athletes should be aware of and how to continue. Athletes like Chris Coyne fight concussions to play, but fighting a severe headache, dizziness and nausea can hurt a team more if something very serious would have happened to effect a teammate’s life.

College athletes have worked both on the field and in school for decades for a chance to go pro. Athletes risk their careers for an education in the long run for a hope at getting a deal in a pro league or scoring an education. Athletes know the risk of playing the sport but love the activity enough to stay throughout the years. Playing a college sport is a way for students to receive educations or to be able to go pro in the end or even do both. Over years, players have become successful but some were not so fortunate after injuries that left them unable to play. Students know risk of playing a sport from the time they first start playing the sport. From 1988 through 2004, there were 200,000 injury reports, this data includes when an athlete misses a day or more of practice or competition, which

Getting hurt while playing sports is no fun, especially if it happens to you twice in the same season or should I say year. Having to watch your teammates train and compete while you are sitting on the sidelines really stinks, in fact it sucks.

According to yard house from “ A comparison of high school sport injury surveillance data reporting by certified athletic trainer and coaches”, “High school athletes sustain more than 1.4 million injuries annually”. Many of these injuries are caused because public high school do not provide enough professional care for athletes. Some of the reasons that athletes are not provided with right care is because of insurance, proper equipment and educated professionals to treat injuries.

With youth sports competitive rate increasing, the amount of injuries is increasing right along with it. Youth sports are taken to an all new level in today’s society. Most sports are played to win and not for fun now a days. This country would be improve tremendously if youth sports would just be played the sports for fun, not be punished for doing the wrong thing and pushed to where injury comes into play.

Professional sports leagues need to do more to help prevent physical injuries in sports “Physical/Medical Symptoms include Sleep difficulty Change in appetite and/or weight Shaking, trembling Fatigue, tiredness, weakness Gastrointestinal complaints, headaches Overuse injuries” In all sports athletes have pressure to do well which leads to large amounts of stress. Many people believe that the only injuries professional athletes can face are physical. However, athletes can also experience emotional issues such as stress. They can also suffer from economical issues such as college athletes not being payed during their college career. Some people will say that stress is just part of the game and that every player encounters it. Every player does encounter stress but on massive amounts. Players should on occasion get some breaks due to stress. As a result Professional Athletes will endure emotional injury during their career just as much as they endure physical