Common Sports with Common Injuries
Although regular participation in sports activities or exercise can increase the likelihood of any kind of injury, there are certain injuries which are more common in particular sports. This has led to the coining of injury phrases such as ‘tennis elbow’ or ‘runner’s knee.’ Below is a list of sports and physical activities and the injuries which are most commonly incurred by their participants.
Athletics
- Avoiding injuries in the gym
- Muscle strains to the legs and lower back.
- Ankle and ligament damage
- Achilles tendonitis
- Shoulder injuries through repetitive sudden and movement
- Stress injuries from jumping events
Cricket
- Head injuries caused by fast bowling
- Bowlers are at risk of back injuries (muscle strains) due to the repetitive and sometimes awkward movements involved when bowling.
- Knee damage and strain is also common.
Football
- Fractures
- Cuts and bruises
- Boot-stud injuries
- Knee damage and strain due to repetitive twisting
- Ankle injuries
Racquet Sports
- Tennis Elbow
- Fractures caused by falling on hard surfaces
- Muscle strains through repetitious movement
- Frozen Shoulder caused by overhead movements
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- Frozen Shoulder
- Tennis Elbow
- Shin Splints
- Achilles Tendonitis
- Runner’s Knee
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- Anterior Knee Pain
- Hyphema (Blood in the Eye)
- Skull Fracture
- Osgood-Schlatter disease
- Concussion
- Stress Fracture
- Osteopathy
- Physiotherapy
- Spondylolisthesis
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Knee pain
- Iliotibial band pain
- Big toe joint pain
- Heel pain
- Back Pain
- Cuts and Abrasions
- Dental damage
- Groin Pain and Strain
- Hamstring Strain
- Knee Joint Injury
- Nose Injury
- Headaches and head knocks
- Rotator Cuff injuries
- Shoulder Injury
- Golf Elbow
- Joint Sprain
- Muscle Strain
- Neck Pain
- Tenosynovitis
- Acromioclavicular Joint (ACJ) Injuries
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Joint pain
- RSI - Repetitive Strain Injuries
- Fractures
- Boot-stud injuries
- Knee damage twisting
- Ankle injuries
- Overuse Injuries
- Football Injuries
- Skiing Injuries
- Running Injuries
- Judo Injuries
- Tennis Injuries
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- Rugby Injuries
- Golf Injuries
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- Facial injuries
- Elbow Injuries
- Neck Injuries
- Shoulder Instability
- Muscular Injuries
- Wrist Injuries
- Root compression of nerve
- Stress fracture of pars interarticularis
- Fractured tibia and fibula
- Gastrocnemius/soleus strain
- Sever’s lesion
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