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According to King’s research, most cheer-related concussions resulted in a loss of time from sport of one to three weeks, but concussion was the leading cause of cheer injuries resulting in time ...
The primary cause of increased incidence of catastrophic injuries to cheerleaders is the "evolution of cheerleading to a gymnastic-like activity". [8] It is the leading cause of catastrophic injuries to females, representing over 65% of the catastrophic injuries occurring in high school and college female athletes in the United States. [32]
I'd always thought of football as the most hazardous sport in high school, but a new report from the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the National Cheer Safety Foundation, has opened my ...
Testicles can be protected by wearing athletic cups during sports. Trauma to the testes can cause severe pain, bruising, swelling, and/or in severe cases even infertility. It can also turn in its space, causing a blockage of the vascular supply, this condition requires immediate medical attention (testicular torsion).
Adding insult to injury, the video of the wardrobe malfunction has gone viral just days after Deadspin published the Buffalo Bills Cheerleader Handbook online, which outs the franchise's insane ...
Meanwhile, in the US, cheerleading accounted for 65.1% of all major physical injuries to high school females, and to 66.7% of major injuries to college students due to physical activity from 1982 to 2007, with 22,900 minors being admitted to hospital with cheerleading-related injuries in 2002.
Vaginal trauma can occur as a result of a painful sexual experience or sexual abuse. [2] Vaginal trauma can occur in children as a result of a straddle injury. Most of these, though distressing, are not serious injuries. In some instances, a severe injury occurs and requires immediate medical attention, especially if the bleeding won't stop.
This "knock-knee" alignment can impact the way women jump or land, Pearle adds, which may increase the risk of ACL injury compared to men, who often have a more bow-legged alignment.