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According to one estimate, 35,000 cheer athletes are injured each year. Tips for cheerleaders to avoid concussions, handle sport's unique challenges.
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 ...
Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to entertain the audience, or for competition.
The organization sanctions competition in the following sports: Boys' and girls': Basketball, Bowling, Cross-country, Golf, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and field. Boys only: Baseball, Football, Wrestling (girls are eligible to wrestle in a co-ed format with boys also, although some schools have dedicated women's teams that participate in a separate, girls-only division of the sport).
An 8-year-old girl was killed as she fell off a float and was run over during a Fourth of July parade near Salt Lake City. Macie Hill was on a float with her grade school cheerleading team ...
The most immediate injury caused by asphyxia is hypoxia, which can in turn cause acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome as well as damage to the circulatory system. The most severe injury associated with asphyxiation is cerebral hypoxia and ischemia , in which the brain receives insufficient oxygen or blood, resulting in ...
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