Six Reasons Why Sports Injuries Happen

Sports comes with risks. Every sportsman knows that. But so many famous athletes had been with stitches and meds after some injuries. And it doesn’t hinder them. Take the basketball players, boxers, football players, they came out alive and well despite some collisions and heated games. Except for those few who had it bad, sports had been still that famous.

Questions, Questions, Why?

But why do certain injuries happen? Why are athletes after same and same accidents still can’t avoid injuries? Who is to blame?

A fired of mine once played forward in his football team. And during the intense game an accident happened, he was injured, broke his ankle and was never to play again. But he accepted it wholeheartedly that is quite the opposite of some drama laden series. I asked him what happened, said he just “kinda” lost some concentration. And this is where I got the idea for this article
Reasons Why Injuries Happens in Sports

1.    No warm ups. These has been one of the blunders in sports, no warm ups or there hasn’t been enough to start with. This can cause shock to muscles thus will result to accidents.

2.    Bad decisions. This is a “do or die” mindset of some athletes. Thinking that this might be their last chance and the break will never happen again. And their body seems to be their only armor at the moment. And for those not too smart decisions, you ended up with a cast and a three month therapy.

3.    Incompetent gears and bad shoes. These gears may include helmets, knee pads, incompatible shoes, body pads, etc. The failure of these gears to do its job sometimes may lead to serious injuries.

4.    Poor health. Sometimes poor health can be another reason for injuries. Poor health may result to poor stamina, little energy and lethargy. This can be bad for the game. Aside from the fact that you are endangering yourself, you are also putting your team or game in a bad light.

5.    Alcohol. In professional athletics, alcohol and other substance test is done. But then in some little matches for local games, it seldom happens. We know that alcohol dampens your judgment and even your motor skills. And nobody can contradict that.

6.    Accidents. And this is the main reason why injury statistics for sports keep getting higher. There is just the accident. Nobody wills it. Everybody’s in the right gear, no alcohol or anything impending judgment, it just happened. Destiny willed it and bam, you’re on a cast. Best thing to do is to have it healed.

And we can’t go back in time after sports injuries injuries, the best thing to do is heal it right and never do the same mistakes again. “Be careful” and “play smart” would be the words of wisdom here. And another thing to avoid such accidents is respect everybody and do not think too high of yourself.
Going on a game? Check first with the things above, and one more thing, be sure to follow rules.