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Which Sports Have the Highest Risk of Injury

Which Sports Have the Highest Risk of Injury?

Whether you are someone who simply likes to kick back and watch the games at home, or someone who wants to get involved, being a fan of the sport can feel like it opens up an entire world and community to you. That being said, many people who play sports also open themselves up to a substantially higher risk of injury, though exactly how big that risk very much depends on the sport.

If you’re someone who likes to get personally involved with sport, it makes sense that you’d want to be aware of where this risk might be the highest, either so you can avoid them or so you can take the necessary precautions when it comes to it.

Football

When you’re trying to answer the question of what the most dangerous sport is, you quite easily run into some difficult logistical problems when it comes to answering this question. A sport like football (or soccer), for example, is going to rank highly due to its sheer popularity, and numerous hours of play. However, it’s not the most dangerous in terms of the kinds of stakes that you’re putting out there for yourself, with football players generally being thought to be more likely to suffer injuries around their legs than elsewhere due to the game being restricted to the ground level.

So, for some sports, it might be a matter of injury being inevitable at a certain point, but it is up to you how high that risk has to be to deter you.

Rugby and American Football

While certainly different sports, they’re grouped here due to the potential injuries being suffered here being quite similar. While American football has the protection that rugby doesn’t, the way that a lot of these injuries occur, with some being as serious as to result in spinal damage, can be through the types of tackles that happen in each game.

In the case that something like this were to happen to you, it’s worth making yourself aware of possible options that you have moving forward, such as stem cell treatments for the physical side of your injury, as well as therapy or counselling as to not neglect your emotional wellbeing and mental health during this tumultuous time.

Boxing and MMA

While it might be easy to see how the injury would occur in the case of something like rugby or American football, being aggressive contact sports, the aim of the game is still set aside from how these injuries occur (with scoring points with a ball being the focus). However, when it comes to options like boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA), the objective itself is to be the last one standing in a fight of attrition, so injuries are not only bound to occur but they are arguably baked into the DNA of the game to some extent. With the head being both exposed and an obvious target for the opponent, it might come as no surprise that these types of injuries occur regularly in this field.

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