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Football Injuries - College Term Papers

Football Injuries

Michael Smith
February 21, 2012
Psychology
Ms. Keith
Writing Assignment One

If I had the chose to choose something to study I would do something about football. The study of football I am going to do is on the many injuries of the game. According to Cluett(2004) "Football is a rough sport, and despite the helmets, pads, braces, and supports, injuries are a common part of the game. The combination of the size of the players, speed of play, and physical nature of the game makes football injuries quite common." National Institutes of Health(2004) says "The term sports injury, in the broadest sense, refers to the kinds of injuries that most commonly occur during sports or exercise. ...

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are considered briefly in the appendix [HYPERLINK: http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Sports_Injuries/default.asp]." The most common injuries that occur in football are as follows according to Cluett(2004) "Sprains and strains are the most common type of football injury. Treatment of sprains and strains usually is best accomplished by the "R.I.C.E. [HYPERLINK: http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/sprainsstrains/ht/sprainedankle.htm]" method (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevate), "Fractures account for one quarter of all serious football injuries (i.e. injuries that require hospital care). Commonly fractured bones include the finger [HYPERLINK: http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/upperfx/index.htm], wrist [HYPERLINK: http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/upperfx/a/wristfracture.htm], and leg [HYPERLINK: http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/lowerfx/index.htm], Achilles tendonitis is a painful condition of the tendon in the back of the ankle. Left untreated, Achilles tendonitis can lead to an increased ...

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Added: 4/2/2012 09:06:30 PM
Submitted By: Sugar123
Category: Health & Medicine
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