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Exercise-based injury prevention has been shown to reduce injury rates in sports. [39] Sport-specific warm-up programs exist which have proven efficacious in reducing injuries of children. [40] Warming up before sport improves the blood flow in muscles and allows for the muscle temperature to rise which helps to prevent muscle strains or tears.
An analysis of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) injury reports estimated concussion rates among student athletes who participate in NCAA sports during the 2011–2012 through 2014–2015 academic years: [23]
Many high school students will experience some form of head injury during their experiences in amateur sports and the majority of these can be classified as concussions. [18] Even by the beginning of high school, 53% of athletes will have already suffered a concussion. Less than 50% of them report it in order to stay in the game.
Sport injuries are always the result of overuse or trauma to a part of the body. An issue unique to youth athletics is that the participants' bones are still growing, [11] making them especially at risk for injury. Around 8,000 children are rushed to the emergency room daily because of sports injuries. [38]
Because American football is a full-contact sport, head injuries are relatively common. According to the San Francisco Spine Institute at Seton Medical Center in Daly City, California, up to 1.5 million young men participate in football annually, and there are an estimated 1.2 million football-related injuries per year.
Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness and the treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise. Although most sports teams have employed team physicians for many years, it is only since the late 20th century that sports medicine emerged as a distinct field of health care.
This high rise in sport participation has led to some startling statistics, high school athletes account for an estimated 2 million injuries, 500,000 doctor visits, and 30,000 hospitalizations each year. The most common types of sports-related injuries among youth are sprains, muscle strains, bone or growth plate injuries, and overuse injuries.
See Kata for "form" in the context of martial arts. Form is a specific way of performing a movement, often a strength training exercise, to avoid injury and maximize benefit. [ 1 ]