sports injuries
Game-related physical harm
Sports injuries are physical harm sustained during athletic activity—sprains, strains, fractures, concussions, and tears to muscles, ligaments, or tendons.
The term covers both acute trauma from a single incident and chronic damage from repetitive stress: She's been sidelined with sports injuries all season.
A sports injury can end careers or require months of rehabilitation.
- tendonitisInflamed tissue connecting muscle
- concussionBrain injury from impact
- head traumaInjury to the skull
- strainExcessive stretching force
- stress fractureMicroscopic bone crack from overuse
fracture · rotator cuff · ACL · ligament tear · swelling · shin splints · tennis elbow · pulled muscle · hamstring pull · physical therapy · sports medicine · torn ACL · back pain · meniscus · sprained ankle · pain · injured reserve · surgery
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