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Soccer Injuries
November 13, 2007
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Soccer injuries are becoming more common as the sport grows in popularity. Orthopedic
surgeon John Kagan says, “Soccer is somewhat of a collision sport. It involves mostly
cutting, running, ball handling”.
Maxwell Sickels loves soccer, but in a recent game this ten year olds body was put
to the test. “ I was dribbling the ball down the field and I was about to shoot
but somebody tripped over me on my back and I fell over” says Maxwell Sickels, soccer
player. After the fall, Maxwell felt a strong pain in his arm. “ It felt like it
just got chopped off, it hurt really bad. I couldn’t sleep at night. I finally went
to sleep for about one or two hours and the next day we went to the hospital.
Physicians told Maxwell his arm was broken. While collisions aren’t a vital part
of playing soccer, they are common. John Kagan MD. says “In soccer you know two
players may hit each other but they are not doing it on purpose, they are doing
it on accident because they are trying to hit the ball”. Dr. Kagan also tells us
that injuries like Maxwell’s do happen on the soccer field, but most patients suffer
from tears and sprains. “ In this sport we tend to see more injuries where the person
is planting the foot and cutting and no one actually hits them and they just over
extend or over stress the ligament and it tears”.
Physicians say the best way to prevent injury is to make sure your body is properly
stretched and conditioned before you begin to play any sport.
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