Football Injury
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Australian rules football is a sport known for
its high level of physical body contact compared to other sports such as
soccer and basketball. High impact collisions can occur from any direction,
although deliberate collisions from front-on (known specifically as a
shirtfront when the contact is body-on-body). In addition, players typically
wear no protective padding of any kind except for a mouthguard (unlike the
full-body gear in gridiron football codes or the shinguards in soccer). As
such, injury rates tend to be high.
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Soft tissue injuries are the most frequent,
including injuries to the thighs and calf muscles. Osteitis pubis is a
condition which particularly effects Australian rules footballers[1].
Injuries to the knee, ankle and shoulders are also common. Hospital treated
injuries account for 40 percent of all injuries.[2]
Knee reconstructions are among the career threatening injuries for
professional and amateur players. Full contact play with the potential to be
tackled or bumped from any angle means that the risk of a knee being twisted
or caught on a dangerous angle is high.
While many players choose not to wear protective padding, players do
occasionally suffer head injury resulting in loss of consciousness[3]
however spinal injury is extremely uncommon and comparatively much lower
than rugby football[4][5].
In recent years the AFL has commissioned official studies as well as
introduced new rules and precautions aimed at reducing the number and
severity of injuries in the sport.
The high levels of injuries that take place during games of football are so
much that not only during a players' career are they susceptible to
injuries, but the effects afterwards are detrimental to their health. One
example of a current player (as of 2005) that has suffered a large share of
injuries is Essendon champion James Hird, who has suffered virtually every
injury imaginable.
In a study conducted recently of 413 retired VFL/AFL footballers, common
problems amongst the group in old age included arthritis, hip replacements
(including Kevin Sheedy, who has had two operations on his hip within a
short space of time), and low ability to perform sport-based activities.
Steven Febey recently spoke out in Good Weekend (the magazine of the Fairfax
newspaper network) detailing that his emphasis on fitness during his career
had been cancelled out after his retirement, when the onset of injuries
during his football career began to take their toll.
The AFL Players' Association is working on initiatives to set up a player
welfare fund for after footballers' retirements. |
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