Top 10 Exercise Injuries For Women
Exercise injuries are as common as exercise itself, whether it be women or men doing the exercise. In coming articles, I will discuss injury prevention for each of the 10 exercise injuries that will be discussed in this article.
According to a study published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “the incidence of exercise-related injury among women in the civilian population is not well documented. Civilian studies of male and female exercise participants provide some indication of the frequency of such injuries. Surveys demonstrate that the incidence of self-reported running-related injury is high. Annually, approximately 25%-65% of male and female runners report being injured to the extent that they reduced or stopped training.”
With this study as background, my experience as a trainer has been that many women’s’ exercise injuries are running-related, posture-related or due to training overload.
The Top 10 Exercise Injuries
1. Muscle strains, sprains and tears. Soft tissue injuries can lead to major injuries if left untreated. Treatment of any soft tissue injury during the first 24 to 72 hours is important to offset any further injury and inflammation.
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As a marathoner and coach in an international marathon/half marathon training program, I see so many of these injuries, largely from overuse and over-training. Admittedly, I've not been immune, myself (must be my competitive nature, lol!). But, some of these injuries are not just from exercising. Daily activities, gardening, sitting incorrectly, sleeping incorrectly, poor posture and constantly carrying heavy weight on one shoulder can also cause some of these injuries by throwing the body out of alignment and balance.
Something a lot of people don't think about!
Looking forward to your next segment.
Alysiak.....you are so right and well said! The body is meant to work a certain way and we get injured many times from doing things repetitively or doing things the wrong way.