Common Baseball Injuries WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Common Baseball Injuries
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four markers called bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team (the batting team) take turns hitting while the other team (the fielding team) tries to stop them from scoring runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. ...read more from Wikipedia
Baseball injuries are caused by wearing out of bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments overtime, or an acute trauma due to pitching, jumping, running, sliding and hitting the ball.
Fast Facts:
- Common baseball injuries are Pitcher's elbow, leg sprain, fractures, shoulder dislocation, and back sprain.1
- - Sport equipments should fit properly and be worn correctly for safety precautions. 2
- Warm up activities such as flexibility exercises can help prevent soft tissue injuries. 1
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Complete Idiot's Guide to First Aid Basics (via FamilyEducation): Common Baseball Injuries
- ↑ American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS): Tips To Prevent Baseball Injuries
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- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Common Baseball Injury, Baseball Injuries
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