Top Tips to Prevent Sports Injuries

Sports injuries can have lasting ramifications for any individual, not just professional athletes. As such, it is important to make sure that you and your loved ones are remaining safe while enjoying the games that you love. There are several different things that you can implement in your safety efforts. Below are the top five tips to prevent sports injuries.

Stay Hydrated

Lack of hydration can play a major part in sports injury, especially for sports performed outside in the heat. No matter where or when you play a sport, make sure that you drink plenty of liquids before, during and after the activity.

Stretch and Strengthen Muscles

Stretching increases flexibility and strengthening muscles conditions them to be able to withstand any extraneous movements during the sport. You should implement a muscle strengthening workout into your exercise regiment and make sure that you stretch before and after playing sports and exercising.

Wear Appropriate Gear/Clothing

If there is particular gear associated with the sport that you are playing, such as helmets and pads, it is your responsibility to make sure that you have such items and that you maintain them in proper shape. You also want to make sure that you were clothing that is not too thin or too thick, according to the weather and conditions of the sport.

Enforce the Rules

The rules of a sport were created for a reason, namely for the safety of the players. Even in a contact sport, it is important that the rules are strictly enforced.

Listen to Your Body

Your body expresses pain as a warning of possible or current damage. Make sure that you heed those notifications and address any body issues immediately.

There are a number of other safety measures that you can take, but implementing the aforementioned tips can help to prevent sports injuries. In the case that you do still face injury, make sure that you seek medical attention at once to protect against further injury.

By Dr. James  Lin
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