Accidents In Hockey
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Accidents can and do happen anywhere, anytime to anyone. This
statement is very true when dealing with a physical contact sport like
hockey. There is a certain amount of risk involved in playing any sport.
When an injury occurs, it inflicts tremendous hardship on the injured
person, the team and ....
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.... the most common
hockey injuries and how they occured. the most common injuries are to the
shoulder, knee and the head.
Injury to the shoulder is the most common hockey injury in the game
today because of the physcial contact. Of the injuries reported in the
1993-1994 hockey season, 12% of those were shoulder related. Injury to the
acromio-clavicular joint was the most frequent because of the bodychecking.
Every time a player steps on the ice, he is constantly being pounded into
the boards, ....
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