injury

Hey everyone! I tore my acl meniscus and plc exactly one year ago today (so ironic!) doing a double. I just wanted to hear from some cheerleaders and parents of cheerleaders who have made a comeback from an acl related injury. I have looked EVERYWHERE on the Internet to find statistics about...

I need to know what is legal to wear for competing with brace wise for injuries. I broke my thumb and obviously i have still been training with worlds being next week and i am still competing. But i have to wear a brace that doesnt allow my thumb to move which has a metal bit in the brace. The...

I hurt my knee (below knee/ upper leg) at practice the other day and was curious what kind of injuries others have had and what caused them?

Your level and your how your injury occurred please.

Epidemiology of cheerleading injuries presenting to NEISS ho... : The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery To sum it up, more injuries in stunting than tumbling. Also, more injuries to the upper extremity than the lower extremity.

I have heard many reputable people speak about injury statistics in cheerleading. Can someone tell me if these injury statistics being quoted to support these new "rules" are All-Star Cheer statistics or cheerleading across the board. To me there is a HUGE difference. A high school coach with...

If there are a ton more injuries are we as coaches to blame?

Ok, so those of you who are friends with me on Facebook know that my daughter Emileigh broke her leg a few weeks ago. i have been researching and researching trying to figure out exactly what kind of time frame we are looking at for her to return to cheer. This is the story: She broke her...

I dislocated and tore ligaments in my elbow a few months ago, and i'm finally getting back into tumbling. I was working on standing fulls before i got hurt, and they involve stepping before i do them. Now i have a bad habit of stepping before i do my standing tuck, since i am getting back into...

Who wears knee braces and which ones are good and which ones should be avoided?

My cp has had alot of lower back pain, She had an injury about a year ago dropped out of a stunt and landed on some ones knee we did physical therapy for about 3 months and took 6 months off of all star cheer. She started back in march of this year and is now starting to have alot of back pain...

I'm on my fourth knee surgery! :/

So I just got my ACL reconstruction today. The doctor said that both my lateral and medial meniscus were damaged beyond repair and removed them. Has anyone had this done before? Any chances of me tumbling/stunting again?

Other sports have injury reports of teams and their players. I think it would be kind of cool if there was a wiki like this that could just be updated. I guess you probably cannot/should not single out minors though. Just thought this would be an interesting aspect from a fan standpoint. Thoughts?

Am I the only one who feels like so many people are getting injured ?

I think I may have a hip flexor injury but i'm not sure... How can you tell if you have one? What is the best thing to do about it? Are there any stretches or exercises you can do to help? Also is it possible to not take time off and just push through the pain?

Okay guys, we've all seen those amazing athletes that get injured during a routine and KEEP GOING! Post your favorite videos here ! Make sure you mark the time of the video when it happens too !

So I broke my back about 5 years ago and I had my standing tuck working on my robhs layouts and after I broke it Ive just been very scared to throw any of my tumbling higher than a running tuck or a simple bhs and my back still isn't healed. I need help with how I can overcome my fear of...

Does anyone have the statistics on injuries in NCATA vs. injuries in traditional college cheerleading? I need them for a paper I'm writing and I'm not sure where I can find them.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/10/04/cnnheroes.sports.injuries/index.html?&hpt=hp_c2