Showing posts with label Athletic Injuries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Athletic Injuries. Show all posts

Saturday, June 11, 2011

13 Year Old Boy Dead After Taking Baseball to the Chest During Little League Game

What a terrible tragedy. 13 year old Hayden Walton went for the bunt during a Little League game in Winslow, Arizona, and took an inside pitch to the chest. He took a couple of steps, but collapsed. He died at the hospital the next morning. His family and friends are inconsolable, and are not speaking to the press.

The injury is rare, but it does happen. It's called commotio cordis and it occurs when the heart takes a hard blow at a certain angle. It can happen in sports such as baseball, hockey and any sport in which a small, hard projectile can hit the heart. Take a look:

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Sports Injury Expert Warns Kids Are Being 'Driven To The Brink'

A leading sports injury expert says many young athletes are being 'driven to the brink' by coaches.

Vel Sakthivel, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Southampton General Hospital, has warned the pressure on budding youngsters to perform is contributing to a rise in injuries among under-16s.

"We are seeing an increase in the number of sports injuries in children each year, ranging from serious ligament damage and fractures, to strains and sprains, and the pressure applied by coaches is to blame on many occasions," he said.

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