How to prevent and manage sports injuries

Sports injuries can be divided into two types: Acute injury and chronic overuse. Acute injury occurs suddenly or as a result of trauma such as an ankle sprain or fracture.

Chronic overuse injury occurs over time, as a result of repetitive microtrauma of bones, muscles, tendons or joints. Tendinopathy or stress fracture is one example. Chronic overuse injury is more common than acute injury and more challenging to treat.

A study showed that among a younger age group, 51 per cent of exercisers suffer injury.
For the majority, the severity of injury ranges from mild to moderate. The risk of getting injured is more common in an older age group. Most of the injuries occur at lower extremities.