Thursday, 01.30.14
In the NFL, Which Body Part Gets Hurt the Most?
Jess S. sent this to me the other. I found it to be very interesting break down of injuries that were incurred during the 2013-2014 NFL football season. Does any of this surprise you, or is it what you would expect? The NFL has dramatically changed to rules to reduce concussions, but has that lead to more knee injuries with players going low to avoid fines? Should there be some sort of “tackle box”? Based on their concern for player safety as shown by many rule changes do you see something like this happening? Post thoughts to comments.
Amateur
Squat 3×5 (add 5 lb to last workout)
Bench 3×5 (add 2.5 lb to last workout)
Collegiate
Front Squat 7 RM
Conditioning
Complete 5 rounds for time:
Push Press – 5 reps
Chin Ups – 3 reps
Push Press – 3 reps
Chin Ups – 5 reps
Push Press – 1 rep
Chin Ups – 7 reps
**Amateurs use 90% of Press 3×5
**Collegiate use 90% of Press 5 RM
2014 01 29
I’d love to see the same picture for the last 5 years and look at trends. I’d also like to see the number of injuries by bodypart that required surgery/hospitalization/cast. Can almost guarantee the number of severe knee injuries has gone way up recently.
I agree it would be interesting to see a year by year comparison, and what rule changes were made happened in each year
Not really surprised that the knee, ankle and upper leg areas are the most common. Didn’t think there would be that many hand injuries but it definitely makes sense. I wonder what the average number of head injuries was before they really started enforcing the targeting rule.
PS. Maybe football should take a lesson from rugby and impose a “high tackle” rule. Although, I guess targeting would/should probably cover that.