Soccer, one of the most popular team sports in the world with over 200 million registered players worldwide, is a game of non stop action. Generally soccer is a safe and healthy form of exercise and competition for children. However, some precautions should be taken to maximize safety. Of the approximately 150,000 soccer related injuries that occur each year.
Most injuries in soccer occur in the lower body, mostly to the knees and ankles. However, repeated or prolonged use (overuse) injuries are common problems, especially toward the end of a long and gruelling season. These injuries are the result of constant overloading and wearing down of a tendon (tissue connecting muscle to bone), muscle, bone or joint, resulting in the inability of that structure to perform its normal biomechanical duties. Injuries are a common occurrence in the sport at every level of play.
There are many injuries that can occur in soccer, such as soft-tissue contusions, (bruises), knee injuries, and foot injuries. For these types of injuries there are things that can heal it. For heel or foot pains, inserts, placed in the soccer shoes may help. Other injuries are ankle injuries, fractures, and heading the ball.
The most important thing is that you must be properly dressed with soccer uniformand must use comfortable and sweat absorbent soccer jerseys which are advanced wicking fabric technologies that extract moisture from the skin to the fabric's outer surface where it quickly evaporates, regulating body temperature. However, in this article I will give you a few of tips on what you can do in order to protect yourself better. Now, let's check out the tips... * Stretching; focus particularly on the lower body and hips, and don't forget to stretch your neck gently. You could also stretch in the shower but I would not recommend this as first choice because you could fall and hurt yourself.
Listen to your body; If you feel tired don't practice. Take a day off instead. This will help you recover and you will also be able to perform better on next practice. Always wear shin guards whether you are playing with your friends or in a regular competition. It is hard to avoid all type of soccer injuries. Soon or later you will unfortunately get injured. But don't let an injury discourage you. If you have a bone fracture in your foot for example you will not be able to kick a ball. But you could do exercises to get stronger stomach muscles. Some injuries in soccer are just bad luck and you have to accept it.
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