Why am I Injured?
Why am I Injured?
Accidents do happen however there are numerous ways of reducing the risk of sustaining an injury, finding out why you are getting injured is essential to assess your risk.
Common risk factors include:
- Continual repetition of an action
- Not taking safety precautions
- An accident including impact
- Poor exercise technique (over loading)
- Muscle weakness / Imbalance
- Failure to warm up
- Over training
- Excessive loading on the body
- Inappropriate equipment especially footwear
- Lacking flexibility
- Joint laxity
- Genetic factors