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Sports injuries

February 2024

  • G2 - Sport injuries Main Web

    All gain, no pain: how to avoid injuries from running, skiing, swimming, cycling, football, rugby, yoga …

  • Two kids playing netball

    How to have healthy joints
    Team sports for kids and yoga in your 50s: exercises to help you stay flexible for every life stage

  • England’s Chloe Kelly was out for 11 months with an ACL injury sustained in 2021.

    How to have healthy joints
    ‘It felt like somebody had hit a hammer through my knee’: the crisis of ACL injuries in women’s football

  • Built for running … Tim Jonze with physiotherapist Uzo Ehiogu.

    How to have healthy joints
    ‘I thought I would never run again’: how I overcame runner’s knee

November 2023

  • A phot of 17-year-old boy Fletcher Crowley wearing a cap, t-shirt and shorts. He is sitting in a wheelchair and smiling.

    A dirt jumping accident left 17-year-old Fletcher Crowley a paraplegic. He’s determined to ‘prove everyone wrong’

    Just nine weeks after breaking his back during a horror bike accident, this Sydney teen is ready to show the world what he can do

June 2023

  • Ellie Scotney (blue/white shorts) defeats Cherneka Johnson during a boxing match at Wembley Arena.

    Athletes should avoid total rest after mild concussion, say experts

    Advice that light activity in first 24-48 hours after injury can help recovery contradicts recent UK guidance

May 2023

  • Manchester City’s Steph Houghton tackles Manchester United’s Ona Batlle during the WSL game between the teams in Leigh on 21 May

    Female footballers need better coaching to protect hamstrings, experts say

    Exclusive: Injury research suggests training not keeping up with demands of elite women’s game

March 2023

  • ‘It was slightly shocking, because my brain looked rather elderly’ … Henry Marsh.

    How to have a healthy brain
    ‘Exercise, avoid bangs and invent fairy stories’: Henry Marsh’s guide to keeping brains healthy

    The neurosurgeon spent decades making people’s brains better, but a scan led him to focus on the factors that stave off cognitive decline and boost quality of life

November 2022

  • Illustration of a medication capsule splitting open to reveal a heart, a bicep, an hourglass, a bone and a smiley face

    ‘Initially I thought it was a scam’: can collagen really turn back the clock?

    Wrinkled skin, painful muscles, aching joints – collagen is being marketed by the supplement industry as the answer to many of the problems of ageing

October 2022

  • Harriet Elleman of the Brumbies is checked for concussion during the round six Super W match between the Fijian Drua and the ACT Brumbies at Suncorp Stadium on April 09, 2022 in Brisbane, Australia. Several sporting organisations will have to rethink their concussion rules following plagiarism allegations against a leading international concussion expert Dr Paul McCrory. Photo by Albert Perez/Getty Images

    Science Weekly
    How a scientific scandal could force sport to rethink concussion

    Dr Paul McCrory is a world-renowned concussion expert whose work shaped concussion policy across global sport for the past 20 years. Last week, the British Journal of Sports Medicine retracted nine of his articles and attached an ‘expression of concern’ to another 74. Ian Sample hears from senior sports writer Andy Bull about what this means and what happens next.

October 2019

  • Barry Glendenning

    We know football and dementia are linked. So what will the game do about it?

    Barry Glendenning
    A landmark study has confirmed former professional footballers are significantly more likely to suffer serious neurological diseases later in life. So what is the game going to do about it?

August 2019

  • Steve Smith is struck on the neck by England fast bowler Jofra Archer in the second Ashes Test at Lord’s.

    Steve Smith’s Test concussion reignites debate about safety

    Brain injury charity Headway says batsman should not have returned to pitch after being hit

May 2019

  • A woman clutches her knee

    Women taking pill may be less likely to suffer ACL injury, study finds

    Hormonal contraceptives potentially reduce risk of tear to anterior cruciate ligament

July 2018

  • New heights: James Pett undertaking dance science testing at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance.

    Raising the barre: how science is saving ballet dancers

    Could new science and high-tech training protect dancers from the injuries that end so many of their careers far too early? Mark Bailey investigates

June 2017

  • two athletes running through streets of city<br>Omsk, Russia - September 20, 2015: two athletes running through streets of city during Siberian international marathon

    Do compression sports clothes really improve performance?

    Great claims are made for compression leggings, socks, stockings and more. It’s a lucrative market, but what is the evidence for the benefits?

May 2017

  • Washington Nationals’ Adam Eaton lies on the field after he was injured on a play at first base during the game against the New York Mets last month.

    An ACL injury is no longer a career killer, but can athletes ever truly be the same?

    Ian McMahan: The tiny band of connective tissue in the center of the knee has been the downfall of many a top athlete, but not all ACL injuries are created equal

January 2017

  • Brooklyn, NY, August 20th 2016. Oisin &amp; Mum Sarah Hughes at the famous Gleason Gym Photography Christopher Lane

    My seven-year-old son the boxer

    As a boxing writer Sarah Hughes has always adored the noble science. But now her young boy wants to box, she finds herself terrified of concussion or worse

December 2016

  • Wales rugby player George North lies on the ground concussed after a clash of heads in a game against England.

    Sports head injuries should all be scanned

    Letters: When a player comes off or falls off having had a bang on the head he or she should stay off

March 2016

  • Nick Blackwell and Chris Eubank Sr

    Neurosurgeon: Blackwell fight 'should have stopped three rounds earlier'

  • Vontaze Burfict, Antonio Brown<br>FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2016, file photo, Cincinnati Bengals' Vontaze Burfict (55), right, runs into Pittsburgh Steelers' Antonio Brown (84) during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Cincinnati. Burfict was called for a penalty on the play. The Steelers have ruled out All-Pro wide receiver Antonio Brown from Sunday's AFC divisional playoff game against Denver while he recovers from a concussion. Brown left last weekend's wild-card win over Cincinnati after taking a shot to the head from Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

    NFL official acknowledges link between head trauma and brain disease CTE

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