Injuries in cheer are very common happening. Many injuries can cause athletes to quit their sport or something major to happen to them. Sports can be a very dangerous thing. If you do not know how to play and the safety risks and how to prevent it. Cheerleading is one of the most dangerous contact sports for women.
Cheer is one of the sports up there that is dangerous. It involves many different risky stunts; stunts are defined as something that builds the performance to show off the team’s skill. These stunts can range from throwing someone up in the air and trusting that the people below them will catch them
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One major injury that should be treated and told to an adult as soon as it happens is something that has to do with the neck. A neck injury can cost you to be paralyzed for the rest of your life.
The most common way to get an injury in Cheerleading.
One of the most common ways to get an injury in cheer is tumbling. Tumbling is essentially a gymnastic form that has to do with flipping, rolling, etc. In order to learn a new tumbling skill is to try, which results in many accidents.
Although a lot of accidents happen in cheer, many cheerleaders stay dedicated and loyal to the sport. Being successful and good at something always starts with the falls. By having an injury by doing something teaches you not to do it again.
My personal injury from cheer.
One way that I got hurt during the cheer season is by a stunt. A base is always supposed to catch the flyer; I broke the flyers fall and ended up hurting my neck for a month. However, I still do cheer just because of a little down fall.
