Most rugby fans wonder why American football players wear pads and that it is a lesser sport because of pads. As someone who has played I say that if one didn't wear pads in American football that person would die. So...in rugby what are the most common injuries? Knees? Concussions? I couldn't imagine taking a knee to the bear head. Ouch!
MCoke
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To keep my facts straight and not spout of just what I "thought" was true, I went to a med site. I figured fingers and cauliflower ear would top the list!:
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Rugby is not a sport for the fainthearted. Between line-outs, tackles, the occasional high tackle, rucks and mauls, scrums and loose scrums, the scope for injuries is considerable – especially if a player is not very fit, or players don't stick to the rules.
While proper training, conditioning and technique can drastically reduce the effects of these collisions, when the body applies the crumple zone effect on itself, the result is an injury with the associated complications, discomfort and pain.
The following body parts are most commonly injured in rugby:
Head (20 to 25%)
Shoulder (15 to 20%)
Upper limb (10 to 15%)
Knee (10 to 15%)
Lower limb (5 to 10%)
Ankle (5 to 10%)
Spine and pelvis (5 to 10%)
Femoral muscle (0 to 5%)
Thorax (0 to 5%)
Abdomen (0 to 5%)
Neck (0 to 5%)
Calf muscle (0 to 5%)
The most serious injuries in rugby include rupture of the spleen, prolonged concussion, temporary brachial plexus palsy and hyperflexion of the thoracic spine.
Cheers,
MAC
Bill P
The above user is correct but don't forget that the 20-25% of head injuries include bloody noses, scrapes, black eyes, cauliflowered ears. Taking these into consideration, it's not too bad. I played senior rugby as a 55 kg breakaway and the worse injury I ever received in rugby was a strained groin muscle. I playd back in the 60s and 70s where a lot more went on in the game than happens now.
Kuruki
The injuries vary but there is always blood from the head area in every game of rugby most common injuries would most probably be pulld muscles calf or hamstring strains concusions are not as common as you may think. but every rugby player leaves the feild with bruises and cuts and scrapes
Jeannette
Yes to both. There are plenty of people who were brilliant geniuses, composers, philosophers, artists and so on who were misunderstood and even demonized. They were not generally respected, but certainly they did have some respect for their own talent and therefore themselves. There are also plenty of people who respect others, who they don't even really know much about, only because they hold power or are rich. Your quest for self respect ultimately has to come from within. You have to want to respect yourself, to live a life that includes love and respect for yourself and others (no matter how badly you are treated or they have been abused).
Anonymous
my personal injuries,broken nose ,stitches to tissue above the eye,both sides,stitches to mouth inner and outer lip,torn ears,broken fingers,(stamped on,)perforated eardrum(,cupped hand slapped over ear),various cuts and scratches,two concussions(stray knees,elbows),broken leg fibula and tibia.It is a hard game and needs good referees to police it,hence you call the ref sir,but its a bug most players cant let go of,Respect to american football though big hits by big men,but the two games have little in common except they are played by top athletes at top level.