sport-injury-footballThe rapid increase in injuries is forcing the wealthy clubs to open centers in the entire club with a view to minimizing injuries, reduce the length of treatment. In 2003, the Italian club «Milan» start a medical laboratory, where medical team examines the different characteristics of players. The objectives of the center - improving the physical condition of players, the prevention of various soccer injuries. This state of the laboratory works with abundant flow of data on the status of the players analyzed in the special equipment. The club is not spared on the development of a new project of enormous resources, and already one year center justified his appointment. In the season 2003-2004. players were not worried about socer injuries and players such as Clarence Zeedorf and Andrea Pirlo, managed to recover from a serious knee soccer injury as soon as possible. However, initially it was assumed that their recovery may be delayed until the end of the season. Both midfielders have taken part in the final game of UEFA Champions League, in which the «red-black» defeated «Juventus» and won their sixth European Cup champions.

Although the causes and mechanisms of soccer injury are more or less understood, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment are known, however, the number of injuries is growing. This is due to the lack of detection of injuries and lack of prevention. Usually in football trauma record only if the sportman is forced to skip it after the next training session or competitive game.

The worst soccer injuries truble usually when the sportman change his training rhythm, that’s why it’s very important to do it carefuly.

Preventing soccer injuries

The best prevention of injuries would have been the institutional arrangements that reduce the roughness on the football field, and overloading.

*    Rational rotation microcycle, level handling, smooth increase of the load.
*    Positive impact on the prevention of injury-free substitution of players in football.
*     Many judges are afraid to remove the player from the field for rough play, as it affects the outcome of the match. Removal with the right of replacement would enable them to actively combat brutality.

It is shown that the removal for the punishment of players for a certain time (hockey, water polo) constrains «dirty» game and reduces the chance of bad soccer injuries. Experiment, when a player after a yellow card, had to leave the field for 10 minutes, returned a positive result.

However, we will proceed from the real  situation. The best prevention of soccer knee injuries, soccer head injuries, soccer ankle injuries is strengthening musculo-ligament apparatus. It means balance-training, full recovery after common soccer injuries, training, to coordinate and strengthen the foot muscles. The average duration of treatment of injuries in soccer  GSS England leaves 18 days. Complement these other measures.

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