Study: Gymnasts More Likely To Get Hurt Than Boxers
By Michael Woods August 28th, 2006British docs say gymnastics bad/boxing good
Hear ye, hear ye, boxing abolitionists…
A new study in the August issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine has been released which states that boxers actually have a lower risk of injury than athletes in sports such as gymnastics.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it, peaceniks…
Australian researchers followed 47 amateur and professional boxers over a year and determined that overall, the fighters suffered two injuries per 1,000 hours of boxing.
Published data on other sports then shows that boxing a less risky activity than contact sports like soccer, rugby, basketball, field hockey and elite-level gymnastics, the study indicates.
“The low overall injury rate was unexpected in terms of the general perception of the injury risk within the sport,” lead study author Tsharni Zazryn, a doctoral student at Monash University, told Reuters Health.
One caveat: the boxers in the study spent much more time in training – where injury risk is quite low – and less time in competitive bouts, where the rate of injury, of course, is far higher.
Boxers suffered injuries at a rate of one per hour during bouts, over the course of the study. But because they mostly competed only once or twice during the year, this amounted to only a dozen injuries overall.
Almost all of these 12 injuries were to the head, the Reuters story said, with concussion being the most common.
“Certainly,” Zazryn said, “this study has shown that there is a high risk of injury during competition, but overall the injury risk is low for boxers.”
August 28th, 2006 at 4:10 pm
Has anybody ever seen a punch drunk gymnast? Following boxers for a year does not give a fair representation of the dangers of boxing. The biggest danger in boxing is the repeated blows to the head over a long period of time. Numerous studies have shown that most professional boxers suffer some degree of brain damage. I’m certainly not a boxing abolitionist. I wouldn’t be reading this website if I wasn’t a fan of boxing, but lets be real.
August 28th, 2006 at 5:28 pm
I agree, what would you rather have tendinitus in your elbow or brain damage??
August 28th, 2006 at 6:33 pm
Memo to Evander Holyfield, Riddick Bowe et al.
Two words y’all should remember:
Muhammad Ali
September 4th, 2006 at 1:49 pm
I prefer gymnastix. The brain damage suffered by boxers is far worse than gymn injuries. Is boxing really better than gymn ? I dont think so. I prefer gymn over boxing any day.
Gymn rulz !!
Jose M.
-2006-
September 7th, 2006 at 12:00 pm
John Smith asks:
“Has anybody ever seen a punch drunk gymnast?”
-Olga Korbut?
September 12th, 2006 at 12:38 pm
PLEASE HELP ME.
I HAVE A 32 YEAR OLD COUSIN DIAGNOSED WITH PUTNAM’S DISEASE AND WE JUST LEARNED HE IS IN THE SECOND PHASE AND ONE SIDE OF THE BRAIN IS SWOLLEN MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
I NEED ALL THE I INFO I CAN GET AS HE IS GOING TO BE COMING OUT OF PRISON AFTER 5 YEARS AND BE LIVING WITH ME. I CANNOT FIND ANY MEDICAL INFORMATION ON THIS. I REALLY NEED THE INFO.
I PUT THIS ON THIS SITE HOPING SOMEONE COULD HELP ME.
THEY HAVE TOLD HIM THERE IS SURGERY TO RELEASE THE PRESSURE BUT HE HAS NO INSURANCE WHEN HE COMES HOME THIS MONTH.
IS THERE ANY SPECIAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD HELP WITH THIS?
THANKS TO ANY WHO CAN HELP ME.
I HAVE LEFT MY EMAIL SO SOMEONE COULD FORWARD ME INFO OR TELL ME WHERE TO GO.
MARCILEE
September 12th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
DOES ANYONE KNOW OR HEARD OF A TED KINGSMILL IS SUPPOSEDLY FROM MEXICO.WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE WON IN THE GUILTY FIGHT LAST WEEK IN CALIFORNIA OR OUT WEST. WAS JUST WONDERING.
THAT WAS MY MOTHERS LAST NAME AND MY COUSIN THAT I JUST MENTIONED PREVIOUS TO THIS WAS SHAWN KINGSMILL THAT BOXED IN THE LATE 80′S AND EARLY 90′S.
THANKS
MARCILEE