INJURIES IN THE PITCH
If you've ever played football for fun (soccer for Americans), I'll bet you've hurt yourself or someone else once or twice. Despite being an excellent cardiovascular workout – and incredibly fun – the weekend match is also responsible for many torn ligaments, broken bones and muscle sprains, to name a few. This is a concept project to promote best practices to prevent such awful outcomes from our favourite sport.
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"From the neck down it's all shin" is a Brazilian saying to denote a very violent game. The article opening asks: is it?