Competitive diving and injuries
Coach/Teacher, General, Official/Administrator, Participant/Parent
July 29, 2024
A recent study explored the injury rates among competitive divers. The study found that competitive divers suffer many injuries to the upper body, particularly the neck and spine. A common cause, the researchers reported, was overuse. While the exact nature of injury rates in competitive diving was not uncovered in the study, the researchers suspect that the injury rates are higher than reported due to poor injury surveillance in diving.
To read the full article, visit Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590093524000328
To learn more about diving injuries, visit the following Active and Safe webpages:
Diving: https://activesafe.ca/diving/