Injuries In Hockey

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Intro As contacts sports, such as hockey, soccer, and football, become more and more popular, the overall number and seriousness of injuries goes up. Football, for example, is one of the most popular sports and it is the leading sport in terms of injuries. Soccer is also quite popular, but it doesn’t have as much player-to-player contact. Hockey is a popular, contact sport, but it has surprisingly fewer, less severe, spinal and head injuries in comparison to other sports. Spinal Injuries(hockey) In hockey, there are a few people who get serious spinal injuries. There aren’t many, but some result in paralysis from the injury down. Most injuries aren’t as bad as that and might not cause any serious damage. For example, from 1976-1983, 42