Teen boys injure shoulders in sports more than girls

I don’t think it’s a particularly startling finding, but it is interesting nonetheless. When it comes to shoulder injuries in teen athletes, boys outnumber girls considerably and the injuries are three times more likely to happen during competitions rather than in practices. Sports like wrestling, baseball, and football account for the highest number of shoulder injuries.

The statistics were obtained by studying soccer (boys and girls), volleyball (boys and girls), basketball (boys and girls), football, baseball, and softball.

Strains and sprains make up 37% of the shoulder injuries, dislocations 24%, bruises and scrapes 12%, and fractures 7%. Six percent of all shoulder injuries needed surgery, with wrestling injuries being the most common one for surgical correction.

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