CHEERLEADING INJURIES ON THE RISE: CHICAGO SPORTS INJURY ATTORNEY URGES IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY MEASURES AND TRAINING
Spinal cord trauma, paralysis, concussion, traumatic brain injury, headaches and head trauma are all types of injuries caused by cheerleading accidents listed in the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Data Tables. The data was collected between the Fall of 1982 and the Spring of 1998 and contains summaries of the injuries. While the report contains many guidelines and suggestions for improving cheerleading safety, the sad statistic is that cheerleading injuries resulting in hospital emergency room visits have increased to nearly 30,000 in 2008, which is almost six times the number of injuries in 1980, according to the Chicago Tribune who cited a report by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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