So what's with all the rhetoric and discussion about MMA is a violent sport? Have one of these opponents ever saw a football game? Ice hockey? Rugby? Talk about violent sports! And these have already been approved and sanctioned!
Senator McCain and a lot of politicians on the bandwagon of anti-MMA, although sources close to senator McCain have me personally that he "comes around" and is willing to take a closer look at the sport. Well thank God for that, because what MMA was in 1995 is not what it is today.
A report from the Journal of sports Science and medicine, (JOSS & M) stated: "the incidence of damage in combat sports not enough reported already, it is important to the nature and frequency of injuries prior to the implementation of prevention programs."
In their study, they compared: "injury rates treated in hospital emergency services between different combat sports of boxing, wrestling and martial arts. A secondary objective described anatomical region and diagnosis of these injuries. Data were obtained on all boxing, wrestling and martial arts-related injuries that were in the national electronic Injury Surveillance System database and resulted in emergency department visits between 2002 and 2005. "
Their findings? "Martial arts had lower injury rates in comparison with boxing and wrestling for all diagnoses (p
Their recommendation? Stop fighting? Ban on MMA? Nope. In fact, presented the report "injury prevention efforts need to consider the distribution of lesions and concentrate on preventing strains/sprains in wrestling, concussion in boxing and wrestling and fractures for all three activities." So basically, as with any other sport, one must take good care and use preventive measures when training or competing. Okay-good to know.
Besides, I think that if an athlete is entering the ring to fight in an event of the mixed martial arts, we cannot assume that he's pretty much know what to expect and that he/she is physically fit and ready for the rigors of his sport? The JOSS & M report went on: "the findings of the present study offer no proof that combat sports alarmingly high rates of injuries resulting in emergency department visits."
Interesting. Hope Senator McCain read this report.
You can view the entire study here: injuries in Combat Sports. Then I'll talk about sports injuries in football and ice hockey. A little comparison. Should be interesting.
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