Tag: judo injuries
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Most Common Judo Injuries and How to Prevent Them
61% of competitive judoka sustain at least one injury per year. Evidence-based breakdown of the most frequent and most severe judo injuries — and what prevention research actually supports.
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How Judoka Recover from Injuries and Return to Competition
Injury is a defining challenge of professional judo careers. At the 2012 London Olympics, 12.3% of the 383 participating judoka sustained injuries during competition — one of the highest acute injury rates of any sport at those Games. National Olympic-level judoka average approximately four injuries per athlete per year. The lower body bears the heaviest…