Boxing injuries, headguards and the fights that add up
Boxing injuries: cuts, hand fractures and concussion, how brain effects rise with each fight, what headguards do and do not prevent, and non-contact boxing.
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Swimming injuries, shoulders, and the lesson that changes the odds
File photo: a swimming pool. Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. In the news · March 2026 Researchers followed 167 Portuguese competitive swimmers over six months, 75 of them with shoulder injuries and 92 without. Swimming-adapted questionnaires (ASES-swim, SSV-swim) distinguished injured from healthy swimmers better than generic shoulder scores, with ASES-swim…
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Cycling injuries, helmets, and the trade the numbers show
File photo: a protected bicycle lane in Burlington, Vermont. Photo: Ezekielf, via Wikimedia Commons, CC0. In the news · July 2026 Great Britain recorded 79 pedal cyclist deaths, 4,311 serious injuries and 16,042 total cyclist casualties in 2025. Over 2004-2025, cyclist deaths fell 41% while serious injuries rose 34% and cycling traffic grew 42%. About…
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Wrestling injuries, weight cutting, and the rule of 1998
File photo: a collegiate wrestling match. Photo: U.S. Air Force photograph by Justin Pacheco, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. In the news · April 2026 The national high school federation’s wrestling rules committee approved a higher minimum body fat for female wrestlers, moving it from 12% to 19% for the 2026-27 season. The committee cited…
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Running injuries and the arthritis that did not happen
File photo: a jogging trail in Tuen Mun Park, Hong Kong. Photo: Wing1990hk, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. In the news · July 2026 A review in Cureus pooled current evidence on running and knee osteoarthritis. It reports a U-shaped pattern: 3.5% prevalence in recreational runners, versus 10.2% in sedentary people and 13.3% in…
