4. Ball-Sports Related Injury
Sports sees thousands of injuries happening every single year, and these injuries aren’t just restricted to professionals in sport – they can happen during any school or college team game too; they can even happen during a routine practice session or run. It also doesn’t usually matter which type of sport we’re talking about: There are injuries in every type of career and sport that you can possibly imagine.
When we’re talking about a scaphoid fracture, it commonly occurs in certain ball-sports. Where hitting the ball with the hands are involved in the game it can present a serious injury risk: Again, just like a fall, the impact is transferred from the hand through to the wrist, causing the scaphoid fracture.
Sports practitioners whether professional or not will usually have to take things easy for as much as eight weeks after their injury, and should always see their doctor before continuing sports after sustaining or healing a scaphoid fracture.