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Why Soccer Players' Knees Are Prone to Injury

Football is one of the sports with the highest incidence of trauma. Aside from general abrasions, the most common injury is that of the knee joint. Messi, who recently won the 2022 World Cup, also suffered a serious knee injury before which led to a temporary end.



The knee joint is one of the most stressed and complex joints in the human body. It has a large range of motion, and can perform front-to-back, medial-lateral displacement, and internal-external rotation. All kinds of physical exercises are almost inseparable from the participation of the knee joint, but unlike ankle joint injuries, acute injuries to the knee joints of amateur football players are relatively rare, and most of them are chronic injuries, and the incidence rate is very high. When playing football, the pressure on the knee joint is 11 times that of normal walking, and it can reach 20 times at the moment of force (shooting, big foot), so the knee joint of football players is more worn. Among them, meniscus injury is the most common knee sprain. The meniscus is an important structure of the knee joint, and its shape is half-moon, hence the name meniscus. In fact, the meniscus is a layer of fibrocartilage located in the space of the knee joint, which can increase the stability of the knee joint, buffer joint pressure, and protect the articular cartilage. Football is an intense competitive sport, and it is common for football players to get injured while playing football. Looking at the world of football, there are too many players suffering from knee injuries, which even affect their careers. It can be seen that football has a huge destructive impact on knees. Although amateurs will not have such a high intensity when playing football, they should also take precautions such as wearing compressa knee sleeves to protect their knees during normal training.


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