NBA M Col. More Sports Baseball-min. Thursday, December 16 Hockey injuries Hockey is a physically demanding sport, played by well-conditioned athletes skating on sharp steel using large sticks to move a solid, hard object at high speeds over a slick surface. As a result, it almost goes without saying that injuries are part of the game. Join Dr. Smith as he discusses the nature of hockey injuries, including a few particular ailments and their common treatments.
Hockey is an extremely physical sport.
In addition, there are dangerous areas of the rink, like the posts, that these guys get knocked into. There are sharp skates and swinging sticks in hockey. So there is a constellation of injuries that, while not unique to the game, are certainly more prevalent in hockey. As you would think, most of our daily concerns involve cuts and contusions. Then you've got a range of injuries that are primarily muscular.