Dancing Snapping hip occurs in the young dancer. In both cases, rest is important as well as physical therapy to stretch and strengthen the trunk muscles, the iliopsoas and external rotators of the hip. Stress fractures of the metatarsals of the foot is not infrequent, especially during periods of hard training. Ankle sprain occurs when the dancer lands on the outside of her foot. Diving Spinal cord injury occurs, usually due to diving in shallow water or hitting an object.
Prevention includes public education and posting warnings in public places.
High velocity dives may cause wrist or shoulder injuries from impact when the body hits the water. Springboard exercises may cause knee problems like Osgood-Schlatter disease , or Jumper's knee. Football Head and neck injuries include intracranial hemorrhage, cervical spine fractures and dislocations and quadriplegia. These injuries are now less common due to improve helmet design and the 1976 ban on spearing - using the helmet to deliberately ram an oppponent. Lumbar spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis occurs due to pars interarticularis injury occurs.