Common Injuries in CrossFit

     Over the years, CrossFit has had it’s fair share of critics. Many reporting that injuries sustained while engaged in the sport, far outweigh the norm for physical exercise. While these claims have been disputed, and there is evidence to the contrary, injuries still occur.

    A 2018 study from Feito et. al, surveyed a total of 3049 CrossFit participants over a four year time period, from 2013-2017. Of the CrossFitters surveyed, 30.5% of them reported having experienced an injury in the previous year due to their training in CrossFit. There wasn’t much in the way of comparability to other sports, nor a comparative to injury rates of an active population. Which is where a 2018 study by Beuno et. al comes into play.

    This study surveyed Danish citizens about their participation in activity. Of the 3498 participants to have responded, 2884 reported being physically active in the past year, and 21.5% of them reported being injured within the last year. This study included CrossFit in it’s list of activities, and the injury prevalence rate was 8% of those that participated in CrossFit. When compared to the 19% while running, 38% while playing football (soccer), and the 39% while playing handball; CrossFit ended up helping to bring the average injury rate down quite a bit.

    The 2018 study by Feito et. al, found that the most commonly injured body parts were the shoulders at 39% of the injuries and the back at 36% of the injuries. Knees came in at 15% while elbows and wrists followed closely behind at 12% and 11% respectively.


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