From the article: Football Sports Injuries
Football is responsible for more injuries than any other sport except track. Readers who've had football injuries -- or parents of football players injured on the field -- sound off about their experiences with injuries and getting treatment. Tell Your Story
Mother
- My son was in his 2nd year of high school when a football injury almost paralyzed him. He was tackled at a practice and had unknowingly fractured his L2 vertabrae. He continued the rest of the week practicing everyday and coming home with back pain. He had an x-ray at our local hospital and nothing showed up. A week later we are seeing a spinal doctor thinking he has a disk problem. That same day he is rushed into emergency surgery with a hematoma on his spinal cord which is causing the numbness in his legs. It was crushing his spinal cord. Our hospital had missed a fractured vertabrae and that is what caused the bleeding. His doctor said had we waited 12 hours he would never have walked again. A very very scary time in my life. It has almost been a year. He regain 100% of his walking. He is lifting and working out with his team and hoping to play again. I think he is realizing now that it might not happen. His back is starting to hurt now that they are hitting again.
- —Guest amy
High school football injury
- It is the beginning of summer and my son was at his 3rd practice for sophmore football. Practice was supposed to be no contact and 1/2 speed drills. He caught a shoulder pad in his belly and suffered a ruptured spleen. After 2 nights in ICU and 3 more in hospital room he is home and his summer activities will be very limited. Nothing that could cause a fall and rupture his spleen again. He was lucky though because the bleeding stabelized and he got to keep his spleen. No more football for him this year for sure.
- —demarsdenise
